The Mental Machine of analogy production is part of a spatial laboratory that plunges the observer into the fantasy of Aliaksandra Pirazhenka. The laboratory is an analogy of her brain, increased and intensified. The machine proposes a mental mechanism as all processes occur in our subconscious. After using the machine, the observer comes out brainwashed and then magic appears! The laboratory demonstrates a method, creating architectural form through identifying analogies, using association, imagination, and skills, accumulated in the mind.

 

Aliaksandra gains inspiration from nature and wildlife, intuitively finding elements of nature by giving them a new life in design. She uses her thesis See buildings where others see cracks as a platform for the machine concept. In See buildings where others see cracks, Aliaksandra explores the importance of associative perception of architecture by drawing an analogy. She considers the biological and the organic analogies, the two main analogy methods for design with the help of nature. Studying various cases in design and architecture, she introduces a new concept - an intuitive analogy. Within this thesis, she checks the significance of diligence and serendipity in the course of design work. This study is divided into two parts: a catalogue of intuitive analogies and a theoretical study. The Mental Machine of analogy production is the reality check of her invented design concept. Demonstrating the mechanism, she shows how this technique can be applied in practice.