Week 6

Casual Urban

This week I looked at other types of clothing with qualities of flexible or adaptable space, particularly 'normal' clothing rather than specialty/fashion pieces.  I also looked at ways to apply those qualities or strategies to urban space.  I choose to work with a park to look at ways to adapt open space to changing users,uses, and time by creating new space without changing the ability of the park to function as a whole - no barriers - and without requiring moving or setting up temporary objects.

Jacket

The jacket has tectonic qualities of articulated joints and programs.  The construction of the jacket does not require the seams and pockets to be visible but it adds visual interest as well as highlighting the program spaces (pockets, hood) available for use as needed without changing the jackets use as a whole.





Park

Lines can be drawn, like seams, at ground level to designate areas of the park without changing the use of the park as a larger open space.  The lines can be geometric or sculptural to create visual interest and connections with elements inside and outside the park.









Cargo Pants

Cargo pants generally have large pockets (often several) providing space that can be used as needed.  Some also have zippers, buttons, or ties to change the amount of space being used, depending on how the user needs/wants to wear the pants.  Those elements are hidden until needed but only then are the pants whole.

Park

I applied the 'hidden until needed' strategy to the park by adding lights in the ground that can be turned on to light the boundaries of an area/space for activities at night.