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Mnemonic Realities - Architecture Master Thesis Project by Matheus Stancati

2021 Super Jury Award || "What you know and what you remember defines who you are. This project studies the intersection between neuroscience and architecture to question how we perceive the world, how we remember it, and how we can use memory to redefine our architectural experience.

Using artificial neural networks (AI), the 10’x10’ bedroom learned how to implement patterns from the contextual space where childhood memories were formed. The prototype focused on a pipeline to transform these memories into an accessible version of the material reality, travelling through the mirror into a digital replica of the space that is perceived by machines that know nothing but my memories.

After nearly 400 days of quarantining in the same room, the implementation of synthetic perception was not a temporary escape from the physical boundaries, but instead the start of a new way of using and understanding space."


Matheus is originally from the rural town of Tatui, in Brazil. In 2016, he moved to the United States to seek his M.Arch at Florida International University. In 2018, Matheus joined the Robotics and Digital Fabrication lab to explore ceramic additive manufacturing techniques using industrial robotic arms. In the following year, he received a position as a Research Assistant under a grant from the National Science Foundation, where he participated in the development of the Robotics Academy, in Miami. This initiative aimed to prepare the current construction workforce for the upcoming normalization of robotic construction techniques. In 2020, Matheus received the AIA Student of the Year award and began his master's thesis research under professor Neil Leach and Marina Rodriguez das Neves, studying the neuroscientific presence in architectural discourse and the design applications for artificial neural networks. In 2021, he graduated with a Master's in Architecture and received the 2021 Super Jury award, Master Thesis Award, and the Award for Academic Excellence. In May, he then co-founded Sunken Blimp, an exploratory studio focused on interdisciplinary approaches to architectural design, collaborating with Neuroscientists, Electrical, Mechanical, and Software Engineers.


00:00 - Introduction

01:31 - Final thesis output
08:47 - Why did Matheus choose this topic
11:04 - Memory Palace & its origins
15:27 - Understanding the site of the project
17:14 - Software used to create the cool animation
17:52 - Infusing memories externally
20:56 - What is Photogrammetry
24:03 - Talking about the project
30:27 - Explaining the final Output
33:56 - All the softwares used in this project
36:28 - Talking about the Jury & final presentation

42:45 - Patreon Exclusive

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