The Exteriority of the Interior.

For my final project in graduate school, I sought to address the theme of anxiety using the framework of Environmental Psychology to better understand how physical surroundings can impact mental health.

I started off researching how humans respond to the built environment and quickly adapted my project to the scientific evidence that shows that humans need natural surroundings in order to better mollify anxiety. In order to create a space that helps sooth anxiety, I designed a greenhouse, or interior and exterior structure, and used only plants and natural materials to create a public space that improves mental wellness.