NEBRASKA ART THERAPY COLLECTIVE With the creative class population rapidly decreasing in rural America, how can we position the built environment to retain people of the creative class? The Nebraska Art Therapy Collective is a place for healing, learning, and self-discovery through expressive art therapies for children, adolescents, and adults ages three & up. Not only will this program generate people of the creative class, but it will also provide ample job opportunities. Margaret Naumburg, oftentimes referred to as the founder of art therapy, was the first to define art therapy as a distinct form of psychotherapy in the 1940s. Naumburg “viewed artistic expression as a way to manifest unconscious imagery, an observation resonant with the predominant psychoanalytic viewpoint of the early twentieth century.� In her practice, she had her clients draw their dreams in addition to talking about them. Built in 1967, the Art Therapy Studio in Cleveland, Ohio was the first facility dedicated to this practice. Today, the American Art Therapy Association represents more than 5,000 professional art therapists dedicated to helping people overcome emotional problems through art. While art therapy is gaining greater acceptance by mainstream medicine along the coasts, this wildly effective treatment is out of reach for most people residing in rural Nebraska. By reactivating abandoned barns into centers for creative therapy, residents of rural Nebraska will have greater access to healthy creative outlets which will retain and generate individuals of the creative class.
GALLERY
ORIGINAL STALLS + GABLE
stages
4
3
2
1
staff
VOLUMES CRE ATED
CH A N N E L S OV E RL AY
patient
activities
type
Helps client generate alternatives, clarifies new feelings about effort and results.
Moves in a new direction away from lifestyle.
- individual expressive arts - music production - photography
- studio - multi-use
Clarifies vague thinking with Socratic questioning, evaluates consequences of ideas and actions, helps client correct mistaken ideas about self & others.
Takes steps to improve lifestyle, starts noticing small changes.
- journaling - guided art and dance - photo collaging
- private offices - studio space
Gathers unstructured relevant information, details of presenting problem & life tasks, early childhood influences and memories.
Recognizes lifestyle and makes organized plan.
- sand therapy - virtual reality simulations - storytelling
- central atrium - sand pit
Offers warmth, empathy, acceptance, hope, reassurance, & encouragement. Creates cooperative working relationship.
Gains trust in staff member. Comforted by seeing works of other patients in gallery.
- parent accompanied interview - review current challenges - set personal goals
- cafe seating - gallery space
area
3,000 SF
ENCOURAGEMENT
CL ARIFIC ATION
INFORMATION
EMPATHY & REL ATIONSHIP
PROCESS
USER
800 SF
400 SF
4,000 SF
SPACE
THERAPY OFFICE
CONCEPT DIAGRAM 1
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 2
FLOOR PLANS
a
waiting/reception
b
interior garden
c
cafe
d
therapy garden
e
reception bar/breakroom
f
sculpture garden
g
gallery/reception area
h
outdoor patio
i
therapy office
j
group therapy
ak
administrative office
bl
lounge
c m
unisex restroom
d n
studio storage
o
unisex restroom
pf
art studio
g q
gallery wall
hr
drying racks
LEVEL 1
si
lockers
1/8IN
tj
interactive graffiti walls
c
e
a
d
h
g m
UP
b
f
SECTION 1
CENTR AL STAIR CORE
FURNITURE
MATERIALS
BIKNIT
OBJET NOMADES
SHIMMER SIDE TABLE
ECO CHAIR
REVES CHAIR
PATRICIA URQUIOL A
PATRICIA URQUIOL A
PATRICIA URQUIOL A
CAPDELL
MUKA DESIGN LAB
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