Frances Yates has a wonderful book about memory called "The Art of Memory".  In it he describes how people used architecture to help their memories.  The Globe Theatre in England is an example.  This may also relate to the extended mind hypothesis (see Andy Clark's Supersizing the Mind ... he probably would not consider the theatre as part of the performer's mind since the performer would not trust it 100%, but seems like the idea is related).

Great question, I look forward to reading more of the discussion.

Thank you Daniel for your good information and your interest.

DearJeanan Shafiq ,

Yes I do remember places, orientation, and design more than names. For example, I can remember my school buildings architecture since the first grade. The new design at least for me when I studied in USA was astonishing and unforgettable. I still can describe the places I visited and most scenery I observed. I agree with you memory has a relationship with architecture.  We can use long and short memory to perceive better concepts when architecture involved.

Memories and Wishes: A Participatory Public Art Project is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization.

Who are these participants?  and what will they do?

These senior citizens are long-time residents of one of New York City's Lower East Side public housing developments.

Some participants will carve, sculpt, and paint 'memory tiles' that they design, to show their favorite Lower East Side memories.

Some will press clay into specially made plaster molds to create a row of 'water tiles' to represent their families' immigration to New York City.

Some will make border tiles by stamping textures and symbols into damp clay tiles.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/memories-and-wishes-a-participatory-public-art-project

Amongst the Gestalt Laws of Organization, the following

have a great impact in architecture.

http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=33&ved=0CCoQFjACOB4&url=http%3A%2F%2Focean.otr.usm.edu%2F~w135249%2Fpdf%2Fid140%2Ftheory.ppt&ei=IOBRVK_SFoOyyATh1oHAAg&usg=AFQjCNFzBcxnC88TGX0NOxDqudaqCwu99w&sig2=KltpR4eVUr2v4Mf1d2_5ew&cad=rja

Good question, to help us realize something we generally take for granted. This is an especially apropos reminder from an architect in the business of building memories.

:-)

I think a building can bring back a lot of memories. The Smithsonian Museums are an example for me, as my son and I have gone there together on occasion over the years. But many of the buildings that might bring back memories do change, or are gone, and we might notice that, as well. I suppose most people have strong memories of their high schools, for good or bad reasons, and a high school reunion announcement with a picture of the architecture may have a stronger appeal, though it may have changed.

The Beatles had a number of popular songs. One of them was titled "In My Life." I think that it starts this way: "There are places I remember." It goes on to say that some things have changed, and some have stayed the same. Now, after writing this answer to this question, I have that song in my head. :-)

Yes Hashem, I agree with you, We always remember buildings where we studied in, such as schools, Colleges... I remember every detail in my architectural school.

Dear Mahfuz, Very interesting point, Bringing symbols of local Art and Architecture to the east side public housing project at New York City, in order to show their favorite east side memories, Thanks.

Bringing symbols of INDAIAN Art and Architecture

Potential in arriving at methodological and theoretical frameworks for some aspects of Indian sculpture through a contextual reading of the visual with the textual (eg, the semiotics of multivalent symbols in Indian art, narrative art, etc),  which ‘‘could contribute distinctive perspectives on more recently developed art historical methodologies.’’ Rethinking the Historiography of Mughal Paintings: The persistence of Western frames of reference and the issue of ‘European influence’ in Mughal art historiography finds nuanced treatment in this Volume through Ursula Weekes' paper, ‘‘Rethinking the Historiography of Imperial Mughal Painting and its Encounters with Europe.’’ The biased reception of Mughal art in the accounts of Jesuit missionaries during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, notably a lack of empathy for its specific symbolism, iconography, and cultural context, and their preoccupation with European influences as a means of legitimizing the cultural superiority of the colonizer fits in well with the overall trends observed in the early reception of much of Indian art during the colonial period. Since then, and through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, primary sources for the study of Mughal painting were largely restricted to Latin, Portuguese, Dutch, and English accounts, notably travelogues, journals, memoirs, and such other historical records. References to abstract and figural forms, art styles, processes of artistic creation, issues of connoisseurship, and the identity of artists in texts from within the Mughal court, such as the Ain-i-Akbaré and

Tuzuk-i-Jahängéré , even though limited, assume greater significance in this context.

https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/indian-art-history.pdf

Thanks, That means Architecture brings memories and in the same time memories brings view ports of Architecture

Interesting comment dear Roland: "Great work of architecture can simply help someone make a decision or even impact a culture"... Thanks.

