Poging GOUD - Vrij
One Project, Three Scales Fabric Structure
Metropolis Magazine
|Jan/Feb 2019
A groundbreaking knitted formwork makes a pavilion possible in Mexico City.
THE PONCHO
In the courtyard of Mexico City’s Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo sits an intriguing, curved concrete shell. The 13-foot-tall structure’s fabric underbelly resembles the colorful traditional garments from Jalisco State on the country’s Pacific coast. Nicknamed Sarape—or striped poncho—by its builders, the fabric is in fact a 3D-knit formwork that supports the weight of the entire pavilion.
This is KnitCandela, on view through March 3 as part of
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