MEMORY ENTRANCE WALL
A personal wall of familiar photos, objects and soft light
greets him at the door, so home is recognised at once.
WORKS / PERSONA 03 — MEMORY DECLINE
Mr. Chen’s Home,
Mr. Chen’s Home,
Rebuilt to Stay Familiar.
SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS
DISORIENTATION
LIVES ALONE
ROUTINE-DEPENDENT
He forgets what he did a moment ago and loses track of where things are. Rooms stop
adding up to a place he knows, and routes and routines slip out of reach. The home has to
carry the memory for him, holding its shape so he does not have to rebuild it each time.
What Changed in the Room
FIXED ACTIVITY ZONES
Visible storage and steady visual cues keep each routine
in one place, so he knows where to go and what is next.
ONE FUNCTION, ONE COLOUR
A consistent colour logic marks each zone, building spatial
memory and cutting confusion in daily navigation.
LOOPED CIRCULATION
A single continuous loop with no dead ends means he never
backtracks or faces a fork he has to solve.
How the New Layout Scores
Connectivity
8.5
Daylight
8.0
Visual
7.5
Airflow
7.0
8.2
LAYOUT SCORE (FULL = 10)
0.55 loop route + 0.45 colour contrast,
over a base of connectivity 40% · daylight
30% · visual 20% · airflow 10%
WHY THESE WEIGHTS
Memory is not about a single view, so the score is built differently. Two signature measures lead:
how well the plan forms one continuous loop, and how clearly colour separates the zones. Together
they carry the score, sitting on top of the usual four metrics where connectivity still matters most.
A looped, colour-coded home is one he can navigate from habit instead of memory.
Built on the three memory rules from Research: looped circulation, colour as memory cue, colour atlas.
