ABSTRACT
The title of Architect historically implies a masculine gendered discipline, while the title Interior Designer implies the feminine counterpart discipline. The masculine roles provide the structural foundation upon which the feminine roles add embellishment. The developed surface interior drawing was used to convey the layout of furniture, but as Evans analysis points out, the drawing fractures space and destroys its continuity. Wing Chair developed from the desire to question and hybridize the traditional roles of men and women in architecture, interiors and apparel construction. In contrast to Wing Chair, where apparel construction was implemented in furniture and architecture, the design of House Coat borrows notations from architecture and interiors. By assigning textile wings the role of structure, the feminine roles of interior designer and seamstress replace the masculine roles of architect and tailor. The textile wings or structural seams bear the weight of the chair and its occupant, and are the hinge point between two and three dimensions.