When we know that something happened at particular place or at particular monument (architecture), we believe that to visit the place or would give us an experience and understanding of that particular precedent that we would not have experienced through information knowledge. It is the reason why places forhistorical events or periods seem to present to us a magical power. The Taj Mahal built in the Agra City of India is regarded as legend of eternal love of an Emperor for his favourite Queen. People from all over the world come to Agra to take a dip into the saga of ‘The Taj’, culled out from no fiction but facts and unfurl a saga, which is set out of nothing but pure love.

What about the role of tags on memorisation of architecture? Do people remember the building or the tag?

My memory is when my father took me (12-13 years old) to watch an ancient drama at the ancient theatre of Epidaurus! 

My most impressive architectures I will never forget were in dreams, which include fantastic cathedrals with fantastic windows!

Dear Jeanan,

Your question is really interesting. My memory conserves some episodes as videos or pictures. Some of them are related with the moments when I found a correct idea after trying to solve a problem for a long time. There are also personal “videos”. The most impressive “video” related with nature I have from my trip on a small ship along Lake Baykal. I consider that my profession is related with architecture. Because when a mathematician invents or discovers something new he should think if it is in harmony with previous results.

Dear Marcel, I've enjoyed the same dream when I visited several cathedrals (Gothic style) with fantastic colored windows, in Germany, France, Switzerland.

@ Kazaros: "I consider that my profession is related with architecture. Because when a mathematician invents or discovers something new he should think if it is in harmony with previous results" Very nice expression...Thanks.

But when there is nothing of an ancient past, after the death of beings, after the destruction of things, more subtle but more vivid, more immaterial, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste, long time still remain, such as souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, over the ruins of all the rest, carrying on their almost impalpable drop without wavering, the immense edifice of memory "- (Marcel Proust, Swann's Way)

In searching my architectural memories, Jeanan, I asked myself which was the more precious: the remembrance of the thick, white, cylindrical columns on my grandmother's porch--my first home-- or the memory of the stile from ancient Jaffa with ancient writing which I saw in a park in Tel Aviv?  Although the stile transported me further back in human time to a biblical Antiouity I had never known, the columns-- which no longer exist-- stay firmer in my memory as an echo of something familiar that helped to define me as I am. 

Dear Professor Shafiq:

Thank you for a thought- (and memory-) provoking question!  Most of the photos of my travels are of people, exterior architecture, and interior design.  My memories of people have blurred with time; faces have merged together.  But memories of the architectural wonders remain clear and motivate me to want to return to those places  to relive those moments of youth, adventure, discovery, awe, and bonding with my wife and children.  Those memories don't often happen with people of the moment, perhaps because we've all grown older and moved on.  Buildings have also grown older but they remain in place, a source of stability.  It would be wonderful and comforting to imagine that trapped inside those ancient buildings and monuments are images of my children, in their youth once again, playing, laughing, and running to me to jump on my lap and ask that all-important question, "Is it  time to eat yet?"  Returning to those places would be a way to relive those fond memories.

I made some YouTube slide videos of Spain that contain a large number of architectural and interior design images, particularly of southern Spain and the Islamic/Arab/Moorish influence.  The captions are in Spanish because they are intended to accompany a textbook for Spanish for English-speakers and the captions are simple because the text is for intermediate level.  The second and third videos primarily deal with the Arab influence in Spain.  And the third one focuses a great deal on Arab ethnic influences.

Video 1 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULA5JEjfpX4

Video 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne42rNypco0

Video 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdDnvNc_UKg

Warm regards,

John

Yes Dear Roland, I fully agree with you...Architecture is a mental mediation between the world and our consciousness.

There is a strong association between architecture and memory. The more significant the architecture, the stronger the association. In fact, those with anthropomorphic features such as the Statue of Liberty or the statue of Christ the Redeemer are almost synonymous with our first thoughts on New York city or Rio. That probably applies more to people who have never been to these places than those who have and found other reasons to remember it. 

