Adapting a method of architectural design for the real world from sequential images by Dave McKean

There has long existed a relationship between architecture in fictional media and the physical world. One graphic artist, Dave McKean, has provided a design of space within sequential art which illustrates an almost purely experiential space. The intent of this thesis is to adapt a similar kind of methodology of creation of fictional space, to the real world of architecture, through a study of Dave McKean's sequential images, the relationship between linear narrative and architectural devices, and finally, what defines physical architecture, its experiences, and how it affects the inhabitants' sense of the self in space. Through the design of a roadside motel for Montreal, the thesis proposes a building which reflects as much as possible the media experience, while still satisfying the necessities of real world architecture.