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In psychoanalytic literature, psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott defines ´potential space´ as the space between ´inner world´ - creation of the unconscious fantasy, a private replica of the world and objects around us - and ´outer world´ - the actual world, objects and people around us - where intimate relationships and creativity occur. Converged around spatial design and psychological concepts, and developing an understanding of the importance between both, this work intends to explore the possibility of bringing the ´potential space´ notion into the constructed environment. Highlighting, thus, the human condition of architecture where the designer is not a separate entity from the built environment but an intimate part of it through the design process. This investigation concerns how a psychoanalytic approach can be used to establish a background research which provides a foundation from which new ways of understanding one´s own design processes can be launched: a way of moving towards the design practice through a ´self´ inner sense. Thesis

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Arcelia Mac Gregor, MA in Architecture: RMIT, Australia. Her professional career has seen her involved in architectural design projects and academic experience at higher education institutes in Mexico and Australia. She is currently pursuing to expand on her architectural knowledge in other countries.

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