Marchitecture 2024
An unofficial context-specific building challenge
In Architecture, one of the key driving factors of a really strong design is context! The site, the history, the culture, everything that is surrounding the project that might influence and shape the architecture as a building comes together. So this year for Marchitecture, we're going to bring this context to the forefront with a unique spin on an unofficial challenge! You have the entire month of March to complete this challenge. You will be submitting TWO articles; one article is your context, and this can be an old article or something newly written (perhaps for another unofficial challenge!). The other article will be your building template, the one that responds to and resonates with your context. Use the hashtag #Marchitecture to share your challenge articles via World Anvil global posts!
The Prompt:
Somewhere in your world, choose the CONTEXT for your Architecture.
This is one single article (any template) that will form the core reason for this building to exist. It can be history, a character, a location, anything! It does not have to be newly written. It can be an old article. It can be written for a different challenge as well!Then create a NEW building template article that fulfills the needs of your chosen context.
It must showcase direct connections between the two! It can be the home for a certain type of species, a building built upon the ruins of an ancient civilization, or a castle perfectly situated on a mountain top, among many other possibilities. This must be a new article created during the runtime of this challenge.Marchitecture is an UNJUDGED challenge! Thus it is very easy to take part in it -- you simply have to comment down below and share the block link to your context article, and then also share the block link to your building article! You can comment both of them at the same time, or if you're using a pre-existing context article, you can share it first as a "promise" and then come back later to post your building as well. This is intended to be open for all genres of worlds as well -- gothic castles are just as valid as space stations or bio-buildings or weird dream-scapes in strange worlds that don't even have normal physics >:D All worlds have architecture!
Resources and Inspiration
Architecture can be overwhelming. There's a lot of things to consider. This year we're honing in on one specific portion of it, which helps, but you might be interested in looking at more facets of design in order to fully realize your building article! Below are a few things you might like to consider.
The Building
Consider your building's Program, Concept, and Scope! These all have a huge impact on how it'd form. Sometimes a project will be started that is massive in scope, expanding until it outgrows its initial capacity, and is thus never finished. Unfinished architecture is a fascinating place to take an article as well.The People
Here's some really good worldbuilding food for your building in your world. Who is the Designer, and what is their goal? Every building will have a person or team behind it -- whether designed intentionally, or designed as it's built. Then, who is the building for? Who is the Client? Were they happy with the final result, or was there some Controversy surrounding the building?The Inspiration
Design is always built around inspiration, ideas born out of previous projects and precedents. Don't be afraid to use them! This can help you determine your building's Style as well as its Materials. Check out Wikipedia, Archdaily, Archilovers, and this list of famous historical buildings for that sweet inspiration!Participants and their Badge
All participants in this challenge will have their articles showcased here! Want to see your article shared on this page? Comment down below and provide me a block link to your context article and your building article, and you will have earned a place on this page, a Marchitecture2024 badge, and have completed this challenge! :D The participants will be added in reverse order -- newest entries at the top!
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Eternal Sage Wordigirl
LexiCon (WordiGirl)
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Grandmaster Pandora9
Pandora 9
Crimson Court: Dark Isekai Fantasy focusing on Court Intrigue, Politics and Complicated Relationships. And Wars. Heavily Under Construction, beware the pits.
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Exalted Councilor of the Inner Sanctum Vazdimet
Morgan Biscup
Lead Author of Vazdimet.
Necromancy is a Wholesome Science.
Necromancy is a Wholesome Science.
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Eternal Sage Michael Chandra
Michael Chandra
Too low they build who build beneath the stars - Edward Young
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Eternal Sage Lnphysics
Lauren
"If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting the rest of our lives." -Lemony Snicket
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Grandmaster CrazyEddie
You wanna see what we did for the last events? Go, click here: Eddies Major Events
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COMING SOON
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Note: This challenge does not start until March! Take the time now to think about your context, comment them down below if you want to get a head start, and maybe do some plotting for your building >:D
Don't forget to take a look at other #Unofficialchallenges that are running during March! They'd be the perfect opportunity for you to find or create the context within which your building article would take shape. Check out this spreadsheet to see a list of confirmed March challenges!
And once more, please share your articles using a global post with the hashtag #Marchitecture included on it! I will be using the hashtag to find peoples entries that might not have been commented down below, as well as using it myself to showcase this article and all the entries collected within it :D
FAQs
- Long answer: If you want to try to match it more closely, then try to choose a context article that would be key to a building existing in it current form, rather than any other. Examples I like to think about are: A Character that just HAS to have their house designed in a certain manner; A Mountaintop with a hole blasted through it where a villains secret base has been built into the 'cave' walls; A Historical site of a great and terrible battle that now has a museum or monument dedicated to the lives lost constructed upon it, built out of the metal that has been melted down from all the weapons from the war. Each one of those buildings could not exist without their context.
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1. Do I need to write two new articles?
- No! You can, if you want. But there's no requirement. The only new article you need to write is the Building Template article -- your context article can be something you wrote before.2. I'm not sure if my context fits!
- Short answer: It fits! I love when people bend prompts and fit their ideas into a challenge. Resist against those constraints!- Long answer: If you want to try to match it more closely, then try to choose a context article that would be key to a building existing in it current form, rather than any other. Examples I like to think about are: A Character that just HAS to have their house designed in a certain manner; A Mountaintop with a hole blasted through it where a villains secret base has been built into the 'cave' walls; A Historical site of a great and terrible battle that now has a museum or monument dedicated to the lives lost constructed upon it, built out of the metal that has been melted down from all the weapons from the war. Each one of those buildings could not exist without their context.
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