| 1. |
- Femenias, Paula, 1966, et al.
(författare)
-
Earthy textiles. Experiences from a joint teaching encounter between textile design and architecture
- 2017
-
Ingår i: Cumulus REDO Conference Proceedings Design School Kolding 30 May - 2 June 2017. - 9788793416154 ; , s. 236-251
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents experiences from a two-day teaching workshop where first year students in architecture meet with first year students in textile design for an assignment on building structures with textile, soil and plants designing for indoor gardening with the aim of inspiring for more sustainable lifestyles. The background is a research project on textile architecture with the objective of exploring this new field and to establish a platform for long-term collaboration between the disciplines of architecture and textile design. The paper addresses pedagogical challenges in the meeting between first-years students of different disciplines and traditions, but also in the meeting between research and undergraduate teaching. The students produced creative results but had difficulties in exploring the full complexity of the task. An evaluative discussion is based on observations, photo documentation, notes during group discussions, follow-up questionnaires among the students and reflections among involved researchers.
|
|
| 2. |
- Fridh, Kristina, 1961
(författare)
-
En – Interacting Spaces in Japanese Architecture
- 2020
-
Ingår i: Japan's Past and Present, edited by Kurt Almqvist & Yukiko Duke Bergman. - Stockholm : Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation and Bokförlaget Stolpe. - 9789163972058 ; , s. 172-191, s. 172-191
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
| 3. |
- Fridh, Kristina, 1961
(författare)
-
Exploring the “Non-Perfect” Characteristics of Materials
- 2017
-
Ingår i: Symposium Making Effect at ArkDes in Stockholm 14-16 September 2017.
-
Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Today in Swedish building production, materials are often used to give the impression of plain and perfect surfaces and volumes. For several contemporary Japanese architects, among others Kengo Kuma and Toyo Ito, the building materials play a role in the stage-setting of incomplete and unexpected experiences and perceptions that instead evoke wonder. In this way, the materials acquire additional meanings as intermediary links, to bridge between human being, building and landscape, preventing buildings from being experienced merely as objects. This 2012 pilot project was developed into a new research project “Urban Materiality: Towards New Collaborations in Textile and Architectural Design”, funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR), Artistic Research. In that project, the formation of “textile disturbances” creates latitude for new processes of renewal in urban environments, where aesthetic ideals of perfection often result in current materials and building envelopes today being replaced prematurely with inferior materials in existing environments.
|
|
| 4. |
- Fridh, Kristina, 1961
(författare)
-
From Japanese tradition towards new subjectivity in the architecture of Kengo Kuma and Toyo Ito
- 2017
-
Ingår i: arq : Architectural research quarterly. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. - 1359-1355 .- 1474-0516. ; 21:2, s. 113-130
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Japanese architects Kengo Kuma and Toyo Ito work with the formation of mental processes, which include spatial perceptions, but also haptic experiences. In this regard, they both connect to the Japanese architectural tradition. Therefore, it is interesting to compare their work, especially since visually the architecture of these two architects differs. However, through staged, unexpected and changeable experiences of materiality and spatial organisation – interacting in dynamic flow with the surroundings – similar mental processes are evoked when conceiving and perceiving their architecture that are an integral part of the ongoing processes to transform their architecture into ‘abstractions’. The point of departure for being involved in these similar, processual stage-settings is the creation of uncompleted experiences of wonder; a void, which is recognised from the traditional Japanese expressions for beauty – shibui and yugen – and described by Soetsu Yanagi as a hidden, subjective beauty. This in turn leads to a new subjectivity in connection with traditional Japanese conceptions of space, where space is a subjective perception and a changeable process in the mind of the beholder, and not an outside object. The references to the architectural tradition include the villa and the garden of Katsura and the architect Kazuo Shinohara, who opposed and criticised Western Modernism with the basis in his own Japanese tradition.
