Story-Telling & Architecture: Center for Literary Arts

Abstract

Stories and architecture have existed since the beginning of time. They share a striking similarity of evoking emotions through unfolding narratives and sequencing. Due to digitization and technological advancement, architecture lacks the value of experience owing to the fact of its “favoritism of scientific thinking, diminishing urban realm, and commodification of architecture”. This ultimately results in a loss of captivation between people and architecture. This thesis thus aims to reinvigorate experience within architecture by using story-telling as a design tool. It aims to understand parallels between story-telling and architecture and establishes a metaphorical link in the design process using elements of a great story, in this case, The Little Prince, to achieve a similar sense of intrigue, captivation, empathy, emotion and inspiration through architectural language and narrative. The concept of this thesis will be tested on the design of a Center for Literary Arts, near Lotus Lake in Shakarparian.