Sometimes, when the architecture in itself is grand and awe-inspiring, such as the Taj Mahal, the Parthenon, or the Hagya Sophiya, we even tend to build our memories of these places around these structures regardless of the many other experiences we have had in the country. 

It does not always have to be on a grand scale though. Sometimes, stimulus based on interconnections etch the structure in our minds, especially when witnessed during our formative years. I can still vividly remember the corrugated patterns of the roof in a farm that I visited as a child, when the raindrops fell on the tin surface in very characteristic beats. The pitch and tempo of the music created by the rain on the roof bring in memories of wave-like corrugated patterns into my mind whenever it rains hard, even if I am now a thousand miles away from where that was. 

In the early 1970s, I used to go to Jerusalem nearly every week since I was a student at Birzeit College. Once I see the walls of the Old City, I used to leave the modern streets & rush into the narrow passages inside this "Rose of Cities" in which history almost was "talking" to me. I would imagine the footprints of the great humans "prophets" walking in the same straits smelling the unique perfume which came out of the wet old walls of the ancient magnificent buildings. I have never felt a dull moment there. I visited many places on this earth but no place has so far won my heart & soul more than Jerusalem.

Dear John,

Thanks for the wonderful videos. That's right, Memories of people always blurred with time, But memories of the architecture remain clear and motivate us to want to return to those places to relive those moments of youth.

The question here:

- will you see the architecture in the same way you've seen it many years ago. with all your different experiences during these years?

- Will the kids see and feel the building's scale the way you do?

Dear Nizar,

East or west, home is best.

Through lacking “variegations,” site offers no possibility of containing memories. The lack of distinction in the site—literal or otherwise—means that nothing in particular stands out. Indeed, site is only transformed into a place through the conferment of a distinctive thing upon it, such as a house. The presence of a house carves particularity from the homogenous and undefined. This is what we mean by the term ‘intimacy’. Lived experience, remedies the vacuity of the site by enforcing a narrative upon it.

In turn, place becomes animated through becoming particular. A particular place has a discernable identity. Thus, the trust we have in the continuous familiarity of a place means that indifference gives way to idiosyncrasy and character. Indeed, character and intimacy, if not synonymous with one another, remain inextricably bound.

Examining critically, instance of  intimate space is said to be conducive to the emplacement of memory, since intimacy distinguishes itself from the supposed homogeneity of the site. Yet, this simple dichotomy between the place that contains and the site that disperses precludes an ambiguity between the two.

http://www.arch.ksu.edu/seamon/Trigg.htm

Dear Jeanan,

One used to say that visual memory and so souvenirs are manifested more efficiently in men. That is why I am happy about your question.

I would say we recall the environment. One recall it if it influenced him/her psychically thorough its (functional) form or full impact or because something extraordinary happened us or simply we had pleasant souvenirs with it.

Regarding my dreams they seem to be ancient engrams tied to primitive natural landscapes like water, and dangerous rocks. Maybe these are not my souvenirs but those of my ancestors.

I used to have practical dreams on what and how to paint or carve. These dreams are often technically very fine and clear thus I am able to try them in the morning.

Regarding interior design, I remember very clearly the house of my grandmother including all the furniture.

This relation not only to exist but we must add the sense of the relation between memory, territory and the quality of a meaningful life which underlies the associative heritage work in considering the importance of place; we highlight the concepts of community resilience and risk management, key aspects of a response to change, while we define the word “sustainability”, the responsibility of us living people towards the heritage we received and towards the heritage we will leave to our successors, in order to play a pivotal role.All this leads us to a conclusion that there is a need for a new responsible architectural ethical design that will surpass the ego, the pretentious and apstract architectural concepts, but will result in a “dynamic process” through design and buildings life cycle.

Do we have the same memory image for a certain place? Or it depends on our feelings and personal circumstances at that moment?

If you walk in a street with magnificent constructions, there will be days you are more perceptive than other days. You may notice a small stature near the roof of a building on one day, but not on another day. How often people are mentally occupied when they walk in a city only thinking about past events ignoring the present environment?

