DOMUS JULY-AUGUST ISSUE EXPLORES SOFT STRUCTURES AND TEXTILES IN ARCHITECTURE

The July-August issue of DOMUS, guest edited by Bjarke Ingels, turns its focus to “Fabric and Plastic – Soft Sidekicks for Solid Structures” in an exploration of textiles, membranes, and pliable surfaces as vital architectural agents. In this issue, Alejandro Zaera-Polo examines façades as both environmental interface and cultural expression and Petra Blaisse shares her experiences of textiles and fabrics, color and patterns. Nick Tidball shares how fashion can be a testbed for material experimentation and wearable architecture, while José Selgas and Lucía Cano of SelgasCano reflect on their early fascination with industrial readymades. MAD explores fabric at two scales – a tensile stadium and a single-occupant bubble, Increments Studio and Practice on Earth constructs layered shells that rethink softness as structure. MVRDV weaves recycled plastic into a public carpet for Bangkok, while Wolfgang Volz documents the poetic precision of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s temporary monuments. Willo Perron crafts immersive atmospheres for performance and identity, and Do Ho Suh reconstructs memory and migration in translucent, sewn architecture.