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Architects: Sweco Architects, Thorbjörn Andersson
- Year: 2013
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Photographs:Åke Erson, Thorbjörn Andersson, Nils Sjöden
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Manufacturers: Ludvig Svensson
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Consultants: DTH arkitekter, Sweco architects, Stiba, Peter Jansson, Dominic Wansbury
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Landscape Architect: Sweco architects, PeGe Hillinge, Staffan Sundström, Ronny Brox, Per Johansson, Thorbjörn Andersson
Text description provided by the architects. In front of the entrance of the recently opened University of Textile & Fashion in Borås, Sweden, there is a carpet of stone. The carpet is 110 meters long and 11 meters wide. The pattern of the carpet is inspired by a weaving method for complicated patterns; the so-called Jacquard technique, introduced 1805 by Joseph-Marie Jacquard and thus belonging to the legacy of general textile history. The carpet is laid out in three different types of granite and forms the hallmark for this new school and its campus. It is also the main public space for the school, openly programmed with the possibility of a lively social life. A series of box-shaped benches mark the central line of the carpet; for sitting or as podiums for display of students work. The carpet and its furniture underline the metaphor with the runways of the fashion industry.
