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Fabricademy 2017
Textile as Scaffold
Global instructor: Anastasia Pistofidou
Technical textiles have various applications, among which agrotech, building, clothes, geotech, sports. In this class we will use textiles for composites, polymerisation, solidification, fabric formwork, crystallization, composites and biocomposites, agglomerates.
This class focuses on exploring techniques and applications of technical textiles in the industry. It introduces the concept of designing custom processes that require the design of a set of tools, processes and workflow.
Program outline
Composites Biocomposites Crystallization Fabric formwork & Concrete or Plaster Casting Wood + Textile Composite
Materials
Bio Resin and Resin Borax, Rochelle salt, Potasium sodium, Epsom Salt, Sugar, Concrete and Plaster Veneer Wood Fabric White Glue
Assignment
Each student can use a different technique to make a prototype of a technical textile application You need to make ¨coupons¨, samples of your composite with standard dimensions : 13x17cm minumum max 40x40cm.
For this assignment you will require to build up your tools (container for molding, vacuum bag set up, frames, matrix, recipients) and process for your workflow. Give special importance to 3D dimensional geometries you are making and the methodology you are using to create them
How will it be evaluated?
Documentation on webpage and physical prototype. Record the process and make a stop motion.
Textile Scaffold
Fabric Formwork
Wood+Textile Composite
Krystallization
