Abstract
This study set out to identify the architectural features inherent in Nesting Boxes by Larry Bell, whose analysis had been poor in previous studies, and compare and analyze them with contemporary architecture by applying the object relations theory representing modern psychoanalysis of the 21st century to the gaze theory. The findings were as follows: first, 'Pacific Red II' one of his early Nesting Boxes, created several key Signifiants by repeating various eyes between six large-scale objects and the audience, thus expanding the conscious structure of human mind; second, the number of objects was reduced to two in 'Venice Fog II' that introduced sunlight. In 'Aspen Blues', the object inside the Nesting Boxes plays the role of projection as inner light in reaction to the introjection of sunlight; third, the Nesting Boxes since 'Pacific Red II' show the process of expanding from a single mother to other objects and moving away from a depressive position from the perspective of object relations theory; and finally, 'Kunsthaus Bregenz' by Peter Zumthor is at the stage of expanding the structure of human mind around an independent ego beyond a depressive position like 'Aspen Blues'.
