ARCH 4981 - Therapy Center

THEQUESTFOR IDENTITY

-PTSD is more evident in communities that stress traditional gender roles (men having more social power than women) because women in this type of culture feel more emotionally vulnerable.

Whyarewomenmoreproneto developingPTSDafteratraumatic

event?

2.TEND & BEFRIEND

Coping Strategy: taking care of people around them, while befriending is the process of reaching out to people around them to find relief. if their social network does not give the support or if they feel rejected and abandoned

Perceptionsfromthe younggeneration

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Egyptianidentityto meisapersonwho s goodwithpeoplethey dontknow,closeto god,theirbeliefsand linksittoeverything theydo

Tomeanegyptian identityisaspacefor sharedvalues, commonrespectinthe streetsandthefeeling ofacommonground thatexistsamongus

16 Egyptiansarevery humblepeopleandwi l alwaysgivetotheworld Whetheritistopeop e, natureandthe surroundingwillalways havespacewithintheir lives

Problem Definition:

Lack of Wellness Centers in the Region (Suez - Red Sea)

ARTIFICAL SURROUNDING FORCING ATTITUDES LACK OF SOCIAL INTIMACY WITH SURROUNDING COMMUNITY

socially engaged context

why

3. HORMONES

women

StressHormone

Time&Setting-Permanent

, when the bra n is developing and they are at increased risk for PTSD later n fe"

IsliKaymaz

A city's identity is what the insiders (citizens) and what outsiders (visitors) perceive, feel and remember about it.

supportoneanother womenengaging buildingasafecommunity thatunderstandsdifferent stagesofgrief

Resource:PTSDismorelikelyinwomenthanmen.NAMI. (n.d.).RetrievedOctober10,2022,from https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/October2019/PTSD-is-More-Likely-in-Women-Than-Men

Thesis Statement

A safe haven for women offering a platform to express themselves, offer the tools that will help fight against trauma and help them formulate a community to engage socially, build a community and support one another.

ThomasBerry

The natural world is the larger sacred community to which we belong. To be alienated from this community is to become destitute in all that makes us human. To damage this community is to diminish our own existence.

What Happens Before?

Before the session, your music therapist will assess your needs and your strengths. You may discuss:

WhatarethebenefitsofArttherapy?

One of the best ways to combatstress,istomakeart!

Studyafterstudyhasshown that drawing, doodling, coloring, and simply creating something for 20 plus minutesreducescortisol.

Researchhasprovedthatart can help process pain and provide a direct connection betweenthemindandbody to help with the healing process.

Expressivearts,suchasvisual arts, movement, drama, music, and writing, foster deep personal growth and community development. Expressivearttherapyallows users to laugh, let go, and relax, which helps decrease depression, anxiety, and stress.

Music therapy is the clinical use of music to accomplish individualized goals such as reducingstress,improvingmoodandself-expression. It is an evidence-based therapy well-established in the health community. Musical skills or talents are not required to participate.

Listening Singing

Art Therapy Music Therapy

WaystoPracticeSelf-CarethroughArt

Whodomusictherapistsworkwith?

Victims of trauma and crisis. If you’ve experienced trauma and crisis, you might have anxiety, stress and pain. Music therapy can help you with decreasing those three experiences, improving your mood, feeling confident and in control and providing a nonverbal outlet for emotions.

Shock and Denial

Anger

Participants can view the billboards and access the spine using a road made for cyclers as if they are in a main road.

Depression and Detachment

Dialogue and Bargaining Acceptance

Stages of Grief

How is it useful for my project?

Different stages of grief will help form a logic of assembling my activities across the context and willdictatetheinitial formation process of my model by which I will proceed with my design.

Every phase is important because it helps in the final idea of the program which is maintaining women ' s wellbeing found the peace of mind and learned how to balance between the body, mind and soul.

-All the phases complete done another and helped in the character development.

Organizing Principles Purpose

Nesting Technique

It offers a gradient of experience in a singular space :

How is it beneficial?

Trauma leads to black-and-white thinking; healing means needing the gray space between the extremes.

