
Researcher:
Leda Demetriadou
Professor:
Dimitrios Gourdoukis
Location:
Planet Mars
Year:
This study reviews the relationship between architecture and the visual world of cinema and its impact on the real world, through the study of selected films, books, publications and articles in order to have a better understanding of the relationship between the two. The findings are important because the study of the imaginary and at the same time of the real world, most of the time, is done independently without investigating the impact that one world has on the other. As a fan of science fiction movies, I would first like to study important science fiction movies that envision future cities and societies. This analysis will be conducted with reference to the basic theoretical concepts, utopia, dystopia, the ideal city and anti-utopia as a virtual construction and whether they are included in the context of the desired. Next, Ι will explore the relationship between the possible real future of humanity and the role played by imaginary depictions in its formation, what to expect from future habitation and whether it relates to the visual patterns of cinema. Then the possibility of living on another planet, Mars, will be analyzed, in relation to the conditions, both atmospheric or psychological and the design, which require new technologies for design and construction, in order to create the desired human environment. This study aims at the scientific correlation and the understanding of the cinematic and real space as well as the recognition of the practical design "lessons" that we can draw from these films, which can be adapted, evolved and recreated in the real world, contributing to the progress of architecture and the shaping of future habitation.
Contribution to Development
This research helped me shift my perspective from everyday life to future realities, which are closer to the present than we think. It made me think about unconventional ways of design, like drawing inspiration from cinema, which gives a freedom of design that doesn’t necessarily need to be functional, at least not now, maybe in the future. It gave me the freedom to think unconventional design techniques and imagine how the future life will look like. This equipped my design thinking in all later projects, while thinking about future needs, and desires through innovative solutions.

