Project Details
Description
The ph.d. project The Textile Form of Sound investigates the relation between sound, textile, and form. The purpose is to study how acoustic and aesthetic desires can be equally ascertained through forming and situating textiles in various ways in an architectonic context.
Research in acoustic regulation with textiles, has till now been focusing on which acoustic properties the textiles has in it self, that is which acoustic properties the textile gets by virtue of the fibers, it is made from, the way the fibers is joined together and from its density and weight.
On the other hand, there has not been done much research about the acoustic properties and aesthetic qualities that textile can obtain through forming and situating textiles in various ways.
However, sound is a spacious phenomenon, and relate to physical forms. This fact makes probable that a three dimensional textile form and its placement has at least the same acoustical importance as the textile in itself.
There exists a rich material, consisting of both theory and actual buildings, showing how spacious forms can regulate sound and at the same time create strong aesthetic qualities. However, this rich material primarily deals with spacious forms derived from conventional building materials such as stone, glass and wood, while spacious, aesthetic forms derived from textiles, is only sporadic described.
The project investigates how textiles can be designed and placed spaciously and thereby at the same time regulate acoustics and perform aesthetically in an architectonic context.
The problem is investigated through three experiments. Each experiment has a different focus on the relationship between textile, sound and form. The first experiment investigates which textile techniques can build up at the same time both aesthetic and functional forms. The second experiment investigates which acoustic properties various textile forms and placements have. The third experiment combines the first two and investigates how different techniques can build up textile forms, that at the same time regulates acoustics and perform aesthetically in an architectonic context.
Research in acoustic regulation with textiles, has till now been focusing on which acoustic properties the textiles has in it self, that is which acoustic properties the textile gets by virtue of the fibers, it is made from, the way the fibers is joined together and from its density and weight.
On the other hand, there has not been done much research about the acoustic properties and aesthetic qualities that textile can obtain through forming and situating textiles in various ways.
However, sound is a spacious phenomenon, and relate to physical forms. This fact makes probable that a three dimensional textile form and its placement has at least the same acoustical importance as the textile in itself.
There exists a rich material, consisting of both theory and actual buildings, showing how spacious forms can regulate sound and at the same time create strong aesthetic qualities. However, this rich material primarily deals with spacious forms derived from conventional building materials such as stone, glass and wood, while spacious, aesthetic forms derived from textiles, is only sporadic described.
The project investigates how textiles can be designed and placed spaciously and thereby at the same time regulate acoustics and perform aesthetically in an architectonic context.
The problem is investigated through three experiments. Each experiment has a different focus on the relationship between textile, sound and form. The first experiment investigates which textile techniques can build up at the same time both aesthetic and functional forms. The second experiment investigates which acoustic properties various textile forms and placements have. The third experiment combines the first two and investigates how different techniques can build up textile forms, that at the same time regulates acoustics and perform aesthetically in an architectonic context.
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 19/03/2007 → 18/05/2011 |
Funding
Keywords
- Textile, acoustics, architecture