Design + Human Well Being Part 3

For my finalize space planning, ground floor is a relaxing café with installation art that inspired by 'Resonate' and also choir. As people entered in the area, they will first be attract to the bar in the middle which selling caffeine beverages and snacks because caffeine could help prevent a person tiredness and also stimulating the brain. This had match with the problems and impacts that I found from the college students nowadays which can help them reduce their stress also keeping awake when they are doing their assignments. The differences between this café with normal café is the installation art that I design which is the black strings that cover up the resting area also the bar. This black strings is inspired by 'Resonate', which is also a installation art that have interactive light and sound that plays like guitar. When people use their fingers to move the strings, the strings would produce sound. These sound also help people relaxing their mental and at the same time when they wanted to distract themselves from homework they can play with it. The strings would produce the musical instruments sounds like piano and guitar. At the main front entrance, there is a big ceiling design that can produce sound when people stand under the sensors, the sound will produce choir which can one by one make the sound combine as a choir. This is inspired by iChoir IICS (client I focused) and an installation art called 'Anything Can Break'.

As for my second floor, it is a more quiet place than the first floor. It is common to used when people want to take a nap or having relaxing mind timing. When people entered the places, there will lockers to put all their belongings safely in it, and they have to take off their shoes because in the middle is a fish pedicure area which I researched that fish pedicure also is a way to help people reducing their stress and have a good rest. The shelves beside the seats is for towels. And at the side of the wall is the resting area that people can have a nap. The more inner space is a yoga area. People can relax their mentality with yoga therapy.

Finally, for my third floor is a interactive small maze museum. Well, it cannot called a maze because is only have one way. So this walls that surround the space is not a concrete wall but lava lamps structures. I chose to do like this is based on my concept sketches. There will be level by level games when they entered the space following the path. Because I researched that games also is another ways that people like to release their stress so I make it more bigger instead creating a Cyber Café. The first level games is a multiplayer games that play on sensor walls. Next is a floor sensor gaming that people can choose the game that they wanted to play. There will be a seating area in the middle for those who want to rest a while. And next is the board games area with the chairs and table. Later they will enter to the VR gaming area. Finally, the curtain behind is the last game which is a main controlling room that people can step on these round things and there will sound and lights produced in the lava lamps structure when they stepped on differ circles. This was inspired by the installation art that called 'The Pool'. I chose to make it more darker to let people see more clearer the lava lamps goes when the sounds changed.

All in all, my space aimed to be a sensory relaxing center that could help students managed their stress when they in the school. Mostly materials I used is carpet, fabrics and soundproof wall and windows to reduce the sound of the space. My experience of when I doing this project, I find that I was hard to find inspirations and designs in the space so this project is kinda challenge to me. So, I took a lot of time for thinking and finding inspirations and it make me a bit late to finalize my project. However, I was lucky to complete it and finalize it. I felt thankful and will try to manage my time more well when I meet next project.