This project stems from the dualities joining two worlds: couture, the art of fashion and architecture, the art of building. They both involve the intelligible and the sensible, the skill of the artist and the engineer. Architecture tends towards the rational whereas fashion depends on the emotional. Architecture constructs rational things discovered through conventional methods. Fashion brings the emotional and the sheer immediacy and drama of momentary seasonal trends.
This study is made up of two sections, the first, a collection of screen prints and images the second, a collection of conventional methods and projections. The gossamer like screen prints serve as cameras into the world within the Maison de Couture. They capture the essence of the creative process, always-in-motion spirit of a fashion house. The architectural projections describe the architectural skeleton of the Maison.
The house is a place for expression; design, fabrication, and demonstration of the spectacle of couture. The heart of this building lies on the central longitudinal axis, where a double helix stair case rotates down to the basement level and spirals up to the rooftop level. Couture pieces are styled and modeled on a series of catwalks that are cartesian extensions of the stair landings. Invited guests can view the spectacle of the fashion show. The stair is a place to see and be seen.
The stair becomes the spirit of the Maison de Couture. The works of art worn by the models trickle down the stair, one by one, allowing a select few to view these unique pieces for the first time. / Master of Architecture / This project explores the intersections and concepts that underlie the two disciplines: Architecture and Fashion. Both worlds revolve around the human body, ideas of space, texture, and movement. Each fulfills the need for shelter and protection; acting as a barrier between us and the surrounding environment. Both work to produce three-dimensional volumes from flat, modular materials. Perhaps the most exciting similarity, Fashion and Architecture are expressive art forms; they offer their creators a platform to communicate and project personal, political, and cultural identities into the world. Through the ages buildings and clothes have echoed one another in terms of concept and form; each look to the other for new technology of material, construction, and fabrication. While fashions are "of the moment," architecture has a more solidified presence, permanence. Time, timely, and timelessness are at the essence of both.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/104463 |
| Date | 30 July 2021 |
| Creators | Gent, Bailey Lynn |
| Contributors | Architecture, Weiner, Frank H., Dugas, David, Korkuti, Arian |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | ETD, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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