Cinematic Architecture – Where Cinema and Architecture Meet
Cinematic Architecture is a research project and published thesis that explores the relationship between cinema and architecture, examining how both disciplines shape the way we experience space, time and atmosphere.
Through theoretical research and cinematic references, the book investigates how architectural space can be understood through concepts often associated with film such as montage, sequence, narrative and atmosphere. Just as film guides the viewer through a story, architecture guides the body through space, creating a sequence of impressions, emotions and memories.
The research draws connections between filmmakers and architects who explore spatial storytelling, including figures such as Sergei Eisenstein, Jean Nouvel, Rem Koolhaas and Andrei Tarkovsky. By analysing both film and architecture, the thesis shows how movement, perception and memory play a crucial role in shaping our experience of the built environment.
Ultimately, Cinematic Architecture argues that architecture is not only something we see, but something we experience in time, much like cinema. Both mediums create worlds that influence how we feel, remember and inhabit space
Presented at Limestone Bookstore, Maastricht (sold out)