Architecture and Fashion INTRODUCTION

FOLDING APPROACHES BY
FASHION DESIGNERS AND
INTRODUCTION ARCHITECTS

CASE STUDIES
• NEO SOLAR POWER CORP.,
A&F Fashion TAIWAN
Architecture
Changes with • DIOR SHOWROOM, MIAMI
Permanent
Shelter seasons • WALT DISNEY CONCERT
Rigid and hard Identity HALL, LOS ANGELES.
Soft
Larger scale Creative Process
Frivolous CONCLUSION

ARCHITECTURAL QUESTION:
How can fashion principles of pleating, folding and layering be used to create a functional and inspiring result for the occupants of a building?
OBJECTIVES:
1. To study the relationship between architecture and fashion
2. To study the folding techniques
3. To study the various examples of pleating and folding techniques that have been applied on building façades
4. To understand how a folded façade can help giving a distinctive character to a building.

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 2. FOLDING APPROACHES

Designed by Gily Eli-Edythe Broad

Seder, Dept. of Art Museum,
Fashion Design, Zaha Hadid Architets,
Shenkar College, Michigan State Univ,
Tel Aviv, Israel * USA +

Upright Twisted * Accordian *

Fashion Architecture
Designed by Anthropology, Dior Showroom,
USA * Barbarito Bancell Architects,
Miami +
Knife *
Knife *

Designed by Liat Aix en Provence

Greenberg, Dept. of conservatory of
Fashion Design, music in France by
Shenkar College, Kengo Kuma #
Tel Aviv, Israel *

Cut pop-ups * Cut Knife *

*Complete Pleats: Pleating Techniques for Fashion, Architecture and Design by Paul Jackson
+ www.archdaily.com
#http://www.yellowtrace.com.au/fins-and-folded-facades/ 2
 3. CASE STUDIES DIOR SHOWROOM  Elegance
MIAMI
 Tradition

 Creativity

 Nobility

 Innovation

 Wonder

 Perfection

“Architecture transcends trends, and its image needs to

outlive time that goes by and continue to represent Dior’s Inspiration sketch based on Dior dresses (Drawing: Ivana Barbarito)
spirit in a sustainable manner.” – Ivana Barbarito Source : archdaily.com 3
NEO SOLAR POWER CORPORATION, Taiwan
DESIGNED BY:
J. J. Pans and Partners

The exterior walls are designed as a

continuous wave of glass panels in the 1 2
concept of “starting-folding-concluding“ to
express the design ideas of “undulation, 3 4
transference.”

Figure 1 : Concept of
Folding

Figure 2 : Method of fixing

the curtain wall

Figure 3 : West Elevation

Figure 4 : View of the

North side elevation

Figure 5 : Interior view of

Image source: archdaily.com google images
Source : archdaily.com
Ground Floor 5
 ANALYSIS

Sr. No. Project Name and Architect Pleating Technique Materials used Inferences Images

1 Dior Showroom, Miami KNIFE PLEAT CLOSED: • Dense +The clean white façade not only
Architect : Barbarito Bancel concrete stands up to the name of the
• White color brand but also helps in saving
provided by energy through natural
marble daylighting
powder - Bland Façade during daytime

2 Neo Solar Power Corporation, KNIFE PLEAT OPEN: • Tinted Glass +The façade not only imitates the
Taiwan curtain wall look of a solar panel but also
Architect: JJ Pans & Partners • Steel creates a greener indoor
Members environment
- Adds on to artificial ventilation
costs

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Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles

“A box and on either side of the

box you have toilets and stairs
with a foyer” Frank Gehry.
Development of exterior form-Frank Gehry’s sketches.
The metal peaks
The exterior of the building is are constructed
the most iconic element of the like shapes that
design. If a person can not relate are put together
to the building they are at least to form an
intrigued by the shapes and entirely new
might make their way into the shape that is
building out of curiosity. chaotic and calm
at the same
time.

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Walt Disney Concert Hall 1. Exterior view
Los Angeles of the
building
The Walt Disney concert hall is 2. Plan at
truly a cultural dwelling place for garden level
downtown Los Angeles and was 3. Interior view
created at a time when Los of the
Angeles was defining various concert hall.
centre’s such as the civic centre
and the transportation nexus. 1

The amphitheatre located

behind the concert hall is a
space with a wall made out of
limestone and shaped like a
horse shoe.

2 3
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Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles

The concert hall was deigned as

a single volume, with the
orchestra and audience
occupying the same space. Seats
are located on each side of the
stage, providing some audience
members with distant views of
the performers’ sheet music.
Plan: Orchestra level
The steel roof structure spans
the entire space, eliminating the
need for interior columns. The
organ stands in front of the hall,
a bouquet od 6,134 curved pipes
extending nearly to the ceiling.
It is a unique result of a
collaboration between Gehry an
Manuel J. Rosales, a Los Angeles
based organ designer. Plan: Gallery level
Foyer intersecting spaces. “formless yet
Architecture and Fashion
carefully formed”
Walt Disney Concert Hall Detail of the
Los Angeles stainless steel
façade.
Gallery level
Garden level
Orchestra level

Interior views of the

concert hall showing the
organ pipe installation,
and the acoustical hall.

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CONCLUSION:

“Fashion is Architecture : It is a matter of Proportions” - Coco Chanel

Croatian designer Matija Cop has created a collection of very

conceptual dresses inspired by the Croatian gothic architecture.

NarcisoRodriguezSketchbook (2006), Gehry Partners, Walt Disney

Concert Hall (1987-2003)
“Creative Process” highlights the parallels in the working methods
of architect Frank Gehry and fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez

Thank you.
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Sr.No. Author Name
1 Melodi Barzandeh
2 Fatemeh Ghafari Tavasoli
3 www.ukessays.com
4 Paul Jackson
5 Matthew Krissel
6 Rafael García
7 Paul Jackson
8 Paul Jackson
9 Brooke Hodge
Literature Review
Title of Research Paper/Book Research Methodology Inferences
‘FASHION, ARCHITECTURE AND THE URBAN Qualitative • Relationship between Fashion and
ENVIRONMENT’ Architecture
The Parallel Relationships Between Fashion and • Fashion Principles used to design an
Architecture educational campus
The fold as a Concept Structure in Architecture of Qualitative • Folding Theory and its Post Modern Concept
Post-Modern Time • Folding and Theoretical Background of
Baroque.
• Eisenmann’s Concept of Fold
Fashion and Architecture Qualitative • Understanding Architecture and Fashion
through the ages.
Complete Pleats Book • Understanding of pleats and its types
• Applications and Modelling
GILLES DELEUZE Research article • Understanding of fold explained by
The architecture of space and the fold Philosopher Gilles Deleuze
Concrete Folded Plates in the Netherlands Qualitative • Types of folded plate concrete structures
Cut and Fold Techniques for Pop designs Book • Understanding a pop up
• Techniques and applications
Folding Techniques Book • Basic folding techniques introduction
• Applications and 3-D model interpretations
Skin + Bones Book • Relationships between architecture and
Parallel Practices in Architecture and Fashion fashion
• Implementing architecture in fashion and
vice versa
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