Massey University College of Creative Arts
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Material Innovation / Textiles for Interiors / Interior Architecture
My location: Wellington, New Zealand
First Name: Anneke
Last Name: Maarhuis
University / College: Massey University College of Creative Arts
Course / Program: Spatial Design BDes
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Material Innovation / Textiles for Interiors / Interior Architecture
My Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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In an urban environment, our relationship to natural environments can be limited. We experience plants and green space in pockets within our urban city through the trees and foliage lining the streets. A boundary between us and the natural environment is formed through the separation of interior and exterior spaces. Softened Edges considers how textiles can be used to strengthen the relationship between architecture and landscape. Softened Edges proposes a continuous rug that extends from outside through inside blending two spaces seamlessly. By investigating ideas of flow, continuity and connectedness, we are reminded that we should not separate ourselves from the land but welcome it as we are a part of it.