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THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY DIVISION OF ARHITECTURE FASHION AND AECHITECTURE By Kahtura Fernander Chair: Valerie Goodwin Arena: Fashion Museum Topic: The technical relationships between fashion and architecture Issue: Design techniques for both designers Question: How are design techniques in fashion related to design techniques used by architects for architectural designs? Design Application: The aim of this project is to design a fashion museum in Nassau, Bahamas that will be located within the downtown district. This project will use fashion techniques to create functional architecture design. Table of Contents List of figures Abstract Introduction Overview Problem Statement Suggested Solution Chapter 1 Literature Review Introduction Candidates 1. Folding techniques for designers 2. Skin + bones: Parallel practices in fashion and architecture 3. 3. Icons of Architecture and Fashion: An Exploration of the Complex Relationship between the Two Fields Conclusion Chapter 2 Precedent Studies Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Frank Gehry Louis Vuitton Foundation, Frank Gehry Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Zaha Hadid Pleats.M / Hironaka Ogawa & Associates, Hironaka Ogawa & Associates Milwaukee Art Museum, Santiago Calatrava Conlusion Chapter 3 Analysis of Fashion Designers and Architects Design Techniques used in Fashion design Folding Pleating Warping/Twisting Designers who uses these techniques: Fashion Viktor & Rolf Yohji Yamamoto Thierry Mugler Architecture Frank Gehry Eero Saarinen Zaha Hadid Conclusion Chapter 4 Design Application Introduction Site Analysis Program Concepts Conclusion Chapter 5 Final Design Introduction Bahamas Fashion Museum Concepts Precedents Final Design Conclusion Appendix Reference Bibliography Diagram with explanation RESEARCH -become familiar with what is already out there pertaining to the relationship between fashion and architecture PRECEDENT STUDY -analyze buildings and their visual aesthetics and techniques. Some of these lessons can be used for the proposed design. ANALYSIS - Study of fashion designers, architects, and the similar techniques between the two. -study of techniques used in fashion design and pair them to architects and architecture THE DESIGN - Above lessons and research will be used to design the proposed museum of fashion Abstract The relationship between fashion and architecture are more related than the obvious. Both practices orbit around a field of techniques which varies based on the designer. My research focuses on these design techniques where I will explore them in detail. High fashion designers and architects creates innovative designs which are influenced by techniques and tools available in these fields. Although both designers have different purposes, it all goes back to relating their ideas to the human body. This thesis intends to explore the relationship between clothing and building design. The goal is to explore how techniques used to design clothing in the fashion world relates to techniques used to design buildings aesthetically. This thesis research will then be translated into an architectural language to design a fashion museum. Bibliography Skin + bones: Parallel practices in fashion and architecture (book) The fashion of architecture (book) Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion and architecture (book) Marimekko: Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture (Press) Wear: Where? The convergent geographics of Architecture…(Scholar) Techno Fashion (book) Fashion (magazine) History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400-2000 (book) Construction and Building: Design, Materials, and Techniques (Sophie G. Doyle) International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology (book) Patternmaking for Fashion Design (Hardcover) by Helen Joseph-Armstrong Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: The Practical Guide for Aspiring Fashion Designers 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People by Susan M. Weinschenk Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: The Practical Guide for Aspiring Fashion Designers by Steven Faerm Fashion: A Visual History: from Regency & Romance to Retro & Revolution Draping for Apparel Design (Hardcover) by Helen Joesph-Armstrong Designing Design by Kenya Hara CLOTHING AS ARCHITECTURE AT M.I.T. InStyle (magazine) 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People Couture Sewing Techniques (Paperback) by Claire B. Shaeffer 1963: The Year of the Revolution: How Youth Changed the World with Music, Art, and Fashion by Ariel Leve Literature Review Candidates 1. Folding techniques for designers 2. Skin + bones: Parallel practices in fashion and architecture 3. 3. Icons of Architecture and Fashion: An Exploration of the Complex Relationship between the Two Fields Literature Review Jeffrey D. Gaudet, “Icons of Architecture and Fashion: An Exploration of the Complex Relationship Between the Two Fields,” Tufts University. 2011 Introduction Gaudet explored the complex relationship between fashion and architecture, using icons of both fields to bring together this relationship. He found that even though many may argue that the two fields may be unrelated and independent of each other, they both draw inspiration from one another. After exploring the topic, Gaudet realized both architecture and fashion have like purposes, such as organizing spaces and creating aesthetic characteristics through design techniques. These relationships arguably affect “the daily lives of people throughout the world.”(1) He also argues that the use of buildings and fashion for survival are just as important as the aesthetic qualities. This literature review focuses on the ways in which architecture and fashion are addressed similarly, both spatially and with the use of design techniques. “Whether intentional or unintentional, we provide indications about our ‘personal, political, religious, or cultural’ identities through our choices for the spaces in which we live and the garments with which we clothe ourselves”. (1) Research Gaudet studies the numerous intersections between architecture and fashion, stating both are three dimensional characteristics of a design exploring similar techniques, “place on proportions, geometry, and mathematics, as well as an understanding of mass and space”. (1) Both architecture and fashion control the decisions we make “through the world around us”. When comparing the scales and organizing spaces, architecture appear to play a more important role than fashion. “The space immediately surrounding the body is created and altered by fashion. It is the space that architecture must contain.” (2) This relationship forces the two fields to be based on like principles. Apart from the organization of spaces, both fields create a visual interest using similar techniques to create successful aesthetic features. These similar techniques creates like styles in both fashion and architecture. Most of the time when these similar styles are created, they are overlooked and normally comes to life after both fields look to each other for inspiration. Most often, fashion designers would use architecture terms such as “architectural” and “structural” to describe some of the qualities of their work which are like those present in architectural structures. “Since the 1980s, a growing number of avant garde fashion designers have approached garments as architectonic constructions, while architecture has boldly embraced new forms and materials – thanks to numerous technological advancements that have revolutionized both the design and construction of buildings and made techniques like pleating, stitching, folding and draping part of the architectural vocabulary.” (3) It appears that fashion designers haven’t started using architecture principles until the 1980’s which made the relationship between both fields grow. In turn, architecture designers have been finding some of their motivation from the design and language of fashion, for example “folding”, or even learning lessons from the use of materials and applying them to the structure. This use of fashion techniques, “such as drapery” can be traced all the way back to architecture history, even as far as designing some of the Greek columns. These same techniques can be found in the clothing related to this time period. Although designers may look to certain buildings or architects for ideas, architects pay closer attention to fashion on a more general basis. Most commonly, when they draw inspiration from fashion, they learn lessons from fabrics and how they can relate them to building materials to create the techniques and terms studied. “Today, terms including ‘pleating, stitching, folding, and draping’ are used architecturally”. Frank Gehry and Peter Eisman are two architects who mainly reveals the folding term in their architecture. Although folding is one of the most popular techniques used in the architects’ design, they use a number of the other terms throughout their design as well. Because most architects are “design focused” individuals who pay close attention to their image, they are known for “maintaining a fashionable appearance” as they begin to learn more from the fashion industry. Gaudet went on to study some of the most popular architects, linking them to some of the most popular fashion designers who design similar to one another. He went as far back as when they designed their first piece or buildings, following their moves, theories and even their lifestyles. He found that as time passed, both the architecture of the buildings and fashion evolved