Carl Jung's Dream House

For the psychologist Carl Jung, building a house was a symbol of building a self. In his autobiographical Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Jung described the gradual evolution of his home on Lake Zurich.

Jung spent more than thirty years building this castle-like structure, and he believed that the towers and annexes represented his psyche.

A Child's Dream House

When I was a child, I dreamed of a house shaped like a doughnut. Rooms would be arranged in a ring around a central courtyard, and the courtyard would have a glass roof, a steamy climate, and exotic tropical birds. All windows in this house would look inward at the courtyard. No windows would look outward at the exterior world. This was an introverted, perhaps egotistical, house.

As I aged, my dream house reshaped itself. Instead of an inner courtyard, it developed sociable porches and big bay windows. The house of my dreams reflected who I was becoming.

Doris's Dream House

My home will be on a beach on the Florida panhandle. It will be raised off the ground for parking underneath. There will be wide decks on the upper 2 levels on 3 or 4 sides supported by pillars and railings. It will have lots of windows on the beach side only. It must have 3 or 4 bedrooms and 3 baths, very open, and have lots of storage space.

Some people, like Manuel, described homes that are surreal and haunting.