ARCHITECTURAL
SPACES THAT
ENCOURAGE
HEALING MENTAL
DISORDER
PRESENTED BY:
SHRADDHA NEPAL
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9TH FALGUN,2076
THERAPEUTIC
ARCHITECTURE
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT-IDENTIFY AND
SUPPORT WAYS OF INCORPORATING
INTO DESIGN
• ESSENTIAL TO FOCUS ON THE SERVICE
USERS
• NEEDS IN RESPECT OF MENTAL HEALTH
CARE, PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION
AND WELLBEING DURING THEIR STAY
• OPPOSED TO INSTITUTIONALIZATION
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA
PROBLEM
STATEMENT
PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPEUTIC
ENVIRONMENT IN INDOOR AND
OUTDOOR SPACES TO SUPPORT THE
TREATMENT PROCESS OF MENTAL
DISORDERS.
SCOPE/FOCUS OF THE STUDY
TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDER USING BOTH NATURAL
LANDSCAPE, AND THE DESIGN OF
DYNAMIC RELATION BETWEEN INDOOR
AND OUTDOOR SPACES.
DESIGN
CONSIDERATIONS
REQUIRED FOR
INDOOR AND
THERAPY OUTDOOR SPACES
RESEARCH 2 4
QUESTIONS 1 3 5
PSYCHOLOGICAL ARCHITECTURE OUTDOOR
DISORDER INVOLVED IN THE LANDSCAPES,
THERAPY OF GARDENS BE
MENTAL DESIGNED
DISORDER
LITERATURE
STUDY
1 2 3 4 5
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS SERIOUS
POST MENTAL
TRAUMATIC ILLNESS
BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL PATTERN MOOD DISORDER
THAT CAUSES SIGNIFICANT DISTRESS DISORDER
OR IMPAIRMENT OF PERSONAL
FUNCTIONING • BIPOLAR DISORDER
• DEPRESSIVE • SEXUAL TRAUMA • SCHIZOPHRENIA
DISORDER • DISASTER TRAUMA
• ANXIETY • OTHER TRAUMA
• SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDERS
SOURCE: VETERANS AMERICA
1 2 3 4 5
POST TRAUMATIC SERIOUS MENTALL
MOOD DISORDER
DISORDER DISORDER
TYPES OF THERAPY COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL GROUP INTERPERSONAL
DIELECTICAL
ART ANIMAL ASSISTED
HOW TO WORK AND LIVE BETTER BEHAVIORAL
WITH OTHERS, AND TO BUILD THE
SKILLS AND HABITS THAT HELP INTERPERSONAL MUSICAL ART
THEM SUCCEED IN LIFE.
ANIMAL ASSISTED STRENGTH BASED
BRAIN STIMULATION
SOURCE: VETERANS AMERICA
5 4 3 2 1
ARCHITECTURE AND
PSYCHOLOGY
• VITRUVIUS' WORDS-UTILIAS, FIRMITAS AND
VENUSTAS OR FUNCTION, FIRMNESS AND
BEAUTY
• PATIENTS IN ROOMS WITH VIEWS OF A
NATURE
• APPROPRIATE USE -COLOR, SPACE AND SIZE
HAVE THE CAPACITY OF ENLIGHTENING THE
ATMOSPHERE.
