CineArch is the design studio of the MSc Advanced Architectural Design course and DfE-funded PgCert Cinematic Architecture programme at Queen's University Belfast. Incorporating new media technologies and film analysis methods into their design processes, students have designed a Film Studio/Film Set in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast providing new facilities for the thriving film industry. As part of this design studio, students have visually analysed notable films and series (Inception, Cowboy Bebop, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Arcane, and High-Rise) and made animations/short films to inform their design. The exhibition includes these student films as well as scale drawings, physical models, and renders.

Curated by Ece Sila Bora, the exhibition opens at QFT on the evening of 24 April 2024 with an opening speech by Prof Wei Sha, EPS Dean of Postgraduates, QUB Civil Engineering, following the screening and discussion of the first film of Walled Cities: An Everlasting Piece.

CineArch Design Tutors
Gul Kacmaz Erk, QUB Architecture
Pat Wheeler, ALW Architects
Ece Sila Bora, Marie Curie Researcher

MSc Advanced Architectural Design Students
Ashwinswamy Gurumurthy Takoori
Bhagyashree Shendre
Esraa Hamido
Hollie Hamilton
Kimaya Dilipsingh Chauhan
Mawda Alsiddig
Preethi Pandurang Poojary

PgCert Cinematic Architecture Students
Alena Romanovskaya
Lise McGreevy
Philip White
Stuart Maginnis
Tawatchai Thaiporn