Using the visuospatial sketchpad Designing a concert hall requires thinking simultaneously about visual information (what will it look like?), auditory information (what will it sound like?), and technical information about the engineering of structures (will it fall over?). Architects can bring this information together in their minds, thanks to a system in working memory called the visuospatial sketchpad. Shown is Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and the interior of the auditorium he designed in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands.