Title: ‘Super Folds’, sample
Designer: Studio Samira Boon, the Netherlands
Year: 2013
Material: cotton, thin paper, elastic, mohair
Technique: woven
Commissioner / producer: TextielMuseum, Tilburg
Collection: TextielMuseum, Tilburg
Inv. Nr.: 17566n
Photo: Samira Boon

TEXTIELMUSEUM

BUILDING WITH TEXTILES

International architecture puts textiles in the spotlight
27/9/2014-25/1/2015

In BUILDING WITH TEXTILES, the TextielMuseum presents work by internationally renowned architects as well as interior projects that put textiles in the spotlight. Building with textiles and flexible materials has aesthetic, functional and environmental advantages. That is why textiles are now seen as the fifth key building material alongside steel, stone, concrete and wood. In addition, the development of interior textiles with special functions – from air purification to integrated light, images and sound – offers new possibilities to design smart and interactive interiors.

Posted 3 November 2014

The exposition


Title: ‘Bloom’ Architect: DOSU Studio Architecture, USA Year: 2011 Material: thermo-bimetal (laminated nickel and manganese), aluminium tubes Technique: laser cut, mounted Location: Los Angeles, USA Commissioner: Materials and Application Gallery, USA Dimensions: h 6 x w 7,6 x l 12 m Photo: Brandon Shigeta		The exhibition presents a historical overview of tent-like structures that provided shelter for early nomadic tribes. Also featured are career highlights of the most visionary engineers and architects of the 20th century. The real focus however, is on pioneering projects by international architects such as OMA, Kennedy & Violich Architecture, DO\|SU Studio Architecture, SL Rasch and soma. These projects truly reveal what building with textile materials and techniques can achieve.

Visitor as investigator


Not only is there much to see, visitors are also invited to participate. They are free to investigate the possibilities of building with textiles for themselves. In a working atelier they can tread in the footsteps of an architect. Stretchy textiles and fixed forms can be used to make a scale model of a building. The maker can capture his or her model on film. The films are then displayed in the online gallery of the TextielMuseum website.		Title: ‘Horizon’ Designer: Astrid Krogh, Denmark Year: 2013 Material: optical fibre, paper yarn, aluminium, LED light Dimensions: l 420 x w 200 cm Loan: Astrid Krogh Photo: Astrid Krogh

Title: ‘One Ocean Pavilion’
Architect: soma ZT GmbH, Austria
Year: 2012
Material: fiberglass enhanced polymer (façade)
Technique: composite mounted
Location: Yeosu, South Korea
Commissioner: EXPO Yeosu 2012
Dimensions: h 3-13 x w 140 m (lamella façade)
Photo: Kim Yong-kwan

Title: ‘Bloko’
Designer: Aleksandra Gaca, the Netherlands
Year: 2014
Material: wool, cotton, polyester, elastane
Technique: woven
Loan: Aleksandra Gaca
Photo: Aleksandra Gaca

Title: ‘Prada Transformer’
Architect: OMA, the Netherlands
Year: 2008
Material: steel, polyvinyl chloride
Technique: sprayed textile on steel frame
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Producer: LG Electronics, Hyundai Motor Company,
Red Resource and Cocoon Holland B.V. (textile)
Dimensions: ca. 20 meters (66 feet)
Credit: OMA

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A specially designed material display allows for multiple interactive experiences, with various electronic textiles and other smart fabrics on show. By touching the materials, the visitor discovers the special qualities of each sample.

Workshops
During the exhibition, a series of ‘Building with Textiles’ workshops are planned for the first and third Sunday of the month. An exciting extra workshop for children is scheduled for December. Check out the website for the latest programme.
BUILDING WITH TEXTILES is on show from 27 September 2014 until 25 January 2015. Follow us for the complete programme:
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BUILDING WITH TEXTILES is possible with support from the province of Noord-Brabant (bkkc) and the Creative Industries Fund NL.

Title: exhibition ‘Building with textiles’; Interior 3D
Designers/Projects: Aleksandra Gaca ‘Architextiles’,
Klemens Torggler ‘Evolution Door’ (background)
Exhibition design: Studio MKGK
Graphic design: Raw Color
Photo: Tommy de Lange commissioned by TM

Title: ‘X-Ray Fabric© Pleatflow’
Designer: Rita Parniczky, England
Year: 2013
Material: nylon monofilament
Technique: hand woven
Loan: Rita Parniczky
Photo: Rita Parniczky

Title: exhibition ‘Building with textiles’; architecture
Architect: Dosu Studio Architecture
Project: ‘Bloom’
Year: 2011 / 2014 (presentation)
Loan: Dosu Studio Architecture
Exhibition design: Studio MKGK
Graphic design: Raw Color
Photo: Tommy de Lange commissioned by TM

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Title: ‘Prada Transformer’ Architect: OMA, the Netherlands Year: 2008 Material: steel, polyvinyl chloride Technique: sprayed textile on steel frame Location: Seoul, South Korea Producer: LG Electronics, Hyundai Motor Company, Red Resource and Cocoon Holland B.V. (textile) Dimensions: ca. 20 meters (66 feet		TextielMuseum Goirkestraat 96, NL-5046 GN Tilburg, Netherlands +31 (0)13-5367475 www.textielmuseum.nl/‎

Title: ‘Re-Set’
Designer: Inside Outside, the Netherlands
Year: 2012
Material: cotton, velour, artificial leather, voile
Technique: woven, stitched, coated
Location: Dutch Pavilion, Venice, Italy
Commissioner: The Netherlands Architecture
Institute, The Netherlands
Dimensions: h 5,25 x w 18,08 m
Photo: Alessandra Bello

Title: ‘Shades of Light’
Designer: Aoife Wullur, the Netherlands
Year: 2011
Material: textiles, metal thread, magnets and LED
lights
Technique: woven
Dimensions: l150 x w60 cm
Loan: Aoife Wullur
Photo: Aoife Wullur

Title: ‘Super Folds’ (XL Miura Fold), sample
Designer: Studio Samira Boon, the Netherlands
Year: 2013
Material: cotton, thin paper, elastic
Technique: woven
Producer: TextielMuseum, Tilburg
Dimensions: 95 x 45 x 15 cm
Collection TextielMuseum
Inv. Nr.: 17566f
Photo: Samira Boon