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Halo: A Thesis

June 2019

Halo: A Thesis is a culmination of research, experimentation, argumentation, and early design for the fifth year architecture thesis, manifesting itself as an avant-garde textile recycling and fabrication center in a historic London site. This thesis examines the relationships between textiles, or fashion, and architecture. 

Although fashion and architecture are seemingly only connected by an overarching umbrella of "design," the progress of technology has increased the transfer of information and techniques between the two disciplines. The result: a new age of dynamic architecture. If the playful frivolity of fashion can be translated into this new age of architecture, then architecture can be a spectacle, encouraging new ways of thinking and design. Halo has grown from its original interests between fashion and architecture to an examination of how textiles can influence and change architecture. In many of the experiments leading to the final design, the products steaming from the ideas and play and spectacle have resulted in a design that has a unique tactile nature. As Halo continues to grow, the goal is to maintain this attribute through the cultivation of designer friendly spaces with a side of sustainability.

The ultimate goal of Halo is to address textile and architectural waste through three actions: reclaim, adapt, and reuse. The site itself is an adaptive reuse of a historic industrial site which provides cage like structures and extensive underground excavations. Coupled with a program of textile recycling, Halo seeks to draw independent fashion designers from around the world to create new styles from clothing donated from the community. Halo will make a more sustainable future, one shirt at a time.

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