The Healing House

Roof Deck

A safe space for tranquility to enjoy the scenic view and feel the gentle breeze. This transpires to the site level. Every floor is considered to fi the needs of the client.

Introduces personal and spiritual wellbeing. Each room was designed to celebrate individuality and sense of purpose. Ease of access is represented on the second floor. This trend was kept on both floors due to human-centric activities of the spaces.

Designed in such a way the design pattern is easy to understand. The vantage point of each space is at close proximity to the eyesight. The living and dining areaintroduction of cross ventilations in line with this scientific design is the harmony of colors and nature.

Second Floor Ground Floor Landscape

The site provides an intuitive design that is easy to distinguish. Axis of main points are provided for ease of access. The site also introduces softscapes that contrast with the hardscapes.

Integration of wellbeing architecture

For Vito Associates, the Healing House presents an interesting opportunity to apply the principles of Wellbeing Architecture in a residential setting. The client tasked them to design a two storey house with a pool and roof deck. The client envisioned a house that will make them safe, enlightened, and most of all heal in all aspects of wellbeing. Having been diagnosed with a chronic spinal cord condition, the client desired a home that could help them cope and heal. The architect’s role to translate vision and desires to conducive space for healing has never been more imperative.

The site is located at Filinvest, Batasan Hills, Quezon City. The Sierra Madre along the Rizal horizon complements the scenic and pristine view of the city’s skyline, a contrast of mother nature and human ingenuity. It is said that the Sierra Mountain ranges protect the region from harsh storms. The designers took this concept and applied it to the meaning of a house, which is to protect its users.

Design consideration

Ambiance

The character and atmosphere of the space within the facility. It also refers to the sensoral qualities that a space gives off. It is recognized through emotional sensibility by an immediate form of physical perception.

Cohesion

Designing space to belong together and act as a whole. Shared resources become vital in creating a sense of community and how spaces are linked with each other to operate as one facility.

Experience

The interaction between spaces and user that can articulate a place that can affect one’s feeling.

Spatial Harmony

Deals with how different space could come together to have a clear communication.

Engagement

Enables users to participate to different collaborative spaces. This allow’s the proposed project to have spaces that allows the users to share different educational or social spaces.