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M30640 Design: Architectural Narra ves

ABOUT THIS MODULE

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WHAT IS NARRATIVE IN ARCHITECTURE ?

THE MAKERS

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THE SITES

FRAMEWORK BRIEF

Submission Requirements

WHAT IS NARRATIVE IN ARCHITECTURE?

An architectural narrative is the story told by a building through its form, materiality and technologies, together with the way it responds to its local and global context. The narrative guides the design process from inception to completion. Successful narratives have empathy for their stakeholders and their physical, environmental, social and economic context.

In a building, the characters are the people who are connected with the site, whether patrons, users or visitors; the image is the physical appearance of the building and the impression it creates; the backstory is the rootedness of a place in its historical context; and the theme is the underlying belief or principle that the architect wants to communicate.

(archisoup.com - edited)