hairchitecture installation by FAHR 021.3 + GIJO

‘hairchitecture installation’ by FAHR 021.3 + GIJO first room

stylist GIJO and a group of portuguese architects FAHR 021.3 have developed an installation of ‘hairchitecture’. the idea merges two creative methodologies, architecture and hairstyle. the event was divided first in the conception and registration of the hairstyles and second, the presentation and exhibition of the concept.

a physical space with methaphorical hair (textile – guimarães main’s industry) was used in four rooms to show the hairchitecture idea and final result. the architectural volumes were created through a digital processes are made of tissue stripes, to simulate bouncing hair, sometimes showing a path, and sometimes creating obstacles to cross.

second exhibition room

third exhibition room

fourth exhibition room

interaction

image © jose caldeira

detail

diagrams

project info:

design team: hugo reis, filipa frois almeida and antónio ribeiro montage team: hugo reis, filipa frois almeida, antónio ribeiro, gijo, lucidia oliveira, mónica marques, maria josé lopes, catarina brás, eugénia alvarez, graça reis, carina monteiro, maria antónia pinto, rita reis, fernanda pinheiro, luisa lima, miguel lima, joão castelo branco, margarida norton barbosa, catarina marvão, filipe lemos,monica gonçalves, bia martins and rosa ferreira

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