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30-526: Natalie "Alabama" Chanin was born and raised in Florence, Alabama. At the age of ten, she and her mom moved to Chattanooga. She has a degree in Environmental Design with a focus on industrial and craft-based textiles from North Carolina State University . After graduation, Chanin worked in the junior sportswear industry on New York's Seventh Avenue , before moving abroad. For the next decade, she worked as

60-496: A community of her own through Alabama Chanin. Chanin came back to her hometown of Florence, Alabama in 2000 and developed an idea to create a small line of two-hundred unique t-shirts. Chanin decided her hometown was the only place able to envision her idea of reconstructing vintage shirts with detailed stitches, like that of a quilting stitch from the Depression era. This started the development of Project Alabama , which consisted of

90-428: A day vs. the 120,000 dozen that were manufactured a day by Tee Jays, the company that once occupied the space". While garments can range from $ 248 to over $ 2,000, the company's goal is not to cater specifically to the wealthy. It is more about honest transparency of garment production and the value of quality handiwork and sweatshop-free clothing manufacturing. In 2015, she expanded the machine-made garments line to include

120-638: A dining and entertainment venue, a spa, an events hall, and guest cottages. The resort is popular amongst celebrities. Maren Morris , Jesse Tyler Ferguson , Carrie Underwood , and couple Lily Aldridge and Caleb Followill have all reportedly stayed at Blackberry Farm. Country music singer Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland was married at Blackberry Farm on November 26, 2011. Kelly Clarkson and her former husband, Brandon Blackstock were married there on October 20, 2013. On April 23, 2022, golfer Dustin Johnson married Paulina Gretzky, daughter of Wayne Gretzky , on

150-696: A home goods collection. In 2018, Chanin opened Factory + Café in Florence which includes a café that has a menu developed by Yewande Komolafe who is advising the café. Billy Reid and Alabama Chanin Cotton Project, 2012 Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, 2016 Environmental Design Environmental design is the process of addressing surrounding environmental parameters when devising plans, programs, policies, buildings, or products. It seeks to create spaces that will enhance

180-570: A larger scope, environmental design has implications for the industrial design of products: innovative automobiles, wind power generators, solar-powered equipment, and other kinds of equipment could serve as examples. Currently, the term has expanded to apply to ecological and sustainability issues. 1. Sustainability - Minimizing the environmental impact of human activities through the use of renewable resources, energy-efficient technologies, and eco-friendly materials. 2. Functionality - Designing spaces that are practical, accessible, and tailored to

210-619: A research program. The concept of "environmental" in these programs is quite broad and can encompass aspects of the natural, built, work, or social environments. The following universities offer a Ph.D. in environmental design and planning: Virginia Tech until recently offered the degree program, but has since replaced it with programs in "architecture and design research" and "planning, governance, and globalization". Fanshawe College in London, Ontario Canada offers an honours bachelor's degree called "Environmental Design and planning. Examples of

240-647: A stylist, costume designer , and filmmaker, all while traveling the globe. Chanin draws inspiration from her academic studies, including ideas about color as espoused by Josef and Anni Albers , the Bauhaus artists who fled Nazi Germany for Asheville, North Carolina, in 1933 to teach at Black Mountain College . Southern literature and stories have always been a love of hers. Growing up, her grandmother sewed every garment her children wore as well as Chanin's, while also gardening and cooking fresh food. This led to her naturally making

270-563: A twenty-two-minute documentary called Stitch , the two-hundred limited hand-sewn and hand-mended t-shirts, and a hand-made catalog. After taking the collection to New York City to showcase at the Hotel Chelsea , it was immediately recognized by buyers from department stores including Barneys New York . With its successful launch, Project Alabama became a full production facility. In 2006, Chanin separated from her original business partner, while production moved abroad to India. The making of

