Storytelling is a vital component in architecture. Stories are created in order to understand, design, and sell a project. How can storytelling be used as a preliminary tool for initiating the creative process?

Project 

An underground home connected to a refurbished log cabin from the 1880’s. Constructed in segments by a man as he excavates his property in search of mythical treasure. Built using local materials such as lumber from his property and bricks made of clay unearthed during excavation. The home has the public function as a doctor’s office and the private function of a bachelor pad.

Setting:

Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Current Day.

Characters:

James Taylor. Middle-aged bachelor. The most well-known doctor and playboy around town. Delivers babies by day, beds broads by night. However, James has a not so secret, secret. He spends all of his free time searching his family property for a treasure, that may or may not exist.

Baldknobbers. A historic line of wild west vigilantes. Ran James’ ancestors out of the United States and into Indian Territory in the 1800s after they robbed a general store, later realizing that the Taylors took with them the secret society’s most sacred object. The society is still alive today, searching for what became of the Taylors and their precious treasure.

Bartlesvillians. Dr. Taylor’s patients, lovers, and friends