This project is my master thesis in the field of architecture.
As a master student in architecture, I always think about a question: WHAT IS
ARCHITECTURE?
This is a question without any certain answers. We are used to
express architecture with physical space design, and certainly this is
architecture, but there must be more possibilities under the broad definition
of architecture. So, I spent the whole year to discuss and experiment this open
question. If we break away from the physical space, how can we express
architecture? And whether the architecture can really
exist without physical space?
Here is
my answer. I designed a picture book with a series of drawings about time and
space. I created the story about refugees based on some documentaries and historical documents. The story is about the tough journey of refugees leaving their homes in search of new
places to live. (Refugees will appear as elves in the
story). When you are reading this story, you
need to think yourself as an elf.
Let’s start the journey.