More and more social scientists agree that the study of space should be interdisciplinary. Almost a century ago, social ecologists began using geographical maps to show the spatial distribution of social phenomena. At the middle of the last century, urban ecologists introduced factorial maps to evidence how residential location is conditioned by social, economic and familial status. Also, human geographers borrowed concepts from psychology and established the usage of cognitive maps to study mental geographies. Later on, sociologists and anthropologists have been trying to convince that space is a social construct, not only a container of social interactions but also an agency, influencing and being influenced by them. In this paper I argue for the introduction of the concept of ―construal map‖, to study housing and domestic space. The paper builds upon a doctoral research study that I conducted recently, entitled ―Couple living space in the metropolitan area of Brasov‖. First, I present the main theoretical premises behind the concept drawn from the spatial sociology, social psychology and sociology of intimacy fields. Second, I illustrate with examples from the empirical study some suggestions to apply the concept as instrument for data collection. Third, I explain the implications of the proposed technique for the study of the social construction of the living space and intimacy.