FABRIC[ated]

Name: FABRIC[ated]
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780367686635
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Fabric Innovation and Material Responsibility in Architecture

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FABRIC[ated] explores fabric as a powerful catalyst for innovation and transformation in architecture. It delves into how fabric research and development have historically influenced architectural design and continue to offer flexible, adaptive solutions. The book includes foundational theory chapters and 14 international case studies organised around veiling, compression, and tension, highlighting fabric's role in sustainability and social justice within architecture.
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This book is ideal for architecture students and practitioners interested in innovative, sustainable design methods that incorporate fabric as a fundamental material.

FABRIC[ated] examines fabric as a catalyst for innovation, reflection, change and transformation in architecture.

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FABRIC[ated] examines fabric as a catalyst for innovation, reflection, change and transformation in architecture.

This book explores the ways in which research and development of fabric can, and historically has, influenced and revolutionised architecture, teaching and design. Responsive, flexible, impermanent, fluid and adaptive—fabric interacts with, and influences architecture, offering innovative solutions and increased material responsibility.

Foundation and theory chapters establish clear precedent and futures for fabric’s position in architectural discourse. The case study section examines 14 international projects through three different threads: Veiling, Compression and Tension.

Case studies include a diverse range of projects from the HiLo unit at Nest and CAST’s fabric formed concrete projects to a discussion of the impact of fabric on SO-IL and Kennedy Violich Architect’s professional work, demonstrating new and fresh methods for addressing sustainability and social justice through the use of fabric in architecture.

Through the work of the many authors of this book, we see fabric as drape, skin, veil, mold, concept and inspiration. Fabric, in its broadest definition, is an important and innovative material in the development of socially conscious architecture.

Offering readers pedagogical and practical models for international projects highlighting fabric’s use in architecture, this book will appeal to the novice and the expert, architecture students and practitioners alike.

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FABRIC[ated] is praised for illuminating the pivotal role of textiles as an interface for transformation, resilience, and change in architecture. It bridges academic research with practical projects, framing fabric as a sustainable and socially conscious material. The work is noted for expanding digital fabrication, material efficiency, and collaborative approaches in addressing ecological and sociopolitical challenges through architecture.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780367686635

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 163 Halftones, color; 163 Illustrations, color

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Edited by Tolya Stonorov

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 780g

Pages: 290

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Tolya Stonorov is Associate Professor of Architecture and Associate Director of Norwich University’s School of Architecture + Art. Tolya has practiced design-build since 2006, when she co-founded her design-build collaborative firm, Stonorov Workshop. She has received multiple awards for excellence for her professional and academic work from the American Institute of Architects’ New England and Vermont chapters, among others. In addition, she received the Vermont Women in Higher Education Peggy Williams Award for her teaching and scholarship. Tolya gives lectures and participates in symposium panels nationally and internationally. Her latest book, The Design-Build Studio: Crafting Meaningful Work in Architecture Education, was published in 2017 by Routledge.