ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE DUNE MOVIES

Abstract

When the works of science fiction cinema from the past to the present are examined, space designs
that are often designed inspired by architectural movements and designed in accordance with the
targeted time period of production are seen. If it is not possible to produce all or some part of these
space designs technologically in today's conditions, it is defined as fictional space design. In line
with the technological developments and innovations experienced since the first emergence of
cinema, fictional space designs continue the process of evolution. It can be seen that one of the
biggest factors that has accelerated the evolutionary processes of science fiction and fictional space
since the first examples is its interaction with art movements. When science fiction is mentioned,
the first thing that comes to mind is the future, advances in technology, a future society developed
from existing paradigms. Sci-Fi is usually depicted in a way that makes a statement about current
issues related to the future, society, the environment, politics, economics and religion, or questions
them with the problems posed by the progress of science in various fields. The art and architectural
movement inspired by a cinema work can be seen in all product and space designs within the scope
of the film. By showing diversity most of the time, it incorporates style and design approaches from
different architectural movements and offers an eclectic aesthetic integrity to the audience. For
example, in the works of science fiction cinema, within the fiction of the same planet, living in the
same time zone or different from each other, which belong to the same race or species, sociocultural and Economic, the political administration of the societies differ from each other according
to geographical and spatial designs-a lot of and it can be seen in production. One of the most
important examples is the Dune productions. In this research, architectural analyses of Dune films
in terms of fictional space will be performed.