Diploma project
The economy of obsolescence, which dictates that demolition and new construction is the core of architecture, has become increasingly difficult to subscribe to. Through different scales, from the municipality via the neighbourhood to the building, this project aims to challenge antiquarian building preservation, and suggest an architectural praxis underpinned by a pragmatic form of preservation.
Existing office in typical plan.
Existing office in typical plan.
How can stitching and its embedded know-how become the genesis of an architectural experience? Through the needle, thread and textile, this experimental research investigates key notions that reflect upon architectural phenomena embedded in the act of stitching and the stitch itself. Stitching becomes the tool to create three dimensional structures, to observe the light, spatiality and mood that occurs. It discusses thread and textile as structurally dependent materials, and reflects upon the relationship between skin and skeleton.
The site may be considered as a high valuable landscape with important ecological values and international recognitions. The Chaine des Puys and the Limagne fault are both in the Unesco lists while the lower part of the territory shelter most of the settlements and the fertile land with the Limagne plain and the Allier river to the East.
