Abstract:
CLOUD CONTROL explores the relationship between architecture and the dreamscape. The project uses the seminal texts The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud and Dreams, Memories, Reflections by Carl Jung as an academic footing to explore the significance of dreams through the lens of architecture. This project seeks to find a middle ground between two disparate worlds as the intangible nature of dreams is problematic within the tangible practice of architecture. CLOUD CONTROL explores the maker’s own recount of her dreamscape through an analytical process of making. The project explores the dream through all avenues of making as it is translated across all perceivable dimensions; 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D. The project is divided into two parts: EXCAVATING MEMORY and DREAM SYNTHESIS. EXCAVATING MEMORY is an exploration of the maker’s own memories, and her dreamscape. Meanwhile, DREAM SYNTHESIS forces the intangible proposition into the tangible, public sphere of an art event in the city. Through the journey of this project, ambiguity is discovered across all forms of making. It is encountered as the silence in the room, the space between lines, and the distance between me and you. Archetypal design is a tangible source of ambiguity which becomes a powerful design tool when used with a sensitivity towards the context of a project. This thesis explores the role of dream mentality in design as it is the source of daydreams and how we perceive our world.