300-742: Is part of the Relais & Châteaux association. Blackberry Farm was built by Florida and David Lasier in 1940 and opened in May 1941. In 1952, the Lasiers sold the property to the Jarvis family who subsequently sold it to Ruby Tuesday restaurant founder Sandy Beall and his wife Kreis. In 1990 they turned the property into a hotel, initially with six rooms. Their son Sam Beall spent his earliest years at Blackberry Farm and served as its owner until his death in 2016. From 1992 until 2007, John Fleer served as executive chef of

330-550: Is possible to create zero emission buildings, where energy consumption is self-generating and non-polluting. It is also possible to construct "energy-plus buildings" which generate more energy than they consume, and the excess could then be sold to the grid. In the United States , the LEED Green Building Rating System rates structures on their environmental sustainability . Environmental design and planning

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360-486: Is the moniker used by several Ph.D. programs that take a multidisciplinary approach to the built environment. Typically environmental design and planning programs address architectural history or design (interior or exterior), city or regional planning, landscape architecture history or design, environmental planning, construction science, cultural geography, or historic preservation. Social science methods are frequently employed; aspects of sociology or psychology can be part of

390-687: The brand Alabama Chanin is the culmination of what Project Alabama symbolized. Alabama Chanin is rooted in the tenets of the Slow Design movement. Known for its "eco-chic" influences, Natalie launched the Alabama Chanin line in 2006. Tied with the slow design movement, Chanin is also known for being at the forefront of the zero-waste movement by trying to implement sustainable solutions through her brand. Historical evidence reveals indigenous people, Egyptian kaftans , and Pre-industrial society consciously tried to make garments without any excess waste. In

420-474: The company began relying on bulk shipments from Salvation Army . Pieces are made from 100% organic cotton, often sewn by hand through a group of artisans using a cottage industry method of operation. Certified organic cotton jersey is sourced from select Texas farmers, then sent to North Carolina to be spun into thread, and then knitted in South Carolina before either returning to North Carolina to be dyed. If

450-473: The complex challenges of modern environments. The first traceable concepts of environmental designs focused primarily on solar heating , which began in Ancient Greece around 500 BCE. At the time, most of Greece had exhausted its supply of wood for fuel , leading architects to design houses that would capture the solar energy of the sun. The Greeks understood that the position of the sun varies throughout

480-686: The decades after World War II, "The world was forced to confront the dark shadow of science and industry." From the middle of the twentieth century, thinkers like Buckminster Fuller have acted as catalysts for a broadening and deepening of the concerns of environmental designers. Nowadays, energy efficiency , appropriate technology , organic horticulture and agriculture , land restoration , New Urbanism , and ecologically sustainable energy and waste systems are recognized considerations or options and may each find application. By integrating renewable energy sources such as solar photovoltaic , solar thermal , and even geothermal energy into structures, it

510-486: The environmental design process include use of roadway noise computer models in design of noise barriers and use of roadway air dispersion models in analyzing and designing urban highways. Designers consciously working within this more recent framework of philosophy and practice seek a blending of nature and technology, regarding ecology as the basis for design. Some believe that strategies of conservation, stewardship, and regeneration can be applied at all levels of scale from

540-760: The garments are being dyed with indigo , they go directly back to Florence where they are hand-dyed in a small dye house. At Building 14, Chanin's factory in Florence, workers cut, paint, and prepare for our artisans here in Florence. While machine-made garments are sewn in-house, hand-sewn garments are made out-of-house by select artisans. Every garment is numbered and signed by the artisan who constructs it. At an Alabama Chanin do-it-yourself women's sewing seminar at Blackberry Farm resort in Eastern Tennessee, Chanin stated, "During an average production run, Building 14 (Chanin's factory in Florence) can produce around 120 garments

570-517: The house from the colder northern winds. This clever arrangement of buildings influenced the use of the grid pattern of ancient cities. With the north–south orientation of the houses, the streets of Greek cities mainly ran east–west. The practice of solar architecture continued with the Romans , who similarly had deforested much of their native Italian Peninsula by the first century BCE. The Roman heliocaminus , literally 'solar furnace', functioned with

