Concept | Multi Sensory Rest

Goals

To extract the physical conditions of a park that make it a place of rest and use those sensory conditions within the interior environment to create space that promotes healing, growth and connection.

Connection to biophilic design has a psychological impact on people increasing their calm, reducing stress and mental health concerns. Natural daylight and views promotes wellbeing and healing. This has been scientifically studied over the years through experiments conducted with patients recovering from physical and mental illness and trauma. Nature based therapy is an established method of promoting healing in patients. It increases calm and relaxation. The United states CDC conducted research and found that “residents in urban areas were seventeen per cent more likely to suffer from psychological disturbance than their counterparts living in rural areas.”

To create a mixed use temporary housing and service oriented complex to aid in a safe, resettlement process that promotes the mental, emotional and physical wellbeing of refugee families and individuals arriving in the United States.

Provide easy access to services required and temporary housing units for refugees when they first settle in the US

Access to quality and affordable design in both service centered and residential spaces.

Create spaces of multi-sensory rest, including light, materiality, sound and sight that promotes the mental and emotional healing of the client.