|
|
| 5. |
|
|
| 6. |
- Fridh, Kristina, 1961-
(författare)
-
Japanska rum – en diskussion kring tomhet och föränderlighet i traditionell och nutida japansk arkitektur
- 2001
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Traditional and contemporary Japanese architecture is examined, with focus on the characteristics of emptiness and changeability, the point of departure being Japanese conceptions of space which are interpreted and described from a Western perspective. According to Japanese cultural tradition space is conceived as a subjective perception, a physical experience and a changeable process. A description and analysis of how these conceptions of space are expressed and perceived in architectonic forms, both in traditional sukiya architecture and in a selection of contemporary works of architecture, is then presented. The buildings discussed in the thesis are, among others, the Katsura villa, the pavilions Rinun-tei and Kyusui-ken in Shugaku-in, Shisen-do, Hillside Terrace, Church with the Light, Villa in Shimo-gamo, Gifu Kitagata Apartment Building and Tofu. The contemporary works of architecture have been designed by Fumihiko Maki, Tadao Ando, Waro Kishi, Kazuyo Sejima and Jun Tamaki. Besides visiting the buildings, articles written by these architects have been studied which convey their views on architecture. These texts reflect both Japanese and Western influences in a global debate about architecture. This thesis is based on a direct experience of various buildings together with a personal Western interpretation. In this way the subjective experience is put into focus and leads to a discussion about architecture based on concepts or perceptions. The strong Japanese architectural tradition lives on in the reinterpretations of contemporary architecture, the study of which creates a deeper understanding of the tradition. In this foreign world of architecture there is room for dimensions which could become an architectonic challenge in designing new buildings and environment.
|
|
| 7. |
- Fridh, Kristina, 1961-, et al.
(författare)
-
Sound absorbing textile surfaces in the urban landscape - collaborative research in textile and architectural design
- 2019
-
Ingår i: Futurescan 4: Valuing Practice Edited by: Helena Britt, Kevin Almond, Laura Morgan. - 9781527249691
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The design of woven and knitted structures can be compared with the formation of buildings’ facades and constructions. However, textile designers do not generally participate when the exterior structure and facades of a building take shape, but rather when textiles and materials for the indoor environment are chosen, often with the intention of enhancing the acoustic qualities of spaces. In this research project, two architects and a textile designer collaborate, the latter focusing particularly on sound design. Incorporating textile designers in the early stages of building projects can lead to benefits of exploring and improving sound landscapes in outdoor environments. In order to search for and develop new approaches, methods and techniques in the field described as textile architecture, textile facade modules were designed and produced, and the design process was examined and evaluated from the points of departure of the two design fields. Questions such as ‘who is actually prototyping?’ arose, as well as the search for finding common references and concepts, both historical and contemporary, to strengthen the collaborative work. A practice-based experimental approach was important for the project and the merger of the two design fields, not least to put different textile techniques and materials to the test to examine how they can affect the sound landscape and experiences of space. The key activities in the laboratory work were technique, method, perception, stage-setting and context, which connected both to textile design and architecture. The different textile materials were chosen to comply with the requirements of external climate impact and rough outdoor environments. In groups of demarcated design experiments, the textile techniques of weaving and hand tufting were explored, and the modules were tested acoustically.
|
|
| 8. |
|
|
| 9. |
|
|
| 10. |
- Fridh, Kristina, 1961-
(creator_code:cre_t)
-
Textile architecture : about sound absorbing facades and textiles in urban landscapes
- 2019
-
Konstnärligt arbete (refereegranskat)abstract
- See digital folder in Swedish and English. The curtain and the carpet are used as metaphors and the interior and exterior change place. Facades are dressed by textile modules, and are based on architect Gottfried Semper’s principle of “dressing” (bekleidung) from the 19th century, but also on Japanese architecture where spaces are formed through layers that interact. The modules contribute to the absorption of sound in noisy urban environments. In the project, maps of “soundscapes” were made to find the sonic identity of a place, which then was analysed through the use of a number of sonic effects. This is to identify which sounds and sound frequencies that are desirable to dampen. Today, building facades are often designed to be perfect, and facade materials are replaced prematurely, even though the materials have a longer life. We want to change the approach to facade materials, and also demonstrate sustainable alternatives. The woven and hand tufted facade modules can temporarily patch facades during building renovations or become parts of new facades. Using textiles outdoors in facades is unexpected and evokes wonder – can a textile facade module resist outdoor climate? A starting point in the project has been to design textile “disturbances” in the urban landscape, which can give rise to positive experiences of something “non-perfect”. Here, the project connects to aesthetic approaches in the Japanese tea culture. The “incomplete” tea bowls, used in the Japanese tea ceremony, evoke wonder through the unsymmetrical form and the crackled glazing. In this way, bridges can be built between consciousness and objects. The exhibition also raises the question of what textile architecture is and can be. A slide show with various interpretations from both textile design and architecture is shown, for example projects by the design studio Inside Outside | Petra Blaisse and the architectural office Kengo Kuma and Associates.
|
|
