First Place Winner

Team: Unseen

Team Sponsor: Steve Ward and Associates, Geoff Mcelrath & Jessica Laura

Team Members: Lizz Wetherall, Erin Metelka, Maggie Vineyard, Jaquelene Dent, Hannah Starnes , Taylor Odom

Sub Theme: Bio climatic

BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN REFERS TO THE DESIGN OF A BUILDING OR SPACE BASED ON LOCAL CLIMATE AND THE PROVISION OF THERMAL AND VISUAL COMFORT, THROUGH THE USE OF SOLAR ENERGY AND OTHER NATURAL ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES. MANY EXAMPLES OF SUSTAINABLE AND BIOCLIMATICALLY DESIGNED ARCHITECTURE ARE BUILT INTO THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE, EMULATING THE SURROUNDINGS THROUGH FORM, WHILE USING TRANSPARENCY AND NATIVE MATERIALS TO BLEND INTO THE BACKGROUND, ”UNSEEN.” TEAM UNSEEN’S GARMENT IS INSPIRED BY BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN’S OVERARCHING THEME OF EMULATING AND BLENDING INTO THE LANDSCAPE THROUGH COLOR, TRANSPARENCY, AND TEXTURE. THE HOURGLASS SHAPE OF THE GARMENT’S STRUCTURE REPRESENTS A WOMAN’S HOURGLASS FIGURE. IT IS DESIGNED TO EXAGGERATE THE FIGURE AND COMPLEMENT THE BODY. THIS FORM WAS INSPIRED BY BIOCLIMATICALLY DESIGNED ARCHITECTURE’S TENDENCY TO MIMIC THE EBBS AND FLOWS OF THE SITE’S LANDSCAPE. IN THIS CASE, THE “LANDSCAPE” IS THE TOPOGRAPHY OF A WOMAN’S BODY. THE SOLE MATERIAL USED TO CREATE THE MAJORITY OF THE GARMENT IS FSC- CERTIFIED WALNUT VENEER EDGEBANDING. THIS SELECTION OF MATERIAL WAS MADE DUE TO ITS SUSTAINABLE NATURE, ANOTHER COMPONENT OF BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN, AND TO COMPLEMENT THE MODEL’S SKIN-TONE. EACH TEAM MEMBER WOVE INDIVIDUAL PATCHES, WHICH WERE SEAMED TOGETHER TO CREATE THE WHOLE OF THE HOURGLASS GARMENT. THE SHEER MATERIAL UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURED EDGEBANDING IS USED TO REPRESENT AIRFLOW THROUGH THE STRUCTURE. IT CREATES VISUAL COMFORT FOR AESTHETICS AND THERMAL COMFORT FOR THE WEARER. PLEASE ENJOY A GARMENT DESIGNED TO REPRESENT THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN.