Archi-suit: responding to the Environmental Bubble : An Analysis of Archigram’s Cushicle and Suitaloon and Throwaway architecture

Abstract

This paper is a study of Archi-Suit; in relation to clothing/dressing, and bubble as the total environment. Using two case studies, respectively: Archigram’s the Cushicle and Suitaloon in 1960s and further, the paper aims to recognise today’s Throwaway architecture in response to unhealthy environments. The first is an examination of principle of dressing in architecture in 1960s. Especially, this paper demonstrates how the Archigram’s Cushicle and the Suitaloon redefined the relationship between architectural dressing and environmental bubble with the development of technology. The second relates to the environmental bubble, that is, all kinds of environmental conditions and concerns in 1960s and today that were plugged in to the Archi-suit: Pop art, technology, and NASA Apollo spacesuit and pandemic.