Yuechen Liu

My project is for the adult patient with depression and autism adolescent. In today's society, many people have acquired autism and depression due to many pressure, so I want to design a place for these adults and teenagers with autism and mental problem to provide a place for them to feel relaxed and healed.

In this project, I wanted to find a balance between communal space and privacy space.
I divided my form into three parts, housing, community lounge, and therapy and psychological counseling room. The whole building has about ten rooms for patients to live in, and each room is designed with a large curtain wall to ensure enough lighting. Sunshine and beautiful scenery can help some patients with depression to be cured. Windows will be fitted with shutters to provide privacy when needed. The platform on the second floor is a public space for patients to draw, meditate, and quietly enjoy the air and sunlight. Outdoor tables, chairs and swings are set up on the platform to be used.

On the ground floor, the community lounge provides all the daily activities needed, such as the kitchen, dining table, social space and common lounge area. And there are several rooms on the both side of the first floor to ensure the the privacy. The community lounge features whole curtain wall facade. It can see the whole view of the outdoor area. The red wing at the back of the building is the thrapy and psychological counseling rooms, the first and second floors are connected to the thrapy building at the back respectively.

And it's linked to animal therapy. The outdoor space around the building is ample for patients to heal by playing outdoors activities, drawing, playing with dogs of the amimal therapy. For the indoor moving line, the first floor is provided with a stair leading to the second floor, and the public platform on the second floor is provided with a stair leading to the living rooms on the third floor.