'Building' a narrative: the act of architectural storytelling
- Vol.87(8), Aug
- Mumbai Indian Institute of Architects 2022
- 92-94p.
Humans cannot survive without food, water and clothing. But an essential that seems to have missed this survival kit is ‘stories.’ Storytelling - a priceless souvenir, has been an inherent part of our civilization since the dawn of time. Our perception of ourselves and the world around us is structured around stories and this influence of narratives extends into architecture as well. Be it a means of creating empathetic links between the architectural subject and audiences, or a medium which plugs temporal gaps, bridges the geographical differences and merges the cultural layers within the built environment or embracing the micro- narratives of multiple stories, it is the narrative that holds multiple bits of a building together. Architecture, both as a process as well as a product is a brilliant storyteller.