This thesis explores the importance of textiles in architectural design, with a particular emphasis on the façade as an innovative method for integrating weaving into the building. Historically, textiles have enhanced architecture, yet their potential has been undervalued, in part due to preconceived notions of durability and functional limitations. This thesis describes a journey that begins with the evolution of textile materials as a key factor in the initiation of primitive habitats, such as tents. It examines how weaving techniques and materials have shaped, in recent decades, a new architectural paradigm where the façade and the skeleton coexist, but are conceived and constructed as a distinctive fabric over the structure. This work examines architectural ornamentation through Gestalt principles, emphasizing its disassembly into modules and subsequent reassembly as "woven architecture". This approach generates a modern reflection, where textiles will function as symbolic and inspiring components to reconstruct the facade. The transition from pattern (decoration) to module (weaving, repetition of a pattern). This study, with theoretical research, outlines the advances and effects of computer technology and materials science in the revival of weaving, positioning it as an essential component in the design of facades. Methodology used in the preparation of this historical research on the interaction between textile and architecture: Engaging architecture students as stakeholders in a reflective process regarding textures is influential and inspiring in the reconfiguration of contemporary facades, aiming to develop a comprehensive methodological approach that takes inspiration from decorative elements in composite architecture by demonstrating a deconstructive process in modules followed by recomposition in a woven surface, mainly in vertical architecture, where 'Weft' - is the vertical threads and 'Warp' is enabled to create the woven facade.
Questa tesi esplora l'importanza dei tessuti nella progettazione architettonica, con particolare attenzione alla facciata come metodo innovativo per integrare la tessitura nell'edificio. Storicamente, i tessuti hanno migliorato l'architettura, ma il loro potenziale è stato sottovalutato, in parte a causa di nozioni preconcette di durata e limitazioni funzionali. Questa tesi descrive un viaggio che inizia con l'evoluzione dei materiali tessili come fattore chiave nell'avvio di habitat primitivi, come le tende. Esamina come le tecniche di tessitura e i materiali abbiano plasmato, negli ultimi decenni, un nuovo paradigma architettonico in cui la facciata e lo scheletro coesistono, ma sono concepiti e costruiti come un tessuto distintivo sulla struttura. Questo lavoro esamina l'ornamentazione architettonica attraverso i principi della Gestalt, enfatizzando il suo smontaggio in moduli e il successivo riassemblaggio come "architettura intrecciata". Questo approccio genera una riflessione moderna, in cui i tessuti funzioneranno come componenti simboliche e stimolanti per ricostruire la facciata. La transizione dal modello (decorazione) al modulo (tessitura, ripetizione di un modello). Questo studio, con ricerca teorica, delinea i progressi e gli effetti della tecnologia informatica e della scienza dei materiali nella rinascita della tessitura, posizionandola come componente essenziale nella progettazione delle facciate. Metodologia utilizzata nella preparazione di questa ricerca storica sull'interazione tra tessile e architettura: coinvolgere gli studenti di architettura come parti interessate in un processo riflessivo riguardante le texture è influente e stimolante nella riconfigurazione delle facciate contemporanee, mirando a sviluppare un approccio metodologico completo che trae ispirazione dagli elementi decorativi nell'architettura composita dimostrando un processo decostruttivo in moduli seguito dalla ricomposizione in una superficie intrecciata, principalmente nell'architettura verticale, dove "Trama" sono i fili verticali e "Ordito" è abilitato a creare la facciata intrecciata.
“Textile and Architecture”. From decoration façade in composite architecture to pattern façade in weaving architecture
LAMAJ, ARMELA
2025
Abstract
This thesis explores the importance of textiles in architectural design, with a particular emphasis on the façade as an innovative method for integrating weaving into the building. Historically, textiles have enhanced architecture, yet their potential has been undervalued, in part due to preconceived notions of durability and functional limitations. This thesis describes a journey that begins with the evolution of textile materials as a key factor in the initiation of primitive habitats, such as tents. It examines how weaving techniques and materials have shaped, in recent decades, a new architectural paradigm where the façade and the skeleton coexist, but are conceived and constructed as a distinctive fabric over the structure. This work examines architectural ornamentation through Gestalt principles, emphasizing its disassembly into modules and subsequent reassembly as "woven architecture". This approach generates a modern reflection, where textiles will function as symbolic and inspiring components to reconstruct the facade. The transition from pattern (decoration) to module (weaving, repetition of a pattern). This study, with theoretical research, outlines the advances and effects of computer technology and materials science in the revival of weaving, positioning it as an essential component in the design of facades. Methodology used in the preparation of this historical research on the interaction between textile and architecture: Engaging architecture students as stakeholders in a reflective process regarding textures is influential and inspiring in the reconfiguration of contemporary facades, aiming to develop a comprehensive methodological approach that takes inspiration from decorative elements in composite architecture by demonstrating a deconstructive process in modules followed by recomposition in a woven surface, mainly in vertical architecture, where 'Weft' - is the vertical threads and 'Warp' is enabled to create the woven facade.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14242/218699
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