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Uni_Form Space: Exploring Environment Through Fashion+Architecture, Alanzo Price
Uni_Form Space: Exploring Environment Through Fashion+Architecture, Alanzo Price
Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year
Henry Van de Velde advocated for the German concept, ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ which translates to ‘total work of art’. This concept became popular during the Art Nouveau Movement around the 1890s when architects began utilizing their knowledge of scale to design fashion and other everyday objects like silverware. Though this concept has produced intriguing designs, architects still shy away from design processes that seem ornamental assuming that they will not produce work that is ‘architectural’. The goal of this project is to create an architectural environment by curating designed elements that use a recognizable design language present in fashion and architecture. The …