Strategic Spatial Design: Translating Chess Into Architecture

8 Jul

Authors: Lavanya.M

Abstract: This research explores a unique cross-disciplinary design methodology that draws parallels between the strategic dynamics of chess and the generation of architectural form. By decoding the positional logic, movement patterns, and hierarchy of chess pieces within selected game sequences—particularly from endgame and middle-game scenarios—this approach establishes a set of spatial transformation rules. These rules govern block creation, vertical hierarchy, landscape articulation, and connective paths. The result is an architecture that is not only responsive to logical progression and layered complexity but also narrative rich, evolving through movement, transformation, and spatial tension. This proposal aims to construct a new design language that bridges gameplay mechanics with formal architectural strategy.