Weaving
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about weaving
Project • By TAELON7 • Pavilions
Limbo Engawa
Limbo Engawa is an architectural pavilion conceived across two sites, as a co-commission between Limbo Museum in Accra, Ghana, and Art Omi in the Hudson Valley, New York. First constructed within Limbo Museum’s unfinished concrete structure, the pavilion was disassembled, transported across the Atlantic, and reassembled within the landscape at Art Omi.
Juergen Benson-Strohmayer
The term engawa refers to a transitional space between interior and exterior, building and landscape, private and communal life. In Accra, Limbo Engawa occupied the threshold between an unfinished concrete structure and surrounding cultivated land. An oversized daybed created a place for farmers and museum visitors to sit, lie down, and gather, while elev... More
Project • By brg3s • Sculptures
Intertwining
Throughout history, Memphis has sat at a crossroads. More than concrete and water, an intersection of people and ideas, races, and faiths coming together to do something magical. While we may have different origins and destinations, for a moment, we all share this journey together. Intertwining is a 200 ft long suspended sculpture that greets and wishes good travels to passengers in the renovated Memphis International Airport’s main concourse. Social justice is at the core of our team’s work and the inspiration behind this art installation. The tragic death of George Floyd Jr. shook our nation and awakened a movement for justice that underlined the importance of the theme of this project honoring the individual stories and... More
Project • By Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects • Workshops
Weaving Studio
Located on a steep rocky waterfront parcel on the West Shore of San Juan Island in Washington, this small craft studio occupies a rocky shelf above and behind an existing main residence. The clients, a professional weaver and her husband, nearing a full-time move to San Juan, requested a studio space which would house all her weaving tools: looms, dying facilities, a sewing/assembly area, and an office.In addition to using the space for her craft, it would also act as a gallery for her work as well as a meeting space for her weaving guild meetings. In addition to the weaving studio requirements, the clients also requested an overflow bedroom for guests. The solution is a generous main studio space flowing with natural light that p... More
Project • By Studio Samira Boon • Exhibition Centres
Archi Folds
ArchiFolds, winner of the Creative Heroes Awards, is an innovative series of textile structures inspired by traditional Japanese folding techniques: “Embedded origami patterns afford natural movement characteristics, growth and metamorphosis” explains Samira Boon. The textile structures are the result of extensive and ongoing research by Studio Samira Boon in collaboration with TextileLab and Prof. T. Tachi from the University of Tokyo.ArchiFolds embodies Samira Boon’s vision on healthy environments as spaces that: “are flexible and dynamic like natural systems. Adaptive textiles are able to accommodate and regulate changing needs on spatial circulation, efficient energy usage and acoustic ambience.” By transla... More