CHILDHOOD MEMORY
A four years old adventure
OCTOBER 2025
This project explores the intersection of memory, light, and materiality. By translating a childhood memory into a tangible model, the aim to capture the emotional essence of a place existing within a memory The objective is not to replicate a physical location but to evoke the atmosphere and sensations associated with the memory.
THE MEMORY
As a kid I had an imaginary friend, she was called Linia. I think I recall this memory so well because it is one of my first moment of independance and freedom, it is also probably one of those memories that have been rebuilt by my brain because I have always idealised it and it was 18 years ago.
At the age of three, I moved into the house where I grew up, situated in a neighborhood brimming with green spaces, forest fields, farmland, and playgrounds. But to my young mind, the entire area was a playground. I vividly remember being about four years old, standing at the front door with Linia, and stepping into an open world. It was likely spring or summer, with everything around us lush and green, teeming with life, bees buzzing, butterflies fluttering, and a myriad of other insects. The afternoon was alive, and I could see and interpret everything around me in my own way. As we explored the neighborhood together, Linia and I would weave stories and adventures, my imagination fueled by the world around us. Each discovery, whether it was a peculiar rock, a hidden path, or a curious bug became a prompt for storytelling and exploration. I'd touch, observe, and invent stories about everything we encountered.
The six façades of the cube conveys the atmosphere of the childhood memory a moment of discovery, play, and imagination.
The organic shapes, more free and irregular, represent the world as perceived by a child: a space without clear boundaries, where every natural element (leaf, insect, light) could become a character or a story. The textures evoke the sensory richness of that period, tactile curiosity, vivid colors, and the bright light of spring or summer. The shadows intersecting with the shapes, with movement and perspective evoke the unlimited possibilites of interpratation that the mind of a child can have with their imagination.
The cube acts as a memory box, a fragment of time preserved and idealized, where the child’s imagination is materialized through form.
Finally, the overall composition seeks to convey freedom, wonder, and the gentle solitude shared with “Linia.” The formal choices aim less to represent than to evoke: the luminous atmosphere, the natural shapes, and the “poetic” dimension of this memory.