600-615: The individual building to the community, with benefit to the human individual and local and planetary ecosystems. Specific examples of large scale environmental design projects include: 6. Blackberry Farm (Tennessee) Blackberry Farm is a luxury resort in Walland, Tennessee , bordering the Great Smoky Mountains National Park . It was rated the best small hotel in America by Zagat Survey in 2004. Blackberry Farm

630-553: The kitchen of the Emperor Tiberius during the year. Along with the solar orientation of buildings and the use of glass as a solar heat collector, the ancients knew other ways of harnessing solar energy. The Greeks, Romans and Chinese developed curved mirrors that could concentrate the sun's rays on an object with enough intensity to make it burn in seconds. The solar reflectors were often made of polished silver, copper or brass. Early roots of modern environmental design began in

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660-472: The late 19th century with writer/designer William Morris , who rejected the use of industrialized materials and processes in wallpaper, fabrics and books his studio produced. He and others, such as John Ruskin felt that the industrial revolution would lead to harm done to nature and workers. The narrative of Brian Danitz and Chris Zelov's documentary film Ecological Design: Inventing the Future asserts that in

690-625: The natural, social, cultural and physical environment of particular areas. Classical prudent design may have always considered environmental factors; however, the environmental movement beginning in the 1940s has made the concept more explicit. Environmental design can also refer to the applied arts and sciences dealing with creating the human-designed environment. These fields include architecture , geography , urban planning , landscape architecture , and interior design . Environmental design can also encompass interdisciplinary areas such as historical preservation and lighting design. In terms of

720-883: The needs and behaviors of the people who will use them. 3. Aesthetics - Incorporating elements of visual appeal, sensory experience, and emotional connection into the design. 4. Holistic Approach - Considering the interconnected social, economic, and ecological factors that shape the environment. Today, environmental design is applied across a wide range of scales, from small-scale residential projects to large-scale urban planning initiatives. Key areas of focus include: - Sustainable architecture and green building - Landscape architecture and urban planning - Transportation design and infrastructure - Industrial design and product development - Interior design and space planning Environmental designers often collaborate with experts from disciplines such as engineering, ecology, sociology, and public policy to create holistic solutions that address

750-571: The past, textiles were treated preciously as they were known for being scarce, which lead to their consciousness of waste. Whereas, after the Industrial Revolution , technological developments were able to increase production and lower costs, allowing for textile waste to be less of a concern. All the garments are made with either organic or recycled materials by the hand of local artisans. The company employs local women aged twenty to seventy, to help sew one-of-a-kind, handmade garments, preserving

780-474: The property. 35°41′10″N 83°51′58″W  /  35.686°N 83.866°W  / 35.686; -83.866 This article about a hotel or resort in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Tennessee building- or structure-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Blount County, Tennessee geography–related article

810-419: The region's dwindling tradition of quilting. Any waste fabric is used as an embellishment , patchwork , or appliqué as a way of using the re-manufacturing process. From low-value waist garments, the new products created here have value imbued through the skills of the workers and the story told through the label. Chanin originally sourced materials solely from local thrift stores, but with increased orders,

840-410: The restaurant. Under Fleer's management, Blackberry Farm was rated by Zagat in 2003 and 2004 as number one small hotel and number two hotel dining in America. The grounds cover 4,200 acres (1,700 ha), and the resort has 62 rooms. Blackberry Farm hosts culinary, musical and outdoor sporting activities and events on and off property. The property includes a timberframe barn from Pennsylvania ,

870-518: The same aspects of the earlier Greek houses. The numerous public baths were oriented to the south. Roman architects added glass to windows to allow for the passage of light and to conserve interior heat as it could not escape. The Romans also used greenhouses to grow crops all year long and to cultivate the exotic plants coming from the far corners of the Empire. Pliny the Elder wrote of greenhouses that supplied

900-414: The year. For a latitude of 40 degrees in summer the sun is high in the south, at an angle of 70 degrees at the zenith, while in winter, the sun travels a lower trajectory, with a zenith of 26 degrees. Greek houses were built with south-facing façades which received little to no sun in the summer but would receive full sun in the winter, warming the house. Additionally, the southern orientation also protected

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