Thought of design comes from October 10 of each year, World Mental
Health Day, health concerns and understandings on mental health problems.
On the contrary that most people do not play much attention on mental health
problem, and even ignore. Taking this problem into consideration, as a designer,
we should do something for mental health.
Once worked on a space for mental illness, which concerned and focused
on mental health. Thus, this scheme will keep researching on mental problems,
and take it as point of starting, putting the professional knowledge we learnt into
design by case designed to contribute a little bit power to mental health.
Simple, natural and warm are the topic of design for the whole psychological
treatment space. Mainly release space from traditional dark ward, shaping a warm and
natural home but full of industrialized, modular installation and development. 40’ high
container is the basic module of psychological treatment space. It is a combination of
modules to form the major al areas, connecting corridors organically, and form
an organic entirety with offering more possibilities of modular space combination.
White, black and green are the main colors used in whole space.
It is mainly based on white color to create a fresh and shinning feeling
of space, adding connection of green corridors to bring in color of nature
to drive the room to be dynamic. Black lamps, windows and doors are
the decorative color for whole space, to drive and create a quiet and
abstruse feeling. Meanwhile, emphasizing relationship between people and space,
people among people and man and nature, a large area of windows, in which
great sun shine comes, you might enjoy out-door sun shine and natural
scenery in each corner. Gradual change of every openings in al areas,
might give you different psychological feelings in different areas.
