Experimental Structural Model: From Manual Paper Garment to Fabrication as an Architectural Practice-Based Approach for Fashion Design Education

The study presents the integration of architectural design approaches in the fashion design process suggesting a new educational method based on structural model fabrication. The paper addresses the output of an experimental collaborative practice-based workshop titled ‘Fashion Clash’ that mixes bot...

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Published in:Nexus network journal 2023-12, Vol.25 (4), p.1015-1032
Main Author: El-Mahdy, Deena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architects
Architectural engineering
Architectural services
Architecture
Collaboration
Construction
Design
Didactics
Education
Fashion
Fashion designers
Garments
Geometry
History
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
Mathematics
Mathematics and Statistics
Popular Science
Problem solving
Structural models
Textiles
Workflow
Workshops
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Summary:The study presents the integration of architectural design approaches in the fashion design process suggesting a new educational method based on structural model fabrication. The paper addresses the output of an experimental collaborative practice-based workshop titled ‘Fashion Clash’ that mixes both architects and fashion designers. The workshop focused on testing self-structural garments following a manual workflow which is divided into three main phases, (1) modeling and form-finding, (2) assembly, and (3) fabrication. Paper-based materials are used for transforming full-scale garments into textiles. The results presented seven garments displayed at a fashion show that show the effect of the folding techniques in reaching stability and highlighting the interdisciplinary integration of architects and fashion designers. The study concludes that implementing a parametric design logic based on architectural perspective in fashion would generate innovative ways of testing self-supporting geometry. Digitally computing the forces and structure before fabrication are left for further research.
ISSN:1590-5896
1522-4600
DOI:10.1007/s00004-023-00732-1