Architecture is another discipline where fashion and technology poetically intersect. At CITA, the Center for Information Technology and Architecture, researchers and students explore the emergent intersections between architecture and digital technologies. The result of their explorations are beautiful technological skins that are both responsive and interactive.

One of my favorite projects is Slow Furl. Slow Furl is a room size textile installation that acts and reacts on its inhabitation. As guests enter and move within the environment, the skin moves imperceptibly creating new cavities and spaces, revealing slits and apertures.

The skin also acts as a sensory system. Active patches are embroidered into the skin that react to touch.

Other projects include the Cad Cam Knitting, where craft and technology are fused together to create high-tech knitted textiles. Using new constructive textiles such as Kevlar, polyeurethane and carbon fibre, knits are transformed into composite material for building structures.