Studio Samira Boon, founded in Japan in 2004, is a textile architecture studio based in Amsterdam and Tokyo with a strong focus on creating flexible and dynamic environments. Uniting art, science and technique leads to new insights and stimulates innovation. Studio Samira Boon pioneers in the world of dimensional architectural textiles challenging perception of architecture and creating space for
the undiscovered. As an expert in the material properties of textiles, Studio Samira Boon advises and collaborates with all kinds of professionals in the fields of architecture and textile industry to formulate project-specific solutions. Recent works of Studio Samira Boon include BioFold and ARCHI FOLDS: two innovative series of textile based structures, improving the climate and acoustics within living and public spaces. BioFold, composed of different textile waste streams, is a unique series of acoustic and insulating wall claddings, produced in collaboration with NPSP, DoFactory and Wolck. BioFold is a part of the “Exploded View Beyond Building”, a travelling circular home demonstrator, showcasing new materials and methods at numerous places and events such as Dutch Design Week and Floriade. ARCHI FOLDS is the result of the collaboration with Tokyo University and the Dutch TextielLab, combining traditional origami techniques with advanced digital textile weaving possibilities. Samira Boon actively shares her techniques and concepts in lectures and workshops and has taught at various design institutions including the Design Academy Eindhoven, the Academy of Architecture Amsterdam, Seoul National University of Technology and the Royal Academy of the Arts in the Hague.
