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Threadscapes : local fibres, local futures Jain, Sheena

Abstract

With Global textile production soaring more than 50% in the last two decades, the contemporary Fashion industry stands as a significant environmental and social exploiter worldwide. Unveiling the pitfalls of globalized mass production and consumer detachment from clothing production, this graduate research project explores the intersection between fabrics and Landscape Architecture by advocating for a regional textile system that localizes the production and processing of natural textiles in Metro Vancouver. Threadscapes is a speculative design exploration that introduces fibre gardens in various typologies of unutilized urban spaces that provide opportunities for the public to see and explore the uses of plants in clothing creation, reminding us of our natural roots to clothing. Besides providing a design proposal, the speculative project is also meant to act as a call for participation out to the public, to join an initiative in their neighborhoods to move towards slow fashion, towards a renewable clothing future, to be able to connect to the land they live on and the fabric they wear in their everyday lives.

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Title
Threadscapes : local fibres, local futures
Creator
Jain, Sheena
Date Issued
2024-04
Description
With Global textile production soaring more than 50% in the last two decades, the contemporary Fashion industry stands as a significant environmental and social exploiter worldwide. Unveiling the pitfalls of globalized mass production and consumer detachment from clothing production, this graduate research project explores the intersection between fabrics and Landscape Architecture by advocating for a regional textile system that localizes the production and processing of natural textiles in Metro Vancouver. Threadscapes is a speculative design exploration that introduces fibre gardens in various typologies of unutilized urban spaces that provide opportunities for the public to see and explore the uses of plants in clothing creation, reminding us of our natural roots to clothing. Besides providing a design proposal, the speculative project is also meant to act as a call for participation out to the public, to join an initiative in their neighborhoods to move towards slow fashion, towards a renewable clothing future, to be able to connect to the land they live on and the fabric they wear in their everyday lives.
Subject
Textile; Fashion; Renewable; Clothing; Plant fibres; Bast fibres; Fibre garden
Geographic Location
Vancouver (B.C.)
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. LARC 598
Date Available
2024-05-01
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0442084
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88144
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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