Gallery: Look at This Creepy Dystopian City Inspired by the Brothers Grimm
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Grimm City is a miniature city based on the characters and storylines from Brothers Grimm fairy tales. *Image: FleaFolly*
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The wooden model was created by students who were asked to envision what the fairy tales might look like if they were translated into architecture. *Image: FleaFolly*
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The dark, bizarre tales made for a spindly, dystopian cityscape. *Image: FleaFolly*
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Grimm City is set 100 years in the future. *Image: FleaFolly*
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The Museum is comprised of 300 test tubes, which house little objects like screws and coffee beans. It's meant to serve as a reminder to Grimm City inhabitants of what was once there. *Image: FleaFolly*
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The city isn't a direct translation of the Grimm stories. *Image: FleaFolly*
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Rather, the characters and plotlines were distilled down to their most basic themes. *Image: FleaFolly*
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Most often this meant greed, envy and megalomania, which is translated into the architecture. *Image: FleaFolly*
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