An Architectural Kimono Pavilion by Jacob Usami from denmark

CONCEPT
The architectural kimono-pavilion-project searchs to sense the tailor’s technical approach to her/his craft and to put a poetic frame of an old and proud Japanese tradition in an architectural proposal - a sculptural expression in a delicate sphere.
Like pincushions in a busy kimono-workshop creating an abstract understanding of the value of kimonos.
The many sticks symbolizing the pincushion of a tailor and the complex and technical crafts required to create a kimono.
The needles creates a safe sphere around the exhibited kimono in the middle.

The idea is to place one or more of the pincushions in a space and thereby create a fragmented pavilion, defined by the exhibited kimonos and the thin "needles" - a diffuse architectural frame, like a piece of silk used to create the kimonos.

MATERIALS
White-painted 10mm round wooden sticks (length: 2000 mm) fastened in a wood base (a midpoint).
First you will have to place the kimono for exhibition, thereafter you will be able to "close the hole", and leave the impression of a full covered pincushion.