Description
What is it that make fables so appealing to children and adults alike? For the child a refuge in the imagination, for the adult an escape from the humdrum. Fables intentionally expand the imagination of children as they distort time and space as well as logic, scale and proportion. Things we architects sometimes do unintentionally! And the idea was to address not children specifically but to the child in us all.
The Five Architecture Fables take a long and serious look at the discipline of Architecture. But the purpose is always to subvert the status quo by exploring the possibilities for change. The fifth fable is called 2084: A New Beginning, and puts our discipline On The Line. The fables go across the gamut of the discipline. Architectural Practice, Education, Conservation and Building. And the fifth, The Future.
Disclaimer. All life forms, including humans, buildings and places in these fables are fictional. Any perceived likenesses are entirely coincidental. But of course, the imagination will construct for you the familiarity of the oft-trodden and the atmospherics of the familiar. WE HOPE!
About the authors
Edgar Demello
The principal of EDA Bangalore; have attended the Schools in Delhi’s SPA and the TU at Delft. Travelled extensively in Europe before returning to private practice – now, for close to four decades. Have taught at various schools in the south and more recently part of the adjunct faculty at RVCA Bangalore. In 2000 started tAG&B, the Architecture Gallery & Bookshop. This was a level platform for the coming together of practitioners, academics and students. This morphed into CoLab, a virtual gallery that investigates intersections of other disciplines, especially art, on the making of architecture(s). Have recently made a foray into writing, especially Architecture Fables for Children as well as illustrated Travelogues of curated trips with (not only) architects.Nguyen received a master’s degree at Hanoi Architectural University. After graduating at Bordeaux School of Architecture (France), she went on to receive a practical master’s degree in Urban Design in 2005 and a PhD in Urban and Spatial Planning in 2011. She’s the Vice director of Institute of International Training and Cooperation Hanoi (Vietnam).
