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9781472469328 English 1472469321 Confabulation is a drawing together through storytelling. Fundamental to our perception, memory and thought is the way we join fractured experiences to construct a narrative. "Confabulations: ""Storytelling in Architecture "weaves together poetic ideas, objects and events and returns you to everyday experiences of life through juxtapositions with dreams, fantasies and hypotheticals. It follows the intellectual and creative framework of architectural "cosmopoesis" developed and practiced by the distinguished thinker, architect and professor Dr. Marco Frascari, who thought deeply about the role of storytelling in architecture. Bringing together a collection of 24 essays from a diverse and respected group of scholars, this book presents the convergence of architecture and storytelling across a broad temporal, geographic and cultural range. Beginning with an introduction framing the topic, the book is organized along a continuous thread structured around four key areas: architecture of stories, stories of architecture, stories of theory and practice of stories. Beautifully illustrated throughout and including a 32 page full colour section, "Confabulations "is an insightful investigation into architectural narratives.", Confabulation is generally a drawing together through storytelling. Fundamental to our perception, memory and thought is the way we join fractured experiences to construct a narrative. Confabulations weave together poetic ideas, objects and events and return us to everyday experiences of life through juxtapositions with dreams, fantasies and hypotheticals. Like perhaps the oldest of human arts, architecture is a confabulation that mediates between individuals and their worlds. Architecture and storytelling merge where world-making is the crafting of a fiction in order to project a possible reality. Bringing together a collection of essays from a diverse and respected group of scholars, this book presents the convergence of architecture and storytelling across a broad temporal, geographic and cultural range. It follows the intellectual and creative framework of architectural cosmopoesis developed and practiced by the distinguished thinker, architect and professor Dr. Marco Frascari, who thought deeply about the role of storytelling in architecture. Beginning with a detailed introduction framing the topic, the book is organized along a continuous thread. Its narrative path is structured around four areas: 1. Stories as Architecture : This first category begins with literature that uses architecture as its subject, more than merely a setting for characters. 2. Storytelling Buildings : Buildings tell stories. From how they are made to how they are experienced, buildings offer stories that are far beyond any architect's intentions. 3. Storytelling Theory : If architectural theory has its origins in Vitruvius, then it begins with stories that are memorable and oft-repeated 4. Storytelling Architects and Drawings : Architects actively construct stories while drawing; and the ways these stories are constructed are inseparable from the way a project is designed.
9781472469328 English 1472469321 Confabulation is a drawing together through storytelling. Fundamental to our perception, memory and thought is the way we join fractured experiences to construct a narrative. "Confabulations: ""Storytelling in Architecture "weaves together poetic ideas, objects and events and returns you to everyday experiences of life through juxtapositions with dreams, fantasies and hypotheticals. It follows the intellectual and creative framework of architectural "cosmopoesis" developed and practiced by the distinguished thinker, architect and professor Dr. Marco Frascari, who thought deeply about the role of storytelling in architecture. Bringing together a collection of 24 essays from a diverse and respected group of scholars, this book presents the convergence of architecture and storytelling across a broad temporal, geographic and cultural range. Beginning with an introduction framing the topic, the book is organized along a continuous thread structured around four key areas: architecture of stories, stories of architecture, stories of theory and practice of stories. Beautifully illustrated throughout and including a 32 page full colour section, "Confabulations "is an insightful investigation into architectural narratives.", Confabulation is generally a drawing together through storytelling. Fundamental to our perception, memory and thought is the way we join fractured experiences to construct a narrative. Confabulations weave together poetic ideas, objects and events and return us to everyday experiences of life through juxtapositions with dreams, fantasies and hypotheticals. Like perhaps the oldest of human arts, architecture is a confabulation that mediates between individuals and their worlds. Architecture and storytelling merge where world-making is the crafting of a fiction in order to project a possible reality. Bringing together a collection of essays from a diverse and respected group of scholars, this book presents the convergence of architecture and storytelling across a broad temporal, geographic and cultural range. It follows the intellectual and creative framework of architectural cosmopoesis developed and practiced by the distinguished thinker, architect and professor Dr. Marco Frascari, who thought deeply about the role of storytelling in architecture. Beginning with a detailed introduction framing the topic, the book is organized along a continuous thread. Its narrative path is structured around four areas: 1. Stories as Architecture : This first category begins with literature that uses architecture as its subject, more than merely a setting for characters. 2. Storytelling Buildings : Buildings tell stories. From how they are made to how they are experienced, buildings offer stories that are far beyond any architect's intentions. 3. Storytelling Theory : If architectural theory has its origins in Vitruvius, then it begins with stories that are memorable and oft-repeated 4. Storytelling Architects and Drawings : Architects actively construct stories while drawing; and the ways these stories are constructed are inseparable from the way a project is designed.