Dear Marcel,

when we see something for the first time wouldn't be in the same way with familiar and common places. I think that even when we are mentally occupied and thinking about past events ignoring the present environment, the brain continues recording images for the future as memories.

I think that children can see/memorize buildings or constructions bigger than what they are actually are. These are my personal experiences when I returned to places many years after I saw them as a child.  

I think there is an interaction between feelings at the time of observation and how the observation is memorized.

Although I agree that children are able to see their memories based on architecture, autistic children have tremendous memories related to architecture. They cant express their memories that much but they have indicators and signs that tell us of the relationships.  

Dear Hashem,

the fact that people claim that autistic children have tremendous (e.g.photographic) memories implies these children have been able to express these memories to others (e.g. via drawings?)

Dear Marcel,

You are right and that what I meant by signs and indicators.

Yes Francesca, I Believe that architecture is like Music which vibrate in our soul and memories... Thanks.

One explanation might be encoding specificity theory. EST predicts that all memories are most easily retrieved when the environmental conditions at "encoding" (meeting someone at a particular place) are close to the conditions at retrieval. If you meet a new person in a classroom at the University (or in a house), it's easiest to remember them if you see them again at the same place (as opposed to, say, the supermarket). Your memory is tethered to the place. "Place" is important for humans, perhaps because we evolved to navigate dangerous terrains, avoiding predators and remembering where there is food and kin. And still in contemporary life, memory for "place" has enormous emotional significance: our childhood home; the street where we lived; a beautiful house we once visited; a certain room - 

These include architecture, furniture, objects, décor, and images, with each chapter focusing on various facets of the topic. Famous places are deconstructed, broken down into the how and why they are structured the way they are. This is interesting and it sheds light on the rituals and culture of the time, demonstrating meaning and behaviour.. For example it asserts in the relation to family keepsakes that objects ‘retain memories of people or experiences that have meaning,and they provide emotional support and are linked to our self-concept.

http://reviews.media-culture.org.au/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5742

Dear Jeanan,

The connection of music with architecture is nicely described by Jiannis Xenakis, who was Architecture and composer among other things.

In their essence, urban cores represent the fusion of man-made creations and the socio-cultural context created by human actions. Each generation has an impact on this ever-changing process by either enhancing creation or eliciting destruction. Of the total number of built structures in the world, very few serve for public benefit. This phenomenon should be tackled through the development of educational programs devoted to the preservation and development of cultural heritage.

Dear Francesca,

Actually, we only perceive what concerns ourselves, what touch our feelings in that moment.That's why we have different images in our memories for the same place.

Well said Dear Jeanan "We only perceive what concerns ourselves, what touch our feelings in that moment and so may have different images in our memories for the same place". 

Dear Bao-Jie,

I completely agree with you that the architecture and human memories have a relationship of inter-influence.

But how does this inter-influence of architecture and human memories allow novelty, as expressed in architecture dreams showing buildings and/or building colors you not see in daily life?

Psychologists might claim that colors used in decoration of chambers will influence mood and therefore, why not, long-term memory? What about the use of these colors to decorate external walls? Have any color you can find in your computer been used to paint the external walls of buildings having more or less long-term impact on memory?

Some region impose constraints on how external architecture is painted. Why?

Dear Bao-Jie,

- " factors, such as social rules of our specific nationality, business and research field we engaged in, the knowledge we learned from school, university and the Internet and our private choice. In the long run, we have formed some common recognitions, such as the meaning of symbols, numbers and shapes, so that means we have also been influenced by some specific factors in architecture. " all this paragraph could be indicated in one word ... " personal experience".

- Having memories for architecture is beyond famous, historic buildings. Dear Nelson mentioned the remembrance of the thick, white, cylindrical columns of his grandmother's porch--his first home --

Dear Marcel,

Good questions... Why don't you add them as a personal question.

- I'm afraid that we can't generalize color influence on mood, because it depends on the personal experiences.

- "Some region impose constraints on how external architecture is painted. Why?"

I think its a matter of urban design factors, As you know coloring the external walls of the buildings could lead to a visual pollution,

Yes Dear Roland, I agree with you.

