Lately, I’ve been circling the idea of stories as spaces.
i feel like Adventure Time is one of those spaces.
*In these sketches, I wasn’t trying to document a cartoon set. I was studying a kind of architecture we rarely allow: Warm, personal, living and brave enough to stay unfinished.
adventure time – Cartoon
/pendelton ward : 2010-2018
Architecture has long been praised for its ability to endure, to resist time, to stand unshaken. From its earliest days, we’ve admired buildings that refuse to fall. But I think, Land of Ooo is full of architecture that is broken in a way, it is a breathing world. It doesn’t fix things. It witnesses them. Maybe for architecture, that’s enough.
in the show, there is a tree house where jake and finn live. it’s a structure that evolves by use. in a way, i believe it is post-architectural.
The tree is living, shifting. The house is more like clothing stretched over a body, constantly changing with memory.
here’s a sketch series of the kitchen from the tree house. first, only the living tree branches. after, creating a space of inhabitation. And lastly, enjecting life.
A wooden plank was placed because someone needed to sit.
A cupboard was added because someone once brought home too many pickles.
A window was carved where someone wished for light.
this makes me think: What if we stopped finishing buildings and let them grow old with us?
this is not. 