worldbuilding
-
entry 29. worldness
i have been writing about “building imaginary worlds” written by Mark J.P. Wolf. It was the push I needed to realize the relationship between worldbuilding and architecture. And today, I’m here to talk about the inspirational article that was referenced many times in the book as well, “Transmedial Worlds – rethinking cyberworld design”, written by…
-
entry 26. – ottavia (invisible cities series, 03)
“If you choose to believe me, good. Now I will tell how Octavia, the spider-web city, is made. There is a precipice between two steep mountains: the city is over the void, bound to the two crests with ropes and chains and catwalks. You walk on the little wooden ties, careful not to set your…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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,…
a bag of holding 