Impact of Architecture on Forming Our Personal Memories

Abstract

Time underlies many interesting human behaviors. Thus, the question of how to represent time in connectionist models is critical. One approach is to represent time implicitly by its effects on processing rather than explicitly (as in a spatial representation). Memory is the primary processing of man through time.Many studies have focused on the memory of architecture. The "Art of Memory" written by Frances Yates (1966). This classic study of how people learned to retain vast stores of knowledge before the invention of the printed page, Frances traced the art of memory from its treatment by Greek orators, through its Gothic transformations in the Middle Ages, to the occult forms it took in the Renaissance, and finally to its use in the seventeenth century. This study was the first to relate the art of memory to the history of Architecture and culture as a whole was revolutionary when it first appeared and continued to mesmerize readers with those clear insights.In another word, he described how people used architecture to help their memories. (Architecture can bring back a lot of memories). The aim of this study is to focus on the relationship between our individual memories and architecture and if there is a continuous familiarity of the place within our minds, presents as an inextricably bound.

Keywords: Architecture, Spatial representation, Memory, Encoding Images, Retrieval Images.