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The craft of basket weaving is steeped in traditional techniques handed down through generations, yet is adaptive in technique and formal expression. Mastery of the techniques results in inherently parametric volumes. As the craft becomes less prevalent, an architectural application provides a dynamic opportunity for basketry.
The project explores the possible architecture application of basket weaving techniques, and aims to find a new life for a diminishing craft through pushing the limits of possibility through analog crafting, computational manipulation and digital fabrication.
It looks at the four most prevalent basket weaving techniques found on the north American continent: Coil Weaving, Then Plaiting, followed by Twining, and finally Wicker woven baskets.
Initial Experiments resulted in a simple taxonomy of the combination of the four weave types when used together. Analyzing both spatial limitations and permeation levels. From there The experiments progressed to the digital to further explore the formal and spatial possibilities that the systems could achieve.
Further experiments utilizing digital manipulation resulted in a non-exhaustive taxonomy - an understanding of the formulaic possibilities of the four different weave types when manipulated in a series of different ways following a set of rules.
When expressed in combination at an architectural scale, across an existing structure, the weaves create a dynamic architectural space. As one transitions through the space, each weave expresses a different spatial experience. In one way building off itself, as well the existing structure.
