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Melinda Helm

Melinda Helm

Elkhart, IN, US

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Samples of work from my Senior Design Project

Design Need: To design a community- project based 18,000 square foot Oncology Center in Bloomington, Indiana which embraces the concept of the healing environment

Design Solution:  From the moment of arrival, visitors will be able to sense the SPIRIT of The Center for Healing . As you step through the door to begin your healing journey, the warm and inviting reception will immediately flood your body with a feeling of comfort and relaxation. Your frame of mind and attitude will gain a new energy. Then as you continue on from the SPIRIT zone of the reception, patients will travel into the heart of healing center, the BODY, where the focus is now all on treatment and healing. The aesthetics have now changed as well and you are welcomed into a new palette of tranquility, which enhances the healing nature and communicates quality treatment. The final destination on the healing journey through The Center for Healing is a piece of MIND, from the exceptional doctors and staff you will encounter. All worries and doubts will be put to rest here amongst the support and familiarity with your surroundings. With the combination of the MIND,
BODY and SPIRIT elements at play and its timeless elegance with consistent and effective design language, patients and family members alike will see the design to be a undeniably beneficial aid in the health and healing of its patients.

 
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Status: School Project
Location: Bloomington, IN, US