Visualizing the Mindscape
What would an architect draw if they were designing a memory, a dream, or a mind? Visualizing the Mindscape reimagines construction drawings as narrative tools, mapping the psychological landscapes of fictional films through plans, sections, and architectural representation.
This project explores the intersection of architecture, film, and storytelling by asking what architectural drawings might look like if they documented fictional worlds instead of physical ones. Rather than measuring buildings, these drawings attempt to visualize memory, emotion, and perception through the conventions of architectural representation.
Each drawing translates a different cinematic mindscape into plans and sections, treating the environments of Being John Malkovich, Stranger Things, and Us as if they were real places to be analyzed and constructed. Architectural drawing conventions become narrative devices, revealing relationships between characters, psychological states, and imagined spaces that exist beyond conventional architecture.
By borrowing the language of technical documentation while embracing fiction and atmosphere, the project challenges the role of architectural drawing itself. Instead of communicating how a building is assembled, these drawings investigate how architecture might represent the invisible landscapes of the mind.
Stranger Things, Season 4
Being John Malkovich
Us