Modern Chinese Fairytales -- Taiyuan Masterplanning | United Design Practice UDP

Fairy tales were one of the first ways we knew how to understand the complicated world in simple terms. Love, kinship, enemies, poor, rich, adventure, fate, are themes that are inherent in fairy tales, and through them we knew how to empathize, to fantasize, to imagine concepts larger than us. A good narrative allows for a different mode of communication, deeper forms of thought. If architecture were to incorporate narratives as a point of focus, as part of the creative process, then perhaps it will be able to once again be a driving force in social innovation and change. Seizing this opportunity, we selected our Taiyuan project, upon which much of our inspiration were derived from local folktales, to present our form of architecture, how we too applied the power of narratives in the effort to reignite appreciation of local heritage and culture.