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Tectonic Embroidery

Threading Space into Form. A structure grown from stitches, not shapes.

The goal of this project is to translate textile logic into architectural tectonics, transforming embroidery from ornament into structure.
Drawing on Gottfried Semper’s theory that architecture originates from textile arts, this project repositions embroidery not as surface decoration, but as a generative, spatial operation. Each stitch, fold, and knot acts as a force—twisting, gathering, and deforming the surface to create new geometries.

Beginning with hand-stitched patterns and digital notation, the design process evolves through scanning, CNC milling, and casting. What starts as a 2D embroidery becomes a 3D tectonic field: a membrane shaped by material tension and precision craft. Through this hybrid workflow, surface becomes structure, and ornament becomes agency.

Rather than applying pattern to façade, the project uses the logics of stitch—loop, pull, tension, and repeat—as architectural drivers. The resulting forms suggest openings, frames, and folds, where every deformation implies a possible use. The final outcome is a series of textile walls that operate both symbolically and structurally—carrying meaning, weight, and atmosphere.

This project proposes that building and weaving are not opposites, but parallel acts of spatial construction. In this translation of thread into texture, the façade is no longer static—it becomes a medium of cultural memory, labor, and form.