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The faBrick project

Four students of The Bartlett School of Architecture used the traditional art of stitching to transform a flat sheet of felt into structurally strong, intricate, fluid shapes.

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Conceived for the The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL’s exhibition “B-Pro Show”, faBrick is a project to create complex three dimensional forms from a flat sheet, using the traditional art of stitching.

This felt composite creates structurally strong, intricate fluid shapes without the help of any mold or formwork which other materials like fiberglass need.

The project faBrick was undertaken by Bartlett School of Architecture students I-Ting Tsai, Somdatta Majumdar, Xixi Zheng and Yiru Yun under the tutorship of Daniel Widrig, Stefan Bassing and Soomeen Hahm as part of the School’s MArch Architectural Design programme.

Fabric in architecture and furniture has long existed since the beginning, but inventing a composite which makes the fabric the main material is unique.

The chair design is created by the same process of machine cutting the felt and letting the fabric stand on its own after which the composite is hardened. The fabric itself becomes the legs, seat and backrest, being the sole material used in design. The wall, window becoming the chair was created to show the potential of the design invention which allows a transition from a surface to a 3D object. Seamless designs are rare due to material size restriction but like the wall made of many components, it can create larger spaces with no visual seams.

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I-Ting Tsai, Somdatta Majumdar, Xixi Zheng and Yiru Yun under the tutorship of Daniel Widrig, Stefan Bassing and Soomeen Hahm, The faBrick project

I-Ting Tsai, Somdatta Majumdar, Xixi Zheng and Yiru Yun under the tutorship of Daniel Widrig, Stefan Bassing and Soomeen Hahm, The faBrick project. Traditional art of felt stitching has been used to create contemporary 3D fabric objects

I-Ting Tsai, Somdatta Majumdar, Xixi Zheng and Yiru Yun under the tutorship of Daniel Widrig, Stefan Bassing and Soomeen Hahm, The faBrick project. Crafting technique of felt sheet

I-Ting Tsai, Somdatta Majumdar, Xixi Zheng and Yiru Yun under the tutorship of Daniel Widrig, Stefan Bassing and Soomeen Hahm, The faBrick project. Study of deformation caused my stitching and folding of felt

faBrick
Design: I-Ting Tsai, Somdatta Majumdar, Xixi Zheng and Yiru Yun
Tutors: Daniel Widrig, Stefan Bassing and Soomeen Hahm

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The faBrick project

Four students of The Bartlett School of Architecture used the traditional art of stitching to transform a flat sheet of felt into structurally strong, intricate, fluid shapes.

Madera: the soul of wood, nobly expressed

The handle that could win the Compasso d'Oro

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