I am an interior designer focused on architectural adaptive reuse and sustainable fashion. I have a passion for fashion show and showroom design, which is also related to visual merchandising. I had two seasons of Shanghai fashion show experience and also participated in designing and building an exhibition about fashion archives and remaking pieces related to sustainability. I am creative and skilled in a variety of specialized skills and having a passion for hand drawing and animation. I am a positive, imaginative, and creative person.
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Project Description
Located at Nelson Hall, Edinburgh, the ‘Clothes 3R Centre’ is a pioneering community center designed to recycle, remake, and retail used clothes and waste fabric. This innovative facility champions the principles of sustainability and the circular economy by turning discarded textiles into valuable, fashionable items.
The existing site is transformed through the installation of a raised platform at the heart of the hall, intended to provide patrons with a vantage point for rest and contemplation. This versatile feature also serves as a dynamic space, capable of seamlessly transitioning between workshop areas and retail displays.
This inclusive initiative aims to inspire responsible consumption and foster a culture of recycling in fashion, which makes the current straight line a loop.
Site Context
Address: Nelson Hall Community Centre, Nelson Hall, 5 Spittalfield Cres, Edinburgh EH8 9QZ
Site Size: 780sqm
Number of Floors: 3, including the Lower Basement
Date of Construction: Thomas Nelson Junior built the hall in 1913.
Original Use: A place "to which persons of the working class and others can go to sit, read, write, converse and otherwise occupy themselves".
Current Use: South Side Museum, Southside Community Council, Practical Tai Chi Chuan
Listed Building Category: Not listed
Site Images
Existing Drawings
Project Brief
The concept sketch - Through this collage, I aim to convey what is happening in my space. Gathering serves as an important step, and hands-on creation is also a significant component, alongside the inclusion of traditional Scottish fabrics and patterns. These activities form a series of ongoing, interconnected elements linked together by the "stitch" of needle and thread.
Sketches
Concept and Development
The two above are the initial drafts, what I wanted to express was the route of flow of the clothes within the space, how did it go from one space to another? Could this be a way to display cloth? I was inspired by roller coasters at amusement parks.
In these pictures, I wanted to convey the atmosphere; the small double-story building on the left is very crowded, indicating that there is a lot of activity happening inside. The hall on the right, is crowded all around, while the center of the sunlight that pours down from the skylight is the open space, where people gather unanimously after finishing their activities around. It seems to be like the souvenir store in every art gallery or museum, where people always coincidentally appear at the end of the tour.
Proposed Drawings
Detail Drawings
Interior Visualisations
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