2024-04-30T10:50:53-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150100682/fairy-tale-architecture-the-death-of-koschei-the-deathless Places Journal 2018-12-20T10:08:00-05:00 >2018-12-19T19:19:07-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/dc/dc8b9e2f2117594816d0f176e7371613.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>It was the theme of nesting that primarily fascinated us about the Koschei tale, as it corresponded with ideas of sectional nesting that we have exploited as an architectural technique for generating spatial intricacy - LTL Architects.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Our holiday series on fairy tale architecture returns this week with three new features, curated by writer Kate Bernheimer and architect <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/39356569/bernheimer-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Bernheimer</a>.&nbsp;&#10240;<br>&#10240;<br>First up: in "The Death of Koschei the Deathless," <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/106482/ltl-architects-lewis-tsurumaki-lewis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LTL Architects</a>&nbsp;examine the strange habits of a fearful man who sought to escape his death through an obsessive nesting of forms within forms and spaces within spaces.&nbsp;Their beautiful rendering of this very strange tale focuses on Koschei's buried reliquaries and how they function in space and in time. The madness and beauty seen in precise details help us access the hopes and fears encoded in the story. &#10240;</p>