Jan 30, 2026
Week 15 – Storyboarding the Site
A week of thinking cinematically about space, and then returning to the ground to ask how streets, slopes and courts can carry life more convincingly.
Studio
Cinematic
Learning to think of landscape as sequence rather than composition.
This week began with a storyboard workshop where we spent considerable time discussing film as a spatial medium. We explored how scenes are structured, how pacing shifts emotion, and how framing guides attention. The focus was less on drawing and more on sequence. We were shown how to bring still images and prompts into Veo and Wan to generate short video explorations, using Nana Banana and ChatGPT in tandem to create and refine imagery. GPT was used to develop and edit prompts, while Nana Banana generated base visuals that were then refined and animated. This process revealed how narrative can unfold through movement, light and temporal change rather than static representation. It reframed my project as something that could be experienced in chapters rather than read in plan.
Streetscape
Recognising that the built edge needs as much care as the ecological one.
In my tutorial with Mohamad, we shifted attention back to the spatial reality of the design. One of the main critiques was that the streetscape on the more built side of the site needed stronger activation. While much of my focus has been on ecology and boardwalk systems, the urban edge requires its own spatial clarity and energy. We discussed how frontage, movement, scale and programme must support everyday occupation, ensuring that this side of the site does not feel secondary or residual. This reframed the built edge as an equally important narrative thread within the project.
Ground
Designing the moment where land rises to meet structure.
We also revisited the mounded ground conditions where the landscape slopes up to meet the boardwalk. Rather than treating these as purely transitional forms, Mohamad encouraged me to activate them more deliberately. One mound in particular could incorporate a commercial space tucked beneath the boardwalk, using the slope as both enclosure and invitation. Terraced seating along the sides would allow informal gathering and viewing, while nearby sports courts could merge to form a coherent sports park. This would transform a structural necessity into a social condenser, turning elevation and adjacency into opportunity rather than leftover space.
Reflection
This week moved between cinematic imagination and grounded practicality. The storyboard workshop encouraged me to think in time, while the tutorial reminded me that spatial activation must be resolved at ground level. Together, these conversations pushed the project toward greater clarity, ensuring that narrative ambition is supported by tangible, inhabited space.