Sharing memories with certain place is common way of designing. Interior design in my practice is usually a mirror function transferring patterns (joy, light, textile, structures, materials) from past to places we inhabit.

In architecture design, especially interior design, the effect of Marcel Proust Combray : analysis of memories and subconscious, is common practice. 

Here is the example of my recent project where memories of streets and squares of Ljubljana of inhabitants were transferred in sketches. Sketches are part of dining hall. Using photos would be to deterministic (phots would captured exact time), sketches leave the experience to observer. Observers project themselves in their own time.

http://konference.ef.uni-lj.si/renewtown/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2014/02/pZupancic.pdf

Dear Domen,

Very interesting study, I liked the way you designed the walls in the dining room, delivering all the memories... Thanks.

We have recognized that “globalization” engenders, but also understand the futility of resisting its wide spread effects. But architecture will always be “forming” a Place. Architecture is not only the skin in which we are living, it is always a reflection of a specific philosophy of space, movement, life,presence, and has a strong impact on the human spirit. Traditional architecture –our built heritage is deeply associated with nature; it strongly affects our spiritual condition, provides us with a sort of feeling of peace and relaxes. Misunderstanding of heritage has always led to destruction by fashionable trends or internationalist movements, because they are rejecting or marginalizing its own past.

Thant's right dear Amir, " Architecture is not only the skin in which we are living, it is always a reflection of a specific philosophy of space, movement, life,presence, and has a strong impact on the human spirit"

I think your answer fits my other question too " What's your opinion about International Architecture?"... Thanks

Memories are preserved in hippocampus and survive if they change affective load . They come back if we experience something that is associated with the highly emotional past event, which was marked and stamped.Every memory is preserved with the help of synapses and neurons. May be, memory marks an engram in brain.Architectural models are the brightest memories I feel free and happy when I see Gothic splendor, half-timbered houses, castles. At the same time the Kremlin, St.Basil's Cathedral, Red square make me be thrilled.My native places were Germany and Russia.And we moved from one country to another.

Dear Irina,

Architecture makes you remember your past. On the other hand, Do you remember certain buildings and spaces coming with the images of your past, for example .. when you remember how you was playing in your bed room, Did the image came with the whole bed room design?

Dear Jeanan, sorry, I have worked on Sunday.It had been a period from 0-to 7. Freud thought, that a baby could remember nothing. To my experience, we had moved to and fro a lot of times in my childhood. It was incomplete gestalt (a sensual image) , clip consciousness and multiple repetition. That's why, I, being a highly sensitive baby, remember the open space and architectural models even now. In my adolescence and later we were going to move to and fro, I finished my primary school and then worked there. As for my early childhood (to 5), I remember only details- nature (pines), my cup (i can describe it in details), my rattle and other toys, my first book (I learned reading myself in 5), high white ceiling, masonry heater, a bouquet of lilac on the table, a lamp-shade in lacy, a carpet with the eastern pattern, like it. I remember the open sunny street with the houses with red roofs and cyclamens in pots. I was mad when I saw cobble square and Lutheran churches, and little violets a bit later.It seemed to me- it was my- the most native images.May be, there is a national consciousness (in our subcortex) I think, it's mostly cultivated values about our ancestry, artificial historical memory. But you can feel free and really happy in the place where you were born. In other places you are considered a white elephant and a strange person. They say, any sandpiper is greet in his own swamp..

Yes Dear Francesca, I agree with you... Our personal memories which mainly contents People and living sentient Beings, as you said, are always associated with space, in which, space represents the memory Image background. In another word, when we remember people, for example, in a certain moment, we rarely remember them in an abstract way, But at a certain space and / or place...This is the question all about.

Thanks Dear Irina for the wonderful explanation. I went with the memories to my kindergarten. I remembered many things, even the bath room partitions :). I'm sure these memories, which present as an images, are within my childhood eyes. Every thing is in the scale of a child vision.

