Archinect - News2024-05-12T10:27:07-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150424821/so-il-creates-3d-knit-textile-passage-for-bruges-triennial-2024
SO – IL creates 3D knit textile passage for Bruges Triennial 2024 Niall Patrick Walsh2024-04-22T11:39:00-04:00>2024-04-22T13:32:02-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c8/c8f70a79bf33ffe65a225192577b3619.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/so-il" target="_blank">SO – IL</a> has completed a passage of 3D knit textiles as part of the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1139684/bruges-triennial" target="_blank">2024 Bruges Triennial</a> in Belgium. </p>
<p>Titled 'Common Thread,' the passage is inspired by the medieval city’s lace-making tradition, using an innovative woven <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/284789/fabric" target="_blank">fabric</a> to create what the team calls an “intricate spatial experience in a wave-like tunnel.”</p>
<p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5e/5e05886ab66c399b9697e01bcb806c98.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5e/5e05886ab66c399b9697e01bcb806c98.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p>
<figcaption>Image credit: Iwan Baan</figcaption><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/13/1380c1531eba5397886a078c27d0dac8.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/13/1380c1531eba5397886a078c27d0dac8.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a><figcaption>Image credit: Iwan Baan</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The installation is set within a passageway that connects the secluded courtyard of a 19th-century monastery with the wider city. In collaboration with a team from <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/343/technische-universiteit-delft-tu-delft" target="_blank">TU Delft</a>, the team explored how Common Thread could marry the tradition of the bobbin lace with modern technologies and new geometric possibilities.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1e/1e08550243cef1e3c31fb941656177aa.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1e/1e08550243cef1e3c31fb941656177aa.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Iwan Baan</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e7/e74ed715ad38f6db8b5889e9220809c9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e7/e74ed715ad38f6db8b5889e9220809c9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Iwan Baan</figcaption></figure><p>The resulting fabric is knit in varying ratios, with individual threads combining and diverging in ever-changing patterns. The installation’s form and structural framework were further guided by computational simulations and material samples.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7c/7ca0b32bafeb9faea7907b6c1128d328.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7c/7ca0b32bafeb9faea7907b6c1128d328.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Iwan Baan</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f1982ec9e58e8fb8f9dca2034dee4ae9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f1982ec9e58e8fb8f9dca2034dee4ae9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image cre...</figcaption></figure>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150371635/mit-media-lab-group-unveils-living-knitwork-pavilion-at-burning-man-2023
MIT Media Lab group unveils Living Knitwork Pavilion at Burning Man 2023 Niall Patrick Walsh2023-09-14T11:42:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/13/134e7b3fc159849dcedd16695fe85f38.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A group of designers, artists, and technologists from <a href="https://archinect.com/mitarchitecture" target="_blank">MIT</a> have unveiled details of a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/9031/pavilion" target="_blank">pavilion</a> delivered by the team for <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/20321/burning-man" target="_blank">Burning Man 2023</a>. The Living Knitwork Pavilion is described by the group as “an architectural-scale interactive 3D knitted textile shade structure that leverages electrically and optically-active yarns and explores photochromism by day and light-movements interaction at night.”</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/44/44e8bb9479ff477ed57249c00aa9ecf3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/44/44e8bb9479ff477ed57249c00aa9ecf3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Irmandy Wicaksono/MIT Media Lab</figcaption></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cd/cd4e8c4556f7b0dbba89dfc0bd9352dd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cd/cd4e8c4556f7b0dbba89dfc0bd9352dd.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a><figcaption>Image credit: Irmandy Wicaksono/MIT Media Lab</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/71523/modular" target="_blank">modular</a> pavilion comprises a dodecagonal pyramid, measuring 18 feet in height and 26 feet in width. Crafted from 3D knitted yarns that are both optically and electrically active, the pavilion senses movements and changes its color and luminescence in response, creating a unique optic experience across the day and night.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/99/999da4169972ea04fa59962080d46846.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/99/999da4169972ea04fa59962080d46846.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Irmandy Wicaksono/MIT Media Lab</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4b/4bd75a0c80bc8eadab9b4141d61c6261.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4b/4bd75a0c80bc8eadab9b4141d61c6261.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: Irmandy Wicaksono/MIT Media Lab</figcaption></figure><p>The pavilion is formed of twelve petals, each embedded with functional yarns. The yarns can ...</p>