Problematic: To what extent do archetypes and collective memory shape architectural production and reception?

Can formal or symbolic invariants be identified across cultures and eras, in relation to the Jungian collective unconscious?

What role does collective memory play in the unconscious appropriation of public spaces (e.g., libraries, monuments)?

How are archetypes mobilized (or repressed) in contemporary building design?

What cognitive or symbolic biases emerge when users describe a place that resonates with their collective memory?

Jung, C. G. (1968). The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. Princeton University Press.

Halbwachs, M. (1992). On Collective Memory. University of Chicago Press.

Pérez-Gómez, A. (1983). Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science. MIT Press.

Pallasmaa, J. (2005). The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses. Wiley.