Archinect - Features 2024-12-22T01:07:54-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/107421297/prototyping-architecture-in-digital-fashion-makes-parametricism-personal Prototyping: "Architecture in Digital Fashion" makes parametricism personal Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-08-29T11:18:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/kq/kq8vzmv2l27hl56f.JPG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Fashion design may seem far removed from architecture, but both disciplines have the human scale at their centers. One intimately wraps the body, the other moderates its passage through the world, but both are occasions for self-expression and vital to survival. The organizers behind&nbsp;<a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parametrica.ro%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNF1DX8C0WYIFh4TN_ravNk2SoR6vw" target="_blank">Parametrica&nbsp;[Digi Fab School]</a>&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href="http://www.architectureinfashion.ro/description/" target="_blank">Architecture in Digital Fashion</a>&rdquo; workshop are encouraging architecture and design students to apply their skillset in these overlaps, to explore how wearable materials and architectural forms can inform one another.</p>