Archive of the Architecture of the Feminine Body in Contemporary Film

Syracuse University School of Architecture | Becky Goetzke

  • The Domestic Lair: Directed Research 2025
  • Spring 2025 Featured Films
    • The Substance
    • Mean Girls
    • Diamonds Are Forever
    • The Stepford Wives
    • Parasite


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  • architectural elements
    • aisles
    • balconies
    • balustrade
    • bathtubs
    • beds
    • benches
    • billboards
    • bird cages
    • blinds
    • bookshelves
    • cabinets
    • carpeting
    • ceiling tile
    • chairs
    • chandeliers
    • chimneys
    • clothing rack
    • coffee tables
    • columns
    • computers
    • couches
    • countertops
    • cross walks
    • curtains
    • desks
    • dining tables
    • dishwasher
    • door knobs
    • doorways
    • drafting tables
    • dressers
    • driveways
    • examination tables
    • fences
    • fireplaces
    • fountains
    • garages
    • gates
    • glass block
    • hallways
    • kitchen appliances
    • kitchen cabinets
    • lockers
    • mailboxes
    • mirrors
    • monuments
    • mullions
    • paintings
    • photographs
    • plants
    • porches
    • porticoes
    • screens
    • secret doors
    • shades
    • shelves
    • showers
    • side tables
    • sinks
    • solid walls
    • stairs
    • streets
    • televisions
    • tennis courts
    • tile
    • toilets
    • vanities
    • vents and grates
    • wainscoting
    • washing machine/dryer
    • windows
  • cine-architectural phenomenon
    • double framing
  • decades
    • 1970s
    • 2000s
    • 2010s
    • 2020s
  • fictional architectures
    • Blofeld's Lair: The Whyte House
    • Bobbie Markowe's House
    • Cady Heron's Bedroom
    • Cady Heron's House
    • Charmaine Wimpiris' House
    • Elisabeth Sparkle/Sue's Apartment
    • Karen Smith's House
    • Kim Family Banjiha
    • M's Drawing Room
    • North Shore High School
    • Park Family Mansion
    • Regina George's House [INTERIOR]
    • Robot Joanna's Bedroom Set
    • Seafood Restaurant (The Substance)
    • Sparkle Your Life/Pump It Up Production Studio
    • The Whyte House Bridal Suite
    • Tiffany Case's Apartment
  • Film Title
    • Diamonds Are Forever
    • Mean Girls
    • Parasite
    • The Stepford Wives (1975)
    • The Substance
  • medium
    • architectural documentation
    • stills
  • real architectures
    • Aheyon-dong Seoul, South Korea
    • Eberhart Apartment (325 West End Av, New York City)
    • Elrod House, John Lautner
    • Hollywood Walk of Fame
    • Old Orchard Mall (Sherway Gardens Toronto, Ontario)
    • Regina George's House [EXTERIOR] (11 High Point Rd Toronto, Ontario)
    • Seongbuk-dong Seoul, South Korea
    • Stepford Men's Association (Lockwood Mathews Mansion in Norwalk, CT)
    • The Eberhart Home (3455 Congress Street Fairfield, CT)
    • The Van Sant Home (3420 Congress Street Fairfield, CT)
  • spatial designation
    • athletic field
    • backyard
    • basement
    • bathroom
    • bedroom
    • bunker
    • cafeteria
    • closet
    • dark room
    • distribution center
    • doctor's office
    • drawing room
    • dressing room
    • dungeon
    • examination room
    • exterior threshold
    • foyer
    • front yard
    • garden
    • grocery store
    • gymnasium
    • hallway
    • internet cafe
    • kitchen
    • laundry room
    • living room
    • locker room
    • office
    • pantry
    • pool
    • restaurant
    • secret room
    • shopping mall
    • solitary confinement
    • sound stage
    • stairwell
    • store
    • sun room
  • systemic force
    • commodification
    • confinement
    • objectification

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Sue looking at herself in the bathroom mirror.

Fargeat, Coralie, dir. “The Substance.” 2024.

2020s, bathroom, commodification, confinement, double framing, Elisabeth Sparkle/Sue’s Apartment, mirrors, objectification, shelves, stills, The Substance, tile, toilets
antiseptic, bathroom, beauty, beauty standards, bleak, body image, clean, commodification, confinement, empty, misogyny, monochromatic, objectification, patriarchy, perfect, perfection, purity, self-hatred, sexualization, stark, sterile, sue, white, white tile, youth
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