Campus Materials Analysis
For this blog, the discussion is about materials found on Texas Tech campus that works well in its environment. The choose site for me was Hulen/Clement because of living there for two and a half years. In the common area there are several couches, love seats, and club chairs for use by the residents and visitors.
In terms of fabric considerations, these meet all of them. Fabric choose is also met that goes along with considering fabric.
In terms of scale, tartness or looseness, comfort, durability, cleaning, and maintenance as being the guide lines for fabric considerations meets the Hulen/Clement furniture. The scale works for both the high volume of space and lengths of the couches. The common area is two stories and very long. You also have extra long sofas. They are at least six feet, maybe more. They are long enough for me to be able to stretch fully out. The fabric on all the furniture is done tautly. Comfort level on all three pieces is a yes. You are not sinking down into the furniture on one end of the spectrum while on the other end it’s not a rock that you’re sitting on. Durability is done by a dark blue striped fabric and leather vinyl for the different pieces. The dark pin stripes hid the dirt well plus the fabric is washable. Being it leather vinyl, stains don’t happen and a simple wipe down with a wet cloth is all that is needed.
In conclusion, the fabric chooses for the Hulen/Clement common area meets the fabric considerations. Sofas have leather vinyl for easy cleaning and prevention of stains. Seams are done in a way to reduce the separation and roughing up by students. The pieces are constructed well to prevent the inevitable sinking that happens to couches when the materials wear out.
References
1.) Personal observation
2.) Class notes
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