In the most literal sense, ‘textile’, which is derived from the Latin word texere, meaning ‘to weave’, refers to ‘everything that is woven’. In reality, textile also embraces materials that are pressed, knitted, crocheted, knotted or spun.
WHAT IS ARCHITECTURAL TEXTILE?
There is some confusion about the meaning of ‘textile’. It is sometimes thought to be a separate class of material whereas in fact textiles are the result of a processing technique that can be applied to many materials. For example, there are textiles made of wood (paper fibres) and metal.
I realized that recent days Vegetable and animal fibres have been used since time immemorial for clothing and Tt shelter. That makes textile design become more and more interesting.
Architecture can probably learn a few things from the clothing industry. For example, the addition of actuators to textile makes it possible to adjust the insulating properties of the garment to personal preferences, climatological conditions and the wearer’s level of activity. Electroactive polymers (EAPs), which play an important role in this functionality, provide a link with dynamic and smart textiles.
