Equanimity
Abstract
The mental health crisis in America has become an epidemic of its own nature. Each year, more and more adolescents are making an attempt on their own life. The few facilities children are required to spend weeks in after an attempt are overcrowded, dreary, disheartening, poorly planned spaces that are not at all conditioned for equanimity. The intent of this project tests the ways in which the typology of a psychiatric facility can become dynamic and actually serve as a tool for healing through its design and massing. Understanding how the built environment and a healthy state of mind work in symbiosis are crucial; a relationship that deserves further exploration and a perspective shift in the world of architecture.
Subject
EngawaBiophilic Design
Pediatric Facilities Design
Pediatric Hospital
Architectural design
Psychiatric hospitals
Child mental health
Architecture--Psychological aspects
Zen (Buddhism)
Texas--Austin
Department
ArchitectureCollections
Citation
Wheeler, Briannah N. (2023). Equanimity. Master's thesis, Texas A & M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /200224.