MONUMENT OF HOPE

PREMISE

The competition explores the ability of architecture to create a healing environment that can affect the physical and psychological behaviour of the user.

“Thoughtful design can, by simply Providing a tranquil space for solace, through its purpose and style heal and improve Mental health ”

The competition operates within the zone of imagination and reality to reveal new and exciting architectural possibilities.

MONUMENT OF HOPE: THE CHALLENGE

“To be able to design for the mind is to create designs that control and influence the well-being of the society.”

The competition focuses on creating a space for the community that helps them release their underlying emotions while preserving the sanity of the society. The space should be designed to make us healthier, and happier, encourage movement, and relaxation and have break out areas for the people.

Monument of hope offers a space for reflection on our past, present and future. Can we create an architectural manipulation of space that can act as a catalyst in creating a healing environment that may affect the physical and psychological behaviour of the user?

DESIGN BRIEF

The basic premise is to imagine a space that can create a therapeutic effect on society to the extent that it can evoke a sense of peacefulness to induce positive emotions and feelings.

“The aura of space can bring a positive change in a person’s perception and mood while using the space. The competition aims to discover how architecture and aesthetics can create an environment conducive to the healing process.”

The objective is to create an environment while applying the concept of sensory architecture to understand the relation of an and his environment and discover various facets of architecture viz-a-viz human psyche.

DESIGN PARAMETERS

Esther Sternberg once quoted:

“If a place can make you happy, can it also make you well?”

The idea is to explore and highlight howspaces have the power to heal us and affect feelings.

To promote better planning and designing of spaces, the competition urges architecture students and professionals to help in demonstrating how one can design healthy environments and spaces that can reduce stress and anxiety levels of the society.

SITE SELECTION

There shall be no limitation on site selection like area, geography, topography, etc. Selecting the site is on the sole discretion of the participants. The monument can be placed on any spot on the earth. The teams are required to set up an ideal background for its building, creating a healing environment for the user.

Some of us might want to place the monument in the heart of the city or might want to place it on the tip of a mountain or even submerged in the lake or the ocean. It is permissible to place the building anywhere in the world as long as the participants can come up with a storyline or explanation justifying the site selection.