Hui Yuan Koh

A Place of Textile Dyeing is a project that aims to build a community for creative textile dyers where local Australian textile dyeing can be developed, and established into a creative and reputable craft. It is a space where textile dyers may research and communicate through the art of textile dyeing.

The project is designed for the clients to work and live while celebrating textile dyeing. It consists of various workspaces for the craft and a total of three residences, accommodating for both long and short term living. Communal living is encouraged to create engagement and interaction between the residents.

The form and spatial strategies are derived from the process of textile dyeing to celebrate the craft. The curve is taken from the shape of dyed fabric when it is drying; the grid structure of the drying rack; the level of transparency derived from the ambiguity of the colour of the textile during the whole process of dyeing.

This is a place to create, collaborate and celebrate.