The colour of emerging textile for urban regeneration

NATURAL COLOURS - DIGITAL COLOURS

Book of Abstracts of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2020

Avignon, France 20, 26-28th november 2020

Sponsored by le Centre Franรงais de la Couleur (CFC) Published by International Colour Association (AIC)

SESSION 5 PART 2

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The colour of emerging textile for urban regeneration Katia Gaspariniaa• IUAV University of Venice, Venice (Italy) •Corresponding author: katia.gasparini@iuav.it a

In the contemporary Age the urban scene changes appearance and space perception through innovative design approaches: new shapes and paths, interactive installations, connected spaces and so on.

Some of the most famous projects of urban design in the World, where the colour plays a key role are, for example: the historical project in Rotterdam of Topotek 1 called “Superkilen”; some projects of Martha Schwartz Architect; the Red Ribbon Park in China; the Millenium Park in Chicago; several projects of the Serpentine Gallery Pavillions, and many others. In these installations the colour and light became the most important design tool, especially in the experimental projects designed by some young architects and designers using emerging technologies and coloured effects.

In fact, within some urban spaces around the World, in some cases we can report of interesting innovative pavilions or urban spaces covered through fluid, dynamic and coloured shapes that attract people attention, as landmarks.

Some of the most interesting installations are made by parametric design and emerging materials as passive and active smart textile, emerging technologies, as 3D printing and digital technologies.

Usually, the installation’s design is conceived with textile materials, they’re made thanks to the cooperation of creative designer with lighting and digital engineer companies, in a multidisciplinary approach.

Indeed, Jenny Sabin’s installation at Moma PS2, called Lumen (2017) or Janet Echelman coloured sculptures in Vancouver (2014) are famous. The common features of these two installations are: the use of digital technologies; the interaction with people; the use of innovative fabric; the changing colours thanks to the light effect; the parametric design concept.

These urban installations look like moving sculptures, being 3D interactive textile that changes the urban space and colours.

The paper will report to assess the progress of ongoing research about these emerging textiles. The research methodology is based on the analysis of international case studies of interactive coloured installations in urban space and their impact on the environment, in particular when designed with digital design technologies (parametric design?), conceived as a dynamic system, and a set of other criteria.

The aim of this research is to define the guideline for designers, architects and urban planners interested at innovative approach to urban regeneration design. The colour is the most important design tools for a Human Centred Design in urban scene: it’s important for people way-finding and the space regeneration. The emerging technologies in this context are fundamental for connecting the project to the citizen.

KEYWORDS

emerging technologies I urban design I colour

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