ABSTRACT
The chapter draws on the learning that emerged from a long-term collaborative design-led process that conjoins research, scholarly activity, design-based approaches, and commercialisation. The project developed from a creative collaboration between a textile designer and an architect and led to the development of patented and commercialised technology where textiles and concrete permanently co-form the surface of precast concrete elements. The chapter begins with a description of the project, its background, and drivers, leading into a discussion of how the project evolved through a layered evolution of inter-related processes including the conceptual, technical, contextual, and organisational aspects of the project.
