The Living fibers: Wool in Transformative Design
(2025) ASEM01 20251Department of Architecture and Built Environment
- Abstract
- This thesis explores the architectural potential of compressed wool as a natural material capable of forming complex structures. From the beginning, the project combined two main directions: first, the exploration of natural, growth-based patterns such as differential growth and hyperbolic surfaces, and second, the investigation of material behavior through direct experimentation. These two paths were developed in parallel to test how form and material could inform one another.
The choice of wool came from its unique physical properties, its ability to compress, hold tension, respond to moisture and temperature, and maintain structural softness. These characteristics made it suitable for forming free, adaptive geometries that are... (More) - This thesis explores the architectural potential of compressed wool as a natural material capable of forming complex structures. From the beginning, the project combined two main directions: first, the exploration of natural, growth-based patterns such as differential growth and hyperbolic surfaces, and second, the investigation of material behavior through direct experimentation. These two paths were developed in parallel to test how form and material could inform one another.
The choice of wool came from its unique physical properties, its ability to compress, hold tension, respond to moisture and temperature, and maintain structural softness. These characteristics made it suitable for forming free, adaptive geometries that are difficult to achieve with traditional rigid materials. Throughout the process, a series of hands-on and digital prototypes were created to understand how wool could behave architecturally, how it could be stitched, compressed, and assembled to create stable yet expressive forms.
The outcome of the project is a pavilion system that showcases the relationship between material behavior and form generation. However, the main narrative of the project focuses on how natural fibers, specifically compressed wool, can be as architectural elements that respond to environmental conditions while offering a new spatial language rooted in softness, transformation, and sensory experience.
This project aim to slowly evolves and adapts. It contributes to the ongoing discourse on material-driven design and biophilic architecture by showing how natural materials can offer both structural performance and emotional presence in architecture. (Less)
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- author
- Aghamohammadhassani, Farzaneh LU
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- organization
- course
- ASEM01 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- language
- English
- id
- 9197992
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abstract = {{This thesis explores the architectural potential of compressed wool as a natural material capable of forming complex structures. From the beginning, the project combined two main directions: first, the exploration of natural, growth-based patterns such as differential growth and hyperbolic surfaces, and second, the investigation of material behavior through direct experimentation. These two paths were developed in parallel to test how form and material could inform one another.
The choice of wool came from its unique physical properties, its ability to compress, hold tension, respond to moisture and temperature, and maintain structural softness. These characteristics made it suitable for forming free, adaptive geometries that are difficult to achieve with traditional rigid materials. Throughout the process, a series of hands-on and digital prototypes were created to understand how wool could behave architecturally, how it could be stitched, compressed, and assembled to create stable yet expressive forms.
The outcome of the project is a pavilion system that showcases the relationship between material behavior and form generation. However, the main narrative of the project focuses on how natural fibers, specifically compressed wool, can be as architectural elements that respond to environmental conditions while offering a new spatial language rooted in softness, transformation, and sensory experience.
This project aim to slowly evolves and adapts. It contributes to the ongoing discourse on material-driven design and biophilic architecture by showing how natural materials can offer both structural performance and emotional presence in architecture.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The Living fibers: Wool in Transformative Design}},
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