COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Pleating Skins: Architecture, Clothing and Cultural Identity
Creator:
Callejas, Sandra Elizabeth
Subject:
Thesis (M.Arch.) -- Architecture
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Architecture
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
Historically, architecture and clothing have become increasingly complementary fields. Their interchanges in terminology and processes date back to the 1800s when architects were looking at clothing as inspiration for a new direction in architecture. By defining clothing as a second skin and architecture as a third skin of enclosure, the correlation begins to address issues such as social conditions, place, and cultural identity, all of which speak to the most definitive, being cultural identity or the fourth skin. The premise of this design takes place in a small town in El Salvador, named El Rosario. The need to relocate El Rosario’s local marketplace was transformed into an urban garment inspired by the culture’s iconic clothing, the apron. The apron concept has brought about the distinct vendor typologies that reflect the culture’s deeply embedded practices while accommodating the various needs of vendor personalities. In a place of cultural,
economic and social exchange, the market becomes the site for the pleating of these skins to essentially celebrate the intangible fourth skin of cultural identity.
economic and social exchange, the market becomes the site for the pleating of these skins to essentially celebrate the intangible fourth skin of cultural identity.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2011-05
Format:
PDF : 171 p. : ill