My thesis is interested in a hybrid approach to design and representation. How does the built environment we imagine through the existing architectural toolkit correspond to that of the lived experience? What phenomena do we find in our everyday wanderings that can be newly understood and sought after in practice? How is atmosphere achieved through the space we carve out, and what scenes do they inspire to play out?

To address these questions and bridge the divide between what we draw and what we experience I am looking to techniques found in cinema, specifically the method of understanding space as determined by four types: deep, flat, limited, and ambiguous. In doing so, I hope to gain a more nuanced understanding of the control we have over the spaces we produce through both formal and atmospheric qualities.

This thesis supposes that a new design methodology may illuminate hidden potentials in the built environment. It seeks to imagine a reciprocal design process utilizing an expanded toolkit of models, photographs, perspectives, and diagrams which emphasize a multiplicity of views rather than a single iconic image.