Architectural Wonderland
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Thesis Statement Architects design to seek for specific atmospheres; fairy tales lie on the fact that, whilst being simple stories, they often enclose powerful philosophical messages whose ultimately aim to trigger reflection upon different aspects of human nature. They are stories tend to feature a fantasy to its viewers, which often hold a parallelism with or are connected to the reality.
Contexts and Key Ideas ‘It all happens when Alice fell down the rabbit hole…’ All fairy tales have a lesson to their stories and to their narratives. But what if we were to strip away the words, and instead focus on the landscapes, the rooms, the portals or the spaces, what becomes the lesson of architecture? In fact, Alice strives to get through tiny doors to what she sees as ‘the loveliest garden that ever was.’. Making it through that door will turn out to be quite a challenge every time, as Alice will need to create the adequate conditions – having the key in hand and being the right size in order to pass through.
Methodological Processes Spatial qualities found within existing didactic architecture could also be found in the fairytale, but in a more extreme and imaginative manner. The thesis will aim to start off with a series of spatial interpretation of this specific fairytale and study transversal relationships between the domestic structure of the fairytale and the imaginative realm of architecture. Taking ‘Alice in Wonderland’ as an analogy, the thesis design project endeavours to smooth transitions between public and private spaces, just like how Alice travels through portals Project intended Scale plays a big role within the plot. Alice accessed different worlds and migrate through ‘portals’ through consuming different types of food that cause the effect of growing the shrinking. Alice’s journey can be seen to represent the transformation of scales between the real and fantasy world. The thesis aims to allow for these environments and atmospheres of wonder and fantasy to work cohesively to communicate through an intrinsic abstraction of the story. Places for learning such as schools or libraries would be good testing grounds for such attempt when to form a combination which acts as a new architectural tool to encourage critical thinking and creativity. Bibliography Books Websites |
