CATÁLOGO DE INVESTIGACIONES | AÑO ACADÉMICO 2021-2022 75 Make Fashion Make Sense Fast fashion has led to companies making new items more frequently and, subsequently, a higher percentage of discarded clothes, making the fashion industry the second largest polluter in the world. The approach of the industry to today’s increasing amount of consumption has weakened its own sustainability. Therefore, the goal was to create a production network through a program that covers all stages of a garment (design, fabrication, retail, recycling the materials, and so on). This way, a cycle reduces the costs of importation, and the amount of waste, to promote local sustainable clothing, and to enable accessibility to all spectrums of consumers. The project, along New York’s Garment District, comprises eight floors that showcase each phase with framed extrusions visible from its exterior. Its visitors start with a display area that shows through art, the reality of the fashion industry, while the technical activities occur at the back. A level dedicated to retail follows. The third floor has a double-height runway area, which is the principal focus of the East elevation for the pedestrians to admire the show from afar. An activity area on the fourth floor creates a divide between the public levels below and the private ones that begin from that point on. The fifth floor has a fabrication area with another double-height space for the workers to be comfortable and receive a considerable amount of natural light. They used the remaining floors for investigation, processing, educational, and administrative purposes. Transformed into an outdoor area, the roof includes extensive gardens and solar panels placed to create smaller roofed spaces. Last, a perforated mesh envelope clothes the structure with a weaving-like pattern. adriana g. gonzález martínez bachillerato en arquitectura mentor: arq. pedro a. rosario, arq. juan emmanuelli y dra. lizamell díaz fashion recycling production showcase sustainability
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