NeurA-MAP is a critical observatory on neuroarchitecture and neurodesign, developed within CIRCA.
It aims to identify, classify and analyse the actors, institutions and discourses that mobilise neuroscience in thinking about space and architectural design.
The project does not reproduce these approaches but questions their epistemological and rhetorical foundations : What models of cognition are implicitly at play ? What metaphors of the brain and perception are used ? What kinds of scientific legitimacy are invoked ?
Through a critical database and comparative analyses, NeurA-MAP situates neuroarchitecture within a broader genealogy of cognitive and architectural thought, assessing its conceptual contributions and limits.
NeurA-MAP thus constitutes the analytical and cartographic dimension of the CIRCA collective, offering a critical tool for identifying and analysing contemporary neuroarchitectural discourse.