Before becoming known for work at the intersection of architecture and textiles, Felecia Ann Davis trained both as an engineer and an architect. A principal at Felecia Davis Studio (FAD) in Pennsylvania and the director of Pennsylvania State University’s Computational Textiles Lab or SOFTLAB, Davis is also a founding member and executive officer of the Black Reconstruction Collective (BRC)—a non-profit organization of Black architects, academics, and artists seeking to support “the incomplete project of emancipation” for the Black diaspora. After receiving a bachelor’s of science in engineering from Tufts, Davis earned a master’s of architecture from Princeton and a Ph.D. in design and computation from MIT. Her research on “architextiles” or “soft architecture” examines designing textiles through mechanized weaving practices, computer scripting, and digital fabrication for the built environment; her practice utilizes computational textiles that respond to their environment using sensors and microcontrollers.
Phototropic Origami Fibercomposite Structure, Textile Intersections International, Exhibition, University of Loughborough, London, 2019. Image courtesy of Felecia Davis
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