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Minecraft, a popular game amongst youngsters and architects alike, is a video game that allows the user to build structures and cities virtually. A 22-year-old aspiring architect,\u00a0Su Yijun from\u00a0Zhuhai, China has gone a step ahead and expressed his love for the game by making a detailed replica\u00a0of Beijing\u2019s Forbidden City covering a site of 100 million blocks. The game allows for the person to challenge their creative and virtual abilities and that is what Yijun did when he joined the group of volunteers who were aspiring to accomplish the same in 2013. After Yijun joined the group a year later, they\u00a0decided to start again from scratch. He became the\u00a0project\u2019s chief organizer and went on to research traditional Chinese architecture so they could perfectly replicate the palace\u2019s nearly 1,000 buildings. Researching the\u00a0structure, decor, materials, and architectural history, even visiting the real-life site to learn details he couldn\u2019t find elsewhere, cemented the foundation.\u00a0 The real obstacle, Yijun added, was getting all the information he needed, and visiting the Forbidden City didn\u2019t solve the problem. \u201cMany areas are not open to the public,\u201d he lamented. \u201cAnd because of the exhibits, the interior decorations in the Palace Museum were not the same as how they originally appeared\u201d (As told to Sixth Tone). Yijun has started to upload some of the videos on Bilibili, one of China\u2019s most popular video-sharing websites, to share what he has learned with more people.\u00a0\u201cThrough this, I hope to impart some knowledge about architectural aesthetics and share my thoughts on architectural design,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Minecraft, a popular game amongst youngsters and architects alike, is a video game that allows the user to build structures and cities virtually. A 22-year-old aspiring architect,\u00a0Su Yijun from\u00a0Zhuhai, China has gone a step ahead and expressed his love for the game by making a detailed replica\u00a0of Beijing\u2019s Forbidden City covering a site of 100 … <\/p>\n

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