Phenomenologically speaking, nesting layers can span many different extremes such as compression/ expansion, introversion/extroversion, and domestic/ professional in a single space

Purpose: The goal of trauma-informed design is to create environments that promote a sense of calm, safety, dignity, empowerment, and wellbeing for all occupants These outcomes can be achieved by adapting spatial layout, thoughtful furniture choices, visual interest, light and color, art, and biophilic design.

changing perceptions

Trauma Informed Architecture

Empathy in Architecture: Using Trauma-Informed Design to Promote Healing

Traditional Nested

Sensory Boundaries

By creating sensory boundaries, we can preserve a sense of security, well-being, and wonder while limiting stimuli that negatively impact the fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses.

Identity Anchors

The Connection To Self, Community, Landscape, And History. Building a sense of self, cultivating relationships with others, and connecting to the past, present, and future are all crucial for people to heal from trauma. Identity anchors are a way for people to see themselves in the environment and to be part of something bigger.

Designs Triggering Trauma

Disruptive Sounds

footsteps, doors slamming, overhearing someone have an episode, buzzing lights or appliances)

Unpleasant scents (e g body odor, mildew, cigarette smoke, perfumes)

Visualnoise lack of exits, unclear waynding, blindturns ,indistinguishable repeating doors and corridors, stains on doors and walls

Lackof securityof belongings open windows, broken securitycameras, marginalized stairwells

PersonalBoundaries

SocialIntimacy"Togetherness"

"In spite of rapid social changes in Egypt, the majority of people, especially in rural areas, belong to the extended family hierarchy It is considered shameful to care for an elderly demented person away from family surroundings"

Family is a part of a whole

How do we create a comfort zone for different groups to share their activities

How do things remain interconnected to avoid people grouping alone

Macro Scale Public SemiPublic

Zones Roadtooverlapping connections VS.

Dynamic Engaged Nature Micro Scale Calm Semi Private Private Zone

Peaceful

This proposal is driven by the ways in which various programs and spaces could extend the experience of transitioning from urban citizen to private resident. By expanding the gradient, residents could be encouraged to participate in spontaneous activities of neighborliness.

ExtendingthePublicGradient

The top circle represents the most private way do users to engage w th the outdoor nature since it is a necessary design element in all stages

A B

A mediator is always needed to break privacy that exists between res dential and social spaces us ng andscape or a play of masses and pkatforms

Multidiverse

languagecreated 1USERGROUPS .

2.Earth&Water

Mountains Sea

TranslationintoArchitecture

Climatic Data Environmental Site Analysis

Prevailing Wind Direction

In this area prevailing wind comes from north, north east and north west directions This means that openings and ventilation should be directed towards this direction for prevailing desired winds.

Shading Directions

In the south direction horizontal shading is required In east and west directions vertical shading devices are needed However in north, north east and north west shading is not needed.

Slope & Topography

Angles of Vision Views /Surrounding

SkyCityResidential

Gated Community

Vista

Building will act as a vista for all means of transportation coming from main road towards this line of vision

The orientation of the build ng relevant to the four directions allows the designer to know where to shade and where to locate open ngs in building

Importance of landscape in ind rect evaporative cooling n summer and act as a buffer for privacy

Residential compounds are usually gated They rely on silent areas of the community and a serene area that is not commercial

Language

mportance of windows to red rect sunlight in summer and welcome more light in w nter

Gate communities choose a modern approach towards design their elevations which does not make it relevant to language of the mountains

Promoting Walkability Towards Vista

Apartments - Stand alone Villas

Form Generation Process

Zoning Topography-Viewport

StagesofGrief TheSpine

Modelling Trials

MusicTherapy Building

MusicTherapy Building

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ArtTherapy Building

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Zoning Topography-Viewport

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StagesofGrief TheSpine

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2 Social Hub

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Zoning Topography-Viewport

StagesofGrief TheSpine

ArtTherapy Building Social Hub

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Early Stages

One to one diagnosis: Special attention is given to the concept of d agnosis which is main stage nearest to entrance

Nesting Technique

Human scale: break up large spaces nto sma ler b ts with perforated walls, use of rugs and comfortab e he ghts

