Earthly Dwelling examines the potential of vulcanic basalt filament for innovative and sustainable architectonic and design purposes.
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Earthly Dwelling is a collaborative project committed to material exploration and innovative usage of Basalt filament for architectonic and design purposes. The project examines the intersection of stone and textiles, discovering creative pathways of building and constructing with filiform stone. Behind the project is the ceramic expert Christine Jetten and master weaver Maaike Gottschal in collaboration with me, Malin Dittmann, as the designer. The three collaborators will work together to develop an archive of material experiments relevant for architectural purposes using the intersections of fibrous and solid Basalt. The inspiration for Earthly Dwelling is found in the early history of architecture. Textile techniques such as weaving and ceramic pottery are the oldest crafts, influencing humankinds first builts. The combination of woven structures and stone or clay was crucial to build the first walls for shelters and is still used on modern constructions sites.
Filament from vulcanic Basalt is an industrially fashioned, more current building material; recognized for its brute strength, heat resistance, sustainability and low material and production cost compared to other high-performance fibres such as carbon fibre. Often buried in concrete, treated with epoxy resin and other materials which hide its own aesthetic and versatile qualities. This project strives to explore creative applications of this promising material, look beyond current technical purpose and advantages, and instead wants to reconnect usage of the fibre back to the origins of building, when weaving and ceramics were first combined.
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