BREATHING HUB
-Social Wellness Centre-
The design is about promoting the social interaction between the people by proposing a wellness centre which acts as a social hub for the people. The proposal is aimed to cease the growing gap between the people by gathering the people under one roof through the health issues arising today. The social wellness centre provides all kinds of health related services and facilities which are able to cater the needs of different age groups. When these health minded visitors as well as the users come to one place for same reasons, the exchanging of thoughts between the people happens; sharing experiences, communicating and teaching. And here begins the social interaction between the people.
The front view of the building
The drop off area.
A greenery space is provided for the visitors as well as for the users of the building. Instead of locating the green area at the front of the building as the point of attraction, the green space is located at the back of the building due to the several reasons. First, the green space is acting as a buffer zone to buffer the noise from the highways which are just next to the site. Second, the vegetation are functioning as air cooler as the green plants are able to cool down the air temperature in addition the prevailing winds are blowing towards the vegetation which increasing the chances bringing the cooler air into the building.
The bird cage like structure that you can see in previous images is the main focus to the building. It is a form of metaphor which indicates the lives of the urban dwellers are as if the bird in the bird cage; people are working hard to meet their materialistic needs but actually they are slowly losing their freedom to choose a life they want to be instead of living a robotic like anyone else in the city. The unconnected bird cage structure which leaving a hole that opens to the sky brings out my intention to free the people from locking up themselves in the stereotypic minds of urban dwellers but enlightening the people the importance of seeking real freedom in the hustle and bustle of the city life.
The rooftop gardening area provides a great leisure place that operates for 24 hours for the people in the city. The people can rent a small piece of land and create their very own garden on the rooftop. People can simply drop by their garden after work and they can plant anything they like either fruits, vegetables, herbs or simply just flowers for themselves. Apart from providing a healthy activity that suits all age groups, the intention is to create a sense of belongings among the people which the people nowadays tends to come and go from one place to the another without leaving much memories on the places they have visited. The social interaction only happens when people are engaging to the places they stay.
An open kitchen for all.
Besides from providing the cooking classes for learning the healthy ways to cook, the kitchen also provides a space for the people to cook by their own with their own harvests from the rooftop garden which is shown in the previous image.
The public fish spa.
