Contract - March 2016 - (Page 80) INSTALLATION PHOTOGRAPHY: MATT FLYNN © 2016 COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM Shimmering Futures For a pavilion at the Cooper Hewitt, architect Jenny Sabin explores advancements in lighting, textile technology, and structure The subject of beauty, in its multiple forms, is explored in depth in Beauty-Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, the fifth installment of the Cooper Hewitt's contemporary design exhibition series now on view in New York. The largest and most architecturally enticing piece within the exhibition is PolyThread (pictured here), an installation by architect and designer Jenny E. Sabin. A 400-square-foot pavilion that visitors can walk through, PolyThread is a freestanding form featuring knitted lightweight, high-performing, formfitting, and adaptive materials structured and held in tension with integrated fiberglass tubing. An inner structure of textile-based whole-garment knit elements absorbs, collects, and delivers light as the materials react to light and the presence of the shadows of people and objects. The knit structure is composed of solar active, photo-luminescent, and reflective yarns. Solar active threads, which are white when they are not activated, change color in the presence of UV light or sunlight. Photo-luminescent threads absorb UV light or sunlight, and slowly emit light. In other words, the threads glow in unison. Sabin, who is the Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger Assistant Professor of Architecture at Cornell University, designed PolyThread to provoke questions such as: How can one knit and braid a building? And, could a building be as lightweight as air? Advancements in weaving, knitting, and braiding technologies have resulted in high-tech and high-performance composite fabrics that have been implemented in the aerospace, automobile, sports, and marine industries. But what are the possibilities in architectural installations and interior structures? Beauty, with the PolyThread installation, is on display at the Cooper Hewitt through August 21. -JOHN CZARNECKI cooperhewitt.org 80 contractdesign.com MARCH 2016 http://www.cooperhewitt.org http://www.contractdesign.com Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Contract - March 2016 Contract - March 2016 Contents Editorial Industry News Columnist: Strategic Services as a Tide to Lift All Boats Product Focus: Mobile Learning Product Briefs Knoll Houston Showroom Allen Institute for Brain Science Little Red Elisabeth Irwin School University of Chicago Saieh Hall for Economics Teach for America Designers Select: Lighting Sources Ad Index Installation: Shimmering Futures Contract - March 2016 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/contract/2017neocon http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/contract/20170708 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/contract/201706 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/contract/201705 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/contract/201704 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/contract/201703 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