Tectonics of Serialities

Deconstructing narratology of Ahmedabad allows us to understand and methodologize its narratives. A narrative usually is a sequence of situations (in novels, plays or historical literature). Within a narrative, such words as thereafter, since, before, between, because are in place, binding the sentences into a text; chapters into a book. These words also carry a spatial capacity. Therefore, we can speak of the succession of narrative as a spatial form. The question is then what is the architectural relation between two situations within a narrative?  To answer this question in relation to our thesis, drawing exercises are required. The drawing exercises take the learnt narratology and use them to assemble situations into serialities. Three main serialities are investigated:

3.    The projected series of the Riverfront, which combines the aforementioned two series. It is a show-within-a-show that unfolds through the dialogue between the two preceding series and the technical program, which developed its own seriality through urban strategy [e.g. laundry -> clothing market).