ARCHITECTURAL NARRATIVE AND MONTAGE OF SPACES: USING CINEMATIC STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE USER SPATIAL EXPERIENCE

Abstract

The advancement of design tools and the acceleration of design cycles lead to the suffering of architectural designs from a “user-blind” design syndrome. Cinematic tools from story and narrative structure to the final montage adopted from film are studied. Then, these techniques are overlaid on the design process and real world architectural and cinematic examples to examine ways architecture can benefit from film in reinstating the user as the core of the design process and consequently enhance their spatial experience. The core cinematic strategies discussed are applied to ‘Parc de La Villette,’ Paris, France, by architect Bernard Tschumi.