Archinect - News2024-05-07T23:04:36-04:00https://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>
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Gettin' fleshy with it: "Skin" sculpture is both critique and kinda creepy Julia Ingalls2016-10-27T13:12:00-04:00>2016-11-05T23:40:05-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ap/apgk5izkjbrah7da.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Oh, functionalism: enough already with the developer-driven efficiency that puts dollars ahead of human livability. Or so goes the critique that underlies the sculpture by NEON known as "Skin," a six-sided grid strung with 1800 pairs of skin-colored tights.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/vl/vlei2g0e47bhngpa.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/pd/pdz023sl8vbnz7rq.jpg"></p><p>Inadvertently reminiscent of films like "Cube" and "Hellraiser," "Skin" is intended to start conversations about the human dimension in architecture. As a press release elucidates:</p><p>"From within the sculpture also imitates the aesthetic of human flesh to create a feeling of immersion with the inhabitant losing all sense of where their body ends and architecture begins. It is intended that this approach will create a strong physical and emotional connection between the inhabitant and the architectural space. This sense of being physically and emotionally present is particularly important in a world where technologies continue to erode our sense of personal space."</p><p>For more on innovative fabric-based architecture:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/137970616/a-wrap-up-of-vancouver-s-city-fabric" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A wrap-up of Vancouver...</a></li></ul>