Ila Khan
BDes (Hons) Interior and Spatial Design
Your dear place
Your dear place is a mental health support hub in the centre of Glasgow, focusing on encouraging users to build positive emotional connections and support networks with other users. There are social spaces throughout the site to promote this, and it provides individual and group therapy sessions, and offers workshops, exercise classes, cooking classes and an outdoor garden.
The building is designed with a modern Art Nouveau approach, prominently featuring the use of synapses through the design, reflecting the purpose of the building and the history of Art Nouveau in Glasgow.
A computer render of the exterior of the building. You can see three floors of an L-shaped white clad building with wrap around balconies at sunrise. A rooftop garden is covered has benches and plants throughout with people stood chatting on it. The front side of the building is glass with synapses embedded in it.
A computer render of the building’s reception. A woman is sat at a computer at a desk in the foreground, and a younger woman is sat on her phone on a bench built into the desk. A woman is walking up a spiral staircase with blue metal synapses over the glass railing. A man is stood waiting for the lift, which is glass and cylindrical also with synapses wrapping around it.
A computer render looking up the side of the lift. Two wooden double helix spiral staircases wrap around the cylindrical lift, with a round ring light around the lift shaft, between it and the staircases.
A computer render of a woman stood at the top of the staircase. The glass synapse windows and lift are in the background her. There are curved yellow fabric stepped seats with people sat chatting on them.
A computer render of people sat on curved yellow fabric stepped seating. The seats wrap around the edge of the large room. This is on the top floor of the building. The roof is filled with skylights letting in the sun, and wooden rafters have stained glass in them in flowing leaf and flower shapers.
A computer render of a woman is sat in a round hanging seat on the mezzanine under a glass skylight. There is a floor to ceiling bookcase behind her and a large green sofa.
A computer render of the rooftop garden. Round planters filled with flowers are in the foreground. Behind is a young woman sat on a curved bench talking to a man holding a dog.
A rendered section of the building. The ground floor shows the communication space and staff office. The first floor shows a therapy room, waiting pods and the rooftop garden. The second floor shows the curved seating area, a retreat space, and a balcony. The third floor shows the curved seating area, a balcony, and the stained glass rafters.
Rendered floor plans of the building showing all five floors. The ground floor has a reception, staff offices, communication space, and bathroom. The first floor has the rooftop garden, therapy rooms, waiting pods, and bathroom. The second floor shows the social space, retreat space, workshops, and bathroom. The third floor shows the social space, kitchenette, workshops, and bathroom. The fourth floor mezzanine shows a seating area and small workshop space.