📔 Competition Brief

Urbanization, which is defined as a rise in the number of cities and urban population, is not only a demographic trend, but also encompasses social, economic, and psychological changes. One of the most pressing global health challenges of the twenty-first century is the increasing growth of urban populations around the world.

With urbanization comes a distinct combination of benefits and drawbacks. This population shift is accompanied by economic expansion and industrialization, as well as significant shifts in social structure and family life patterns. Increased stresses and factors such as an overcrowded and polluted environment, high levels of violence, and limited social support all have an impact on mental health. The challenges are diverse and the entire population is affected by urbanization.

Psychoses, depression, sociopathy, substance abuse, alcoholism, criminality, delinquency, vandalism, family dissolution, and estrangement are only a few of the diseases and deviancies linked to urbanization. Given the wide range of health and wellness outcomes linked to environmental exposure, the loss of nature experiences could be a direct cause of these difficulties. Exposure to nature has an important behavioural component with people choosing how often and how long they interact with the natural world.

Hence, people need a place where they can interact with nature and their inner self. Studies have shown that spending more time with nature and having a quiet place to meditate helps with a lot of physical and mental problems that one faces in an urban lifestyle. Not the gardens, not the parks, but a space dedicated specifically to achieving peace of mind.

OBJECTIVE

Design a space for people to go to find inner peace. A place where they can interact with nature and meditate in peace. A space where one can find exposure to the environment. Craft a space where people can achieve their peace of mind in between the hustles of their city lives.

The aim is to provide a space for people to self therapise themselves or in small groups to keep up with the pace of urban cities.

Outline a space which takes people away from their daily struggles and problems, and helps them in achieving their harmony.

Incorporate spaces for therapeutic activities like meditation, yoga etc.

Incorporate nature integrated/interactive solutions

• The space should work alike for people of every age group
• There is no size restriction
• There is no area restriction