5 4 3 2 1
DRAMATICALLY AFFECTS EVERYONE’S
PERCEPTION OF ARCHITECTURAL SPACE
AND FORM
• POWER OF MEDITATION INCREASES 10
TIMES WHEN DONE IN A PURPLE LIGHT
-Leonardo da Vinci
• COLOR • HEALING AND PROSPERITY-PROPER
ELEMENTS OF •
•
WATER
LANDSCAPE
DIRECTION
HEALING •
•
SUN LIGHT
MATERIAL
• STIMULATE THE SENSES AND PROMOTE
RECUPERATION FROM PHYSICAL,
EMOTIONAL, MENTAL ILLNESS
• AFFECT THE SOUND ENVIRONMENT,
CIRCULATE MOVEMENT, INCREASE
/DECREASE COMFORT
• VITAMIN D HELPS WITH OUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM
1 2 3 4 5
FREE AND OPEN ATMOSPHERE
• FLEXIBLE LAYOUT
• ENCOURAGING VISUAL AND AUDIAL PRIVACY
DESIGN
CONSIDERATIONS • LIMITED DEGREE OF SCREENING-OFF
FOR INDOOR AND
DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE GREEN
OUTDOOR SPACES • VIEW OF NATURAL SURROUNDINGS
• GARDEN WITHIN THE CARE UNIT
INDOOR DESIGN
CONSIDERATION PROXIMITY AND FLEXIBILITY
• THE NATURAL MIDPOINT – THE HEART
• BREAK THE CARE UNIT DOWN INTO SMALLER
UNITS
SOURCE: PSYCHOLOGY
TODAY
1 2 3 4 5
CONVIVIAL ENTRANCE
DESIGN
• MAINTAINED THE BALANCE
CONSIDERATIONS BETWEEN THE MATERIALS AND THE
ENVIRONMENT
FOR INDOOR AND • EMPHASIZE THE RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE NATURE
OUTDOOR SPACES
OUTDOOR DESIGN PUBLIC SPHERE ENVELOPES THE PERSONAL
CONSIDERATION SPHERE
• SOCIAL PARTICIPATION AND ELECTIVE
SECLUSION
• SUCCESSIVE EXPANSION OF THE
PERSONAL SPHERE
SOURCE: PSYCHOLOGY
CASE STUDY
REHABILITATION CENTRE
GROOT KLIMMENDAAL
• LOCATION: NETHERLANDS
• ARCHITECTS: KOEN VAN VELSEN BV
• AREA: 14000.0 m2
• BRINGS TOGETHER TRANSPARENCY, DIVERSITY,
CONTINUITY, THE PLAY OF LIGHT AND
SHADOW, EXPERIENCE OF NATURE INTO A
STIMULATING REVALIDATION CENTER
• NATURAL LIGHT AND THE SUN’S -ELEMENTS
CAPABLE OF PROMOTING HEALING -INTEGRAL
PART OF THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS
CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICALLY FOR
REHABILITATION
SOURCE: ARCHDAILY
DESIGN
CONSIDERATIONS
FREE AND OPEN PROXIMITY AND
DIRECT ACCESSIBLE GREEN ATMOSPHERE FLEXIBILTY
CREATING VOIDS TO
ACCESS GREEN SPACE
INTO CARE UNIT
SOURCE: ARCHDAILY
ELEMENTS OF
HEALING
COLOR SUNLIGHT LANDSCAPE
COLOUR HAS ABILITY TO PATIENTS EXPOSED -PERCEIVE LESS INTERACTION OF HUMANS AND NATURE
AFFECT ARCHITECTURAL STRESS, REQUIRE LESS
PLANES MEDICATION AND EVEN
EXPERIENCE LESS PAIN
SOURCE: ARCHDAILY
THE HOUSE OF SECRET
GARDENS
• LOCATION: INDIA
• ARCHITECTS: SPASM DESIGN
• IS AN EXPRESSION IN DHRANGADHRA( SAND
STONE)
• CELLULAR STRUCTURE OF THIS SANDSTONE
HOLDS INTERMITTENT MICROSCOPIC AIR GAPS,
ACTING AS AN INSULATION PANEL
• CLADDING THE ENTIRE BODY OF THE HOUSE AS A
MONOLITH
SOURCE: ARCHDAILY
DESIGN
CONSIDERATIONS
PLANNING CONVIVAL ENTRANCE
Placing of water
body adjacent to
the building
Garden in
relation to
indoor spaces
SOURCE: ARCHDAILY
ELEMENTS OF
HEALING
SUNLIGHT MATERIAL LANDSCAPE
DARKER WALL OR FLOOR SURFACES TO FIT TO THE CLIENT’S INTENDED AS SEAMLESS EXTENSIONS OF
REDUCE REFLECTED GLARE LIFESTYLE, ASPIRATIONS, AND THE LIVING SPACES
NEEDS
SOURCE: ARCHDAILY
ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER
RECOVERY
ANALYSIS
THERAPY
PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE
RESOURCE BASED RESOURCE BASED
COMMUNITY RESOURCE BASED
ASSOCIATING NATURE WITH
STIMULATES HEALTH
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
ANALYSIS SOCIALIZING SPACES
WALKING OR SITTING ON A
PARK
PROVIDING TEMPORARY
GARDENS AND PARKS
ESCAPE
INVOLVEMENT OF
ARCHITECTURE IN
THERAPY OF MENTAL
DISORDER
THE HOUSE OF SECRET GARDEN
FREE AND OPEN ATMOSPHERE
∙ A FLEXIBLE LAYOUT THAT
ALLOWS THE NEGOTIATION OF
RELATIONSHIPS.
∙ NATURAL LIGHT AND VIEWS
DESIGN OUT TO NATURE.
