STUDENT WORK COLLECTION
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

THE LEOTARD 2.0 PROJECTS EXPLORE HOW WEARABLE STRUCTURES CAN EXTEND THE DANCER’S BODY INTO ARCHITECTURAL SPACE. “EXPANDED TUTU” TRANSFORMS SEWN SCRIM INTO AN EXTENSION OF THE BALLET DANCER’S BODY WITHIN SLOCUM HALL, WHILE “RECIPROCAL TENSIONS” USES TENSILE FABRIC, 3D STRUCTURES, AND SUCTION CUPS TO CONNECT THE BODY WITH SURROUNDING SURFACES. STUDENT WORK BY MARINA GUO, LINDSAY KIM, SOPHIE NGUYEN, SEBASTIAN REMACHE, ELEANORE JEFFREYS, AND AARON XI.

THE AHEARN WORKSHOPS FURTHER EXPLORE BODY-BASED DESIGN THROUGH MATERIAL AND DIGITAL EXPERIMENTATION. “EXTENDING THE BODY,” LED WITH INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER CHRISOULA KAPELONIS OF GOOGLE AND APPLE, TRANSFORMS EVERYDAY MATERIALS INTO DYNAMIC WEARABLE STRUCTURES. “MAPPING THE BODY,” LED WITH NIKE INNOVATION COMPUTATIONAL DESIGNER SARAH HAMMOND, USES CLO 3D TO TRANSLATE DANCERS’ MOVEMENTS INTO DIGITAL PATTERNS THAT ARE UNROLLED AND SEWN INTO FULL-BODY SUITS ACTIVATED THROUGH PERFORMANCE.