Emotional Feedback of the Therapeutic Space: Analysis of the “One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest” Movie

ABSTRACT The concept of space is also the basis of two disciplines in architecture and cinema. It can be said that cinema is almost a laboratory for the design or organization of spaces. The cinema consists of images abstracted from reality, and these images are perceived in the human mind. It is possible to say that with this perception process the mind creates a new reality from them, in which our spirituality that is to say our psychology and emotions, is also under considerable influence. On the other hand, Psychiatry also has become an important field for the cinema industry. In this paper, the film ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest’ which was shot in a mental hospital was analyzed using the method of therapeutic environment elements. The spaces were sketched with the effects left in the minds of the scenes and design details have been examined in such subjects as color, light, ergonomics, etc. Consequently, this case study is important not only it is a practice for the effects that the cinema has left in the human mind and psychology, but also it is important in terms of showing the well-being effects of architectural design on environmental psychology.