In our daily lives, what objects do we reach out to and why – the ease of use vs the ease of care, perceived value of longevity vs the beauty of wear and tear, a juggling of price vs cost, things we save in a closet vs things we make part of our lives, Cotton vs Polyester, plastic vs wood – will it last long, will it stain, will it be worth it? These decisions often affect our buying decisions and ultimately what we surround ourselves with in our messy everyday tasks. There is much beauty in not saving the lovely things for a special day. Presenting a selection of products to enjoy using without holding them as being too precious to be a daily habit.

The Summer House – A collection of simple objects that one could effortlessly enjoy using. They seem created to be of use, to enhance the beauty of doing everyday things, to be a delight in the kitchen. The website states “The wood for our house wares is sourced from sustained plantations. 90% of our products are crafted by village folk.”

http://indianbydesign.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/caught-my-eye-the-summer-house-gaatha-shop-kara-weaves-shramik-kala/

Dear Jeanan,

For me buildings are very important. The house where I lived as a child, the school where I did a technical course, remind me sweet memories.

The difficult is when these buildings are demolished or modified and just stay in photographs and memories.

Good discussion!

Best Regards,

Vanessa

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Dear Krishan,

Thank you very much for your participation.

@"There is much beauty in not saving the lovely things for a special day. Presenting a selection of products to enjoy using without holding them as being too precious to be a daily habit.".... Sorry I didn't get the point

Many memories are also part of unfulfilled expectations over various period of one's age, especially on buildings. The above, building architecture was great; it portrays a luxurious living, but the product captions where part of the e-brochure, i am not aware.

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Dear Francesca,

I do respect people In the first place, and focusing on man made is because of my respect and appreciation to what people achieved and achieving every day, including thought and acts, which I believe that architecture is one of them.

Thank you for the inspiring words and wishes.

A particular place or architecture or interior design can impact what and how we remember. The beautiful thing about these is that it can rap into visitor's past meaningful experiences through their senses and their emotion. Such experiences have the power to create new meaningful experiences and memory plays a key role in helping to make all of this possible. I visited Niagra Falls, USA in 1996 and the thundering sound of water fall, feeling of the mist during ride on Maid of the Mist boat, the rainbows and standing in wonder of the majesty of divine creation are still in my memories. I loved this iconic, historical attraction!

This is a great question!

The smell of old books, is something I adore. That smell, while I am reading - such a book- drives me to heaven! It makes feel very happy and nothing compares with it. It is not the same for example, when you read an e-book .

This smell also reminds me my grandparents poor stonehouse, I used to stay with them until I become eleven. It was a small poor house, but full of love and kindness. I wish I could express my feelings better, but my english is poor too!!!

I send my love to everyone

Myrofora

Yes dear Juehui and Roland, That's what the question is all about.

Architecture is eternally connected to the realm of the universe. It exists as a physical reality which marks its position within the infinite continuum of time and space. The interaction between man and the physical environment also defines this connection between architecture and the universe. Thus, a constant dialogue exists between the physical environment and those who interact with it. This dialogue offers man the opportunity to understand his relationship with his surroundings on many scales.The architecture verifies its existence within the eternal continuum of time while speaking of its past. Temporality is realized when the work considers the space in its totality, without distinctions between in and out. It is perceived only to a spectator of the work contributing to strengthen the relations between architecture and the spectator’s memories.

The memories as well as life' experiences are crucial for every architect I believe. I have known few of my friends who are successful in architectural design as they recall their childhood' dreams about buildings/spaces and make them reality. 

And I have a classmate and friend,who is famous for his projects for  Irkutsk(Siberia).The sculptors and architectors have a good ear for urban planning (like for music).Restoration and reconstruction are patriotic actions, devoted to historical memory."Sometimes the future can be engaged in a dispute with the present,in favour of the past.It would be good if the mighty had the same good ear for "urban planning".1.Russian Cathedral,2.urban planning of Irkutsk,3.the monument to Yakov Pohabov,the founder of Irkutsk(M.Pereyaslavets,E.Spassky,Yu.Volchkov,K.Ashihmin),4.The Muromian Venerable Saints Pyotr and Fevronia,God protectors of family(K.Chernyavsky),5.Polish Catholic Cathedral(restoration by G.Vyazunova),6.New granite embankment,7.Irkutsk State(Linguistic)University.

http://pribaikal.ru/more/article/13398.html?print=1

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