The In-Between : Transitional Space as Recovery
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Dockrill, Megan
issued: 2024-05-06T18:03:32Z
issued: 2024-05
description: For someone who is able to access mental health services such as clinical therapy, we are confronted with many spaces that take a similar approach aesthetically to a sterile hospital-like environment or a space which is catered more towards functionality and efficiency rather than experience of space for the patient. The way many of these spaces are configured and designed can be off-putting as well as triggering. With the stigma of mental healthcare still hanging over us like a cloud, it is easier for us to connect and heal through everyday spaces or interventions than through traditional means. What if we started to think of our surrounding spaces as supportive tools towards mental health healing? While utilizing therapeutic methodologies such as grounding and chromotherapy, embracing the idea of transitional space as a place to process as well as the power that nature and spatial conditions have on our overall well-being; we can begin to understand and foster the human connection to healing, space and the turbulent road to recovery.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/88231
note: ii | | iiiM. DOCKRILL THE IN-BETWEEN: TRANSITIONAL SPACE AS RECOVERYGP2 2024For all who are experiencing, who have experienced or have yet to experience the toll that unaddressed mental health issues take on our well-being ...May this project give you the hope you deserve and the insight to ask for help when needed.You are not alone.PREFACETHE IN-BETWEEN: TRANSITIONAL SPACE AS RECOVERYbyMegan Elizabeth DockrillBachelor of Fine Arts, NSCAD University, 2017.M.Arch Graduate ProjectMay 2024CommitteeMari Fujita (Chair)Malen FernandezGoli JalaliSubmitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture in The Faculty of Graduate Studies, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Architecture Program.© Copyright May 2, 2024.University of British Columbia, BC, Canada.iv | | vM. DOCKRILL THE IN-BETWEEN: TRANSITIONAL SPACE AS RECOVERYGP2 2024Thank you to Mari, for your encouragement and high spirits, your wealth of knowledge which pushed my thesis forward, for allowing me to explore in the ways I enjoyed and for your continuous understanding. I hope you know how much you helped me.To my committee members, Goli and Malen, whose input was thought provoking; and to Susan, who offered invaluable insight.To my family, who supported my interests and fed my imagination. I would not be where I am today without you. To my partner. For the late nights spent in the studio by my side and to your constant care for my well-being and interest in my work. I would not have made it through if not for you.And finally, thank you to all those who supported me throughout this journey. Your understanding, humour and joy for life made this a fun ride.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTSvi | | viiM. DOCKRILL THE IN-BETWEEN: TRANSITIONAL SPACE AS RECOVERYGP2 2024ABSTRACTFor someone who is able to access mental health services such as clinical therapy, we are confronted with many spaces that take a similar approach aesthetically to a sterile hospital-like environ…
has type: Graduating Project
spatial: University of British Columbia
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0442338
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
is part of: University of British Columbia. ARCH 549
subject: Post-Secondary Care
subject: Mental Health Recovery
subject: Mental Health
subject: Recovery
subject: Healing
subject: Experience of Space
subject: Psychotherapy
subject: Therapy
subject: PTSD
subject: Trauma
subject: Therapy Clinic
subject: Alternative Healing
subject: Sensorial Experience
subject: Sensory
subject: Grounding
subject: Chromotherapy
subject: Light and Colour for Recovery
subject: Modelmaking
subject: UBC Mental Health
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88231