This residential complex is designed to enhance active ageing to support its elderly residents. It prioritizes autonomy and community engagement, offering a unique blend of individual living spaces and communal areas.
Incorporating charred wooden shingles and a steel framework, the design offers expansive views of the waterfront while maximizing accessibility for senior residents.
Incorporating charred wooden shingles and cross-laminated timber, the design creates a tranquil environment that prioritizes reflection and wellness for individuals in end-of-life care.
Incorporating cross-laminated timber and expansive glass elements, the design creates a luminous environment that fosters intergenerational connections and wellness for the elderly within an urban setting.
Incorporating oxygen capsules and a central water wall, this healing environment fosters recovery for lung cancer patients through a carefully designed landscape that promotes tranquility and community engagement.
Employing charred wooden shingles and natural ventilation, the design integrates seamlessly with its picturesque setting to create a wellness retreat focused on enhancing well-being and ecological sensitivity.
Characterized by interlocking volumes and a terraced garden for greywater management, the design offers a sustainable retreat in Oleiros that emphasizes the connection between nature and user experience.
With interconnected octagonal forms, therapeutic topiary gardens, and immersive virtual reality rooms, the facility creates a comforting environment that prioritizes the emotional well-being of patients in palliative care.
Using traditional Kiwa tiles, the design seamlessly integrates with its surroundings, creating a community-focused hospice that prioritizes healing through nature and social connection.
Incorporating hempcrete and recycled timber, the design creates a nurturing environment that emphasizes sustainability while providing compassionate end-of-life care.
Utilizing charred wooden shingles and expansive glass openings, the design creates a seamless connection between nature and indoor spaces, providing a tranquil hospice environment for terminally ill children and their families.
Defined by charred wooden shingles and expansive glass facades, the design offers a serene environment that merges communal gathering spaces with therapeutic areas, encouraging interaction and reflection in a natural setting.
Situated within a dense urban environment, the design explores how hospice care can be integrated into the everyday life of a city. The approach seeks to balance the need for a peaceful, supportive setting with a connection to the surrounding community.
Incorporating tatami and abundant natural light, the design seamlessly integrates brick and greenery to foster a multi-purpose space for community engagement and personal reflection.
Crafted with charred wooden shingles and cross-laminated timber, the retreat seamlessly integrates with the landscape while offering a tranquil space for wellness and relaxation.
Constructed from cork and cross-laminated timber, the cabin integrates permaculture principles into its design to create a serene space for meditation and healing.
Constructed with a timber framework and defined by triangular geometries, this meditation space fosters a deep connection to nature while offering areas for reflection and community engagement.
Constructed with bricks and wood, the design emphasizes healing spaces and communal areas, promoting well-being in a residential setting dedicated to fostering a supportive community.
Crafted from local limestone, the hospice integrates a central garden and dedicated therapeutic spaces to create a calm environment for healing and recovery.
Constructed using compressed earth and blue clay, this wellness retreat immerses visitors in a sensory-driven experience that merges architecture with the surrounding Latvian landscape.
With a design that utilizes stacked roofs to create unobstructed jungle views, this wooden retreat fosters a close connection to nature while providing essential shelter and spaces for relaxation and meditation.
Crafted with natural brown tones and a focus on simplicity, the hut integrates into the Cambodian landscape, offering a serene retreat for reflection and relaxation.
Elevated on stilts, the structure utilizes cross-laminated timber panels and translucent surfaces to create a harmonious integration with the surrounding environment, serving as a serene space for meditation and reflection.
A central tree anchors a gabled cabin designed for relaxation and self-discovery, while cross ventilation and sustainable wood construction enhance the connection with nature.
The proposal examines a visitor-oriented facility situated within a natural park landscape, designed to accommodate both recreational and educational functions. The study considers how spatial organization, vertical circulation, and cultural elements can enhance the visitor experience while addressing operational needs such as security and staff requirements.
The undulating roof structure, supported by wooden elements and complemented by a reflection garden featuring preserved mature trees, creates a contemplative memorial space honoring the lives lost during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Incorporating a double-skin facade of translucent polycarbonate and locally sourced timber, the structure harmonizes with the volcanic landscape while providing essential facilities for winter recreation.
Maria Turcu,Mihai Mitrică,Alina Măldărescu,Alina Lixeanu
Incorporating vertical gardens and green façades, the design enhances urban connectivity and sustainability while providing multi-functional spaces for offices and public interaction.
Use architecture to create different emotional states
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