four typologies explores decentralized upcycling fashion factories in digital space

"The project introduces Garden Fashion Factory models that reposition fashion production within distributed spatial systems, proposing alternatives to centralized industrial manufacturing. Presented as an interactive website, the platform allows users to navigate architectural environments across multiple scales, from urban networks to small production spaces. Within these settings, a nonlinear upcycling workflow is embedded into the spatial experience. By linking architectural representation with fashion processes, the project frames digital space as a medium for understanding production systems and spatial organization."

"The research responds to the growing adoption of craft-based upcycling practices within contemporary fashion. While many fashion houses incorporate reuse-driven methods, conventional factory models remain structured around linear assembly lines. Four Typologies proposes the Garden Factory as a spatial typology aligned with iterative and small-batch production. Distributed production units integrate with surrounding contexts such as markets, cities, agricultural land, and natural landscapes, forming a decentralized network of making."

Four Typologies examines decentralized factories through a web-based platform that introduces Garden Fashion Factory models to reposition fashion production within distributed spatial systems and offer alternatives to centralized industrial manufacturing. The platform enables navigation of architectural environments across scales, from urban networks to small production spaces, and embeds a nonlinear upcycling workflow into the spatial experience. Distributed production units integrate with markets, cities, agricultural land, and natural landscapes to form a decentralized network. Upcycling methodology is articulated through seven phases—deadstock dive, deconstruction, categorization, ideation, combination, reconstruction, and audition—supporting iterative, small-batch production and adaptive decision-making over standardized optimization.

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