The House of Fairytales and the Landscape of Child. Constructing Stages, Mediating Messages

Abstract

Architectural Submission to the international Competition. The submissions' premise was how the house of fairy tales serves as a gateway to the universe of Hans Christian Andersen.

What is a House of Fairy tales in any case?
Certainly not just a House!
It is rather; The Telling of a Story in the Landscape of Child.

The Telling as a Performative piece through, words and & drawings, Cuttings and Performances, in a landscape that -like the ‘landscape of Man’ but not the landscape of Man- allows all visitors -irrespective of their linguistic and cultural background to
discover the Universe of Hans Christian Andersen as though they rekindled the spirit of Child.

Child
Not, Children; as in the many,
Not the Child; as in the singular.
but Child as in the universal.
in perspective, and inquest
in Awe and curiosity,
in free thinking and wonder.
This is the Universe of Hans Christian Andersen.

A Landscape that Houses all these things in one
A House that is not a House
Walls that are not Walls
Buildings that are not Buildings
Fairy tales that are not Fairy tales
but Living, Performative, Telling.
The Landscape of child is the Gateway to that Universe.

principle architectural strategy:
The Wall That’s Not A Wall: the walled garden.
The House That’s Not A House: The House of Fairy tales as a public tower
The Garden That’s Not a Garden: The Landscape of Child
The Ground That’s Not a Ground: The main Exhibition and Presentation Hall