Hope Home For Children: How Architecture Can Heal People Emotionally

Identifier

6662

Author

Fatemeh Sahamirad

Date

2020

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Architecture

Major

Architecture

Concentration

Architecture

Committee Chair

Michael Chisamore

Committee Member

Sonia Raheel

Committee Member

Jennifer Barker

Abstract

This thesis investigates how architecture can heal people by creating spaces that consider emotional needs. This exploration is developed through the design of a group home for children without parental support in Memphis, Tennessee. This thesis suggests that the solution to the problem of a place for children is not just providing shelter. Rather, the challenge is to create spaces that respond to their psychosocial needs in different stages of life. This design engages human psychology and particular human interaction in the community (in large and small groups) as well as providing spaces for individual expression.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.

Recommended Citation

Sahamirad, Fatemeh, "Hope Home For Children: How Architecture Can Heal People Emotionally" (2020). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2146.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/2146