Thinking of Others investigates the concept of character in spatial narrative. Located at the intersection of theory and practice, it seeks to understand how character, as an implied or imagined person, might animate, stratify, fracture, organise and enrich spatial narrative.

The project is comprised of two parts: a written dissertation and a series of workshops. Working from concepts of character in narrative theory, the written dissertation unpicks the complexity of character as a narrative element and identifies connections to theories of space in order to propose a model of character specifically for spatial narrative. Ultimately, the dissertation contends 

that the very complexity of character in fact contains the greatest potential contribution to spatial narrative.

The workshop series was undertaken with three groups of thinkers and practitioners across three disciplines: sociology, literature and spatial design, which together represent the theoretical underpinnings of spatial narrative. These workshops were aimed at opening the dissertation up to discussion, critique and interpretation. The responses from the workshops were both incorporated into the dissertation and included as an extension and expansion of it, oriented particularly towards the creation of design strategies for the realisation of character in spatial narrative.