CONSIDERATIONS MAXIMUM FLEXIBLE AREA -THERAPEUTIC ROOMS -DOESN’T FEEL INSECURE
REHABILITATION CENTRE GROOT
FOR INDOOR AND DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE GREEEN KLIMMENDAAL
OUTDOOR SPACES ∙ ACCESS TO A GARDEN WITHIN
THE CARE UNIT
∙ A VIEW OF NATURAL
SURROUNDINGS AND
LANDSCAPE
SPEED RECOVERY AND PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT
REHABILITATION CENTRE GROOT
PROXIMITY AND FLEXIBILITY KLIMMENDAAL
∙ NATURAL MIDPOINT – THE
HEART
∙ BREAK THE CARE UNIT DOWN
INTO SMALLER UNITS
DESIGN
CONSIDERATIONS GYMNASIUM, COMMON LOBBY, CAFETERIA,I.E., THE HEART OF THE CARE CENTER.
FOR INDOOR AND CONVIVAL ENTRANCE THE HOUSE OF SECRET GARDEN
OUTDOOR SPACES
• PEOPLE BEHAVIOURAL
PATTERN
• COZY ACCOMMODATION
WELCOMING AND WARM- THE LOBBY SPACE
PUBLIC SPHERE ENVELOPS PRIVATE SPHERE
• SUCCESSIVE EXPANSION OF THE
PERSONAL SPHERE
• PARTS WITH DIFFERENT
DEGREES OF SECLUSION AND
PUBLICITY
DESIGN
CONSIDERATIONS CARE UNIT, COUNSELLORS’ ROOM -SURROUNDED BY SECURE AND INTIMATE
PUBLIC ZONES
FOR INDOOR AND
OUTDOOR SPACES
SENSORY GARDEN
5 4 3 2 1
SENSORY GARDEN
DESIGN
• PLANTS, HARD LANDSCAPING AND OTHER
GARDEN MATERIALS – TO APPEAL ALL
FIVE SENSES
• THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCE TO A RANGE
OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS
• SCENTED AND EDIBLE PLANTS, SCULPTURES
AND SCULPTED HANDRAILS, WATER FEATURES
DESIGNED TO MAKE SOUND
TASTE, TOUCH, SMELL, SOUND, VISUAL ELEMENTS
DESIGN ELEMENTS IN 5 4 3 2 1
SENSORY GARDEN
GREEN WATER COLOR SOUND DESIGN
NATURAL TONE - PROVIDES A CALMING HEALING GARDEN FOR BEST. A CALM AND HELPS ALL OF THE
EFFECT THROUGH ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL RECEIVING ELEMENTS COME
HERBS, PLANTS,
SIGHT, SOUND AND EFFECT ENVIRONMENT TOGETHER
NATURAL LEAVES TOUCH BEAUTIFULLY
AND GRASS.
5 4 3 2 1
DELTA SENSORY
GARDEN
• LOCATION: IRELAND
DESIGN ELEMENTS IN 5 4 3 2 1
SENSORY GARDEN GREEN
PATIO
GARDEN
GAMES
GARDEN
DESIGN ELEMENTS IN 5 4 3 2 1
SENSORY GARDEN WATER/SOUN
D
WATER
FALLS
IRIS
O’BRIEN
health
and
wellness
garden
DESIGN ELEMENTS IN 5 4 3 2 1
SENSORY GARDEN COLOR
COLOR
OF LIFE
DESIGN ELEMENTS IN 5 4 3 2 1
SENSORY GARDEN DESIGN
FIVE
SENSES
GARDEN
19/2016
MEMORIAL
GARDEN
CONCLUSION
• CHARACTERSTICS OF DISORDER AND THEIR
VARIOUS TREATMENT PROCESS WAS FOUND
• ABILITY OF ARCHITECTURE TO HEAL THE
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ILLNESS WITH THE
DIFFERENT PLANNING PARAMETERS AND THE
ELEMENTS THAT CAN ENHANCE HEALING
• OUTDOOR SPACES ARE ALWAYS WITH
DESIRING GREEN AND THE SOUND OF WATER
TO HEAL
• INDOOR IS MORE TOWARDS THE SUNLIGHT
THAT ENHANCE THE
• THERAPEUTIC GARDEN IS AN EARLIER
CONCEPT, IT IS BEING REVIVED IN MODERN
TIMES
RECOMMENDATION
• TYPES OF THERAPY RELATED TO
SERIOUS MENTAL DISORDER CAN BE
EXPLORED MORE
• PLANNING PARAMETERS WITH RESPECT
TO AGE GROUP CAN ALSO BE
EXPLORED
• THERAPEUTIC ARCHITECTURE IS NEW
TO THE SCENARIO OF DESIGN AND
THERE IS MUCH TO STUDY
• SENSORY GARDEN ARE OF VARIOUS
TYPES WHICH ARE NOT MENTIONED
HERE BUT CAN BE RESEARCHED
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