rooms i've lived in is an ongoing architectural drawing project examining the dissonant relationship between one’s memory of space and the physical space itself.
Context
Architectural Drawing Project
Timeline
Ongoing
Team
Various
Role
Project Lead, Illustrator
Methodologies
Isometric Drawing, Memories
Tools
Illustrator, Markers, Paper, Pens, Pencils, Photoshop
OVERVIEW
The Imprecise Nature of Memory

Human memory is an approximation of our history. What we remember, who we remember, and even how we remember is dictated by so many little personal specificities and biases that often create disconnects between what actually happened and our recollections of that event or space or individual.

rooms i’ve lived in explores this relationship between memory and reality through an architectural examination of old bedrooms, creating isometric snapshots of our living spaces that might be more in line with how we remember them than with how they were. Though use of architectural drafting methods ground the images in reality, by focusing on the bedroom, a personal extention of the self, the act of drawing through remembrance strips away the specific measurements of space in lieu of a more personal narrative.
PROJECT SCOPE
A Typological Record of the Bedroom

rooms i’ve lived in is an ongoing project. It’s objective is to study how we, as a people, remember our own personal spaces. rooms i’ve lived in is an attempt to create a growing architectural archive of the typology of the bedroom, through the lens of memory.

if you’d like to participate, email me at roomsivelived@gmail.com or my normal email address.
PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Reflections on My Past Spaces
Pierce Boulevard | O’Fallon, Illinois, United States | 1989? – Summer 1993
Kingsbury Avenue | Saint Louis, Missouri, United States | Summer 1996 – August 2004
Butler Hall, McAlister Drive | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | August 2004 – May 2005
North Jefferson Davis Parkway | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | June 2007 – August 2007
Langton Close, Wren Street | London, England, United Kingdom | September 2007 – June 2008
Oak Street | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | August 2008 – July 2009
Troutman Street | Brooklyn, New York, United States | October 2009 – October 2014
Troutman Street #2 | Brooklyn, New York, United States | October 2014 – Present
EXTERNAL CONTRIBUTIOUNS
Others' Reflections on their Personal Spaces
Gordie | Starr Street | Brooklyn, New York, United States
Dave | Jefferson Street | Brooklyn, New York, United States
Heather | The Gramercy Women's Residence| New York, New York, United States | 2007 – 2008
CONTACT:
pkattner@gmail.com
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