Memory Association in Place Making: A review

People experience present world that is causally connected physically and mentally with past events and objects. This study is to present a synthesis of literature studies from 1990 to 2010 with relation to memory association in place making. Aspects taken into consideration include methodological issue and factor used within the city centre from the person memory and perceptions, followed by the associations between place and memory. In summary, one's memory and perception of the environment are shaped by three components; role of event, history and monument remembrance of a place that enables us to perceive a place through memory association.