Trauma Informed Architecture

Less Industrial Less industrial materials: use of wood and natural fibers: insulation of sound and transmition of good scents

Sensory Boundaries

Thresholds gentle transition between indoor/outdoor spaces Creating Threshholds

Identity Anchors

Icebreaker elements: things that spark conversat on among strangers like work of art or a sublime view

Icebreaker elements things that spark conversat on among strangers like work of art or a sublime view

Visua nose

Membranes not dividers

Designs Triggering Trauma

Windows for interior rooms perforated screens or three quarter walls footsteps doors slamming, overhearing someone have an epsode buzzing ights or applances)

lack of exits, unclear waynding, blndturns ,ndistngushable repeating doors and corrdors, stainsondoorsand wals

Uncomfortabe sensations noadjustablethermostat narrow halways,bucklingdoors,nofresh air

nsttutional materials f uorescent ights, ceil ng ti es gener c furniture

Disruptive Sounds

Unpleasant scents (eg body odor, mldew cigarettesmoke perfumes)

Lackof securtyof belongings openwindows,broken securitycameras, marginalizedstairwels

Early St

Through Levels

Group introductory session: Specia attention is given to the concept of diagnosis which is main stage nearest to entrance.

Seating Arrangements

Sitting face-to-face across a desk or table may be perceived as confrontational, whereas sitting corner to corner, without a barrier in-between can invite conversation and trust.

Vegetation as a therapeutic element: Special attention is given to the conintegration of pottery and vegetation as a therapeutic element

Spatial Layout

Rediscovering identity through art: understanding the power of art in the healing process and translation of emot ons

Art Installation

Seating facing outwards: In waiting or common areas, orient seating so users are facing out from sheltering walls

Nature paintings and photography are associated with increased mood and reduction in stress levels

PotteryMakingStages

Limiting harsh lines: Avoid abstract work with harsh lines and colors

Art can create a v sual distraction that alleviates stress

Create “spatial availability” with clear sight lines, high ceilings, and minimal barriers. This can increase a person’s sense of safety and decrease a perceived sense of crowding or being trapped

One to one diagnosis: Special attent on is given to the concept of diagnosis wh ch s ma n stage nearest to entrance

Stage 1: Pottery Making Stage 2: Adding the Wh te Base Stage 3: Carving & Painting

Stage 4: Baking - Kiln Space

Vegaetation infusedpottery Introductory Sessions

Art Therapy

Art therapy in the mezzanine floor is exposed to vegetation as a ma n therapeutic e ement that help users engage w th nature in d fferent methods through vegetation, mountain skylight and a side view of the sea

Main circulation

Main entrance leads to different zones according to the consultation prov ded at the beginning of the project that determines the state of the women patients and needs

Healing Stages The Heart

StageOne PrivateZone

Vegetation as a therapeutic element: Special attention is g ven to the conintegration of pottery and vegetation as a therapeut c element

Semi - Public

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Spatial Layout

More Exposed Zones are designed for patients n a more healed state that wou d give them the capac ty to engage with other people in a group therapy ke environment

More exposed Zones

Create “spatial availability” with clear sight lines, high ceilings, and minimal barriers This can increase a persons sense of safety and decrease a perceived sense of crowding or being trapped

Semi - Private

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Semi - Private

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Space Truss Structu Systems

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Th s part is facing east. It is not exposed to undes red rays of sunshine at this stage A glare does not exist at this time.

Techniques

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Th s part is facing east. It is h ghly exposed to undes red rays of sunshine at this stage The arches absorb the ight and a glare exists at a minimal eve that does not reach the corridor only the peripheries.

part is fac ng east. It is minimal y exposed to undesired rays of sunsh ne at this stage The shading device absorbs the light and a glare ex sts at a minimal level that does not reach the corridor only the peripheries.

This part is fac ng east It is high y exposed to undesired rays of sunshine at this stage The shading device absorb the l ght and a glare exists

Th s part is facing east It is not exposed to undes red rays of sunshine at this stage A glare does not exist at this time.