Drytech 3
Client: Droog Design Team: Bart Reuser, Marijn Schenk, Michel Schreinemachers, Samira Boon with Maria Salinas Moltó, Eve Arpo, Agathe Osika, Ieda Alvarez Dogo Collaborator / associate: Studio Samira Boon Material: Chair: Fiberglass and nylon Spacer Fabric with polyester resin; Screen: cotton and elastic with poly Floor area / size: Chair: h=70, w = 62 Build engineer: Müller textiles; Polyproducts, Construction: Textilemuseum Tilburg Special thanks to: Prof. Beukers, TU Delft, Aerospace faculty,Hybrids + Fusion, First design: 2007-10-15 Completion: September 2007
2007-10-29 Open talk at 2007-09-14 DRYTECH NEW PRODUCTS AND EXHIBITION
In the context of ‘Drytech 3’, NEXT architects, in collaboration with Studio Samira Boon, manufactured two products, a chair and a folding screen. Both products are the result of a technologically innovative use of materials, which is a condition for the “Drytech” project series organized by Droog Design.
For the chair, we used a double weaving technique used in carpet production: two carpets are woven together and cut loose afterwards to create a velour side. This inspired us to design a chair along the same lines: two pieces of fabric are partly interwoven and partly cut loose. Cutting the fabric turns a two-dimensional cloth into a three-dimensional object.
The chair derives its strength form both the double fabric and the curves: hardening so-called ‘three-dimensional’ fabrics by means of resins gives them constructive qualities.
The folding screen is a continuation of Samira Boon’s research into 3D weaving techniques, for instance by using waffle patterns. Using a combination of 3D waffle structures and resin reinforcement makes the load-bearing structure and the screen melt into one, thus creating a super light and exceptionally rigid screen.
The 3D relief also has an acoustic function. The transparency of the material causes the structure to change whenever the light incidence changes. The screens are zipped up, with the zippers attached to parts of the fabric that are not reinforced. This way, the fabric can even be used as a hinge.
