worldbuilding
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entry 24. – a farewell with a smile
i have been interested in secondary worlds, i have created some entries about this subject.in this entry, i want to talk about an intriguing secondary world, the glass bead game written by hermann hesse. but unfortunately, i am not going to be able to share the required details from the world to be informative about…
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entry 23. – on fairy stories*
*tolkien. Andrew Lang lectures at St. Andrews, 1938. In previous entries, I briefly mentioned primary and secondary worlds. In this entry, I will quote from Tolkien’s lecture “On Fairy Stories,” in which he develops these concepts. I will interpret them and attempt to establish their relationship to worldbuilding and architecture. faerie begins Allow me to begin…
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entry 21. – the timeless way of building*
*Alexander, Christopher. The Timeless Way of Building. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. I’ve been exploring connections between worldbuilding and architecture as a way to imagine what could be. Worldbuilding has developed particular ways of thinking about creation and emergence. I’m curious whether those ways of thinking could enrich architectural practice. To gain a perspective,…
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entry 20. – maps of worldbuilding 02
this entry is a continuation of entry 19 – maps of worldbuilding 01, if you haven’t checked yet, be sure to click the button: I’ve explored the importance of maps for worldbuilding and fiction, examining maps of our world (in Tolkien’s words, ‘the primary world’) created within past cultures and their technologies. Now, drawing further…
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entry 11. – zenobia (invisible cities series, 02)
“Now I shall tell of the city of Zenobia, which is wonderful in this fashion: though set on dry terrain it stands on high pilings, and the houses are of bamboo and zinc, with many platforms and balconies placed on stilts at various heights, crossing one another, linked by adders and hanging sidewalks, surmounted by…
a bag of holding 