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Since the outbreak of COVID-19, domestic violence against women has intensified worldwide. This project aims to introduce a domestic violence rehabilitation centre in Nottingham’s city centre, offering support and accommodation for women who have left their abusers. Housing a transitional community poses design challenges to create supportive and therapeutic environments that will assist the healing process. In architecture, ‘to protect from danger’ can often translate into fortification arrangements, causing suppression through the lack of connectivity and exposure to the external environment. Therefore, the refuge’s architectural design bridges this challenging line between protecting without suppressing its occupants. My project follows Unit 1C’s ethos of reimagining converting urban spaces, such as parking lots, within Nottingham’s city centre, with strong consideration to the building’s form, appropriately responding to its context. The work benefited from a design rooted in exploring spatial experiences, achieved via interviews with victims of domestic abuse and staff members from Nottingham’s refuges.
Student Biography I am Ana, a year three undergraduate student from Brazil. Coming from a country whose cities struggle with the consequences of rapid and unplanned urbanization, I can bring considered and imaginative contribution to the built environment through design. My work reflects my ambitions to design more inclusive and equal cities.
I am Ana, a year three undergraduate student from Brazil. Coming from a country whose cities struggle with the consequences of rapid and unplanned urbanization, I can bring considered and imaginative contribution to the built environment through design. My work reflects my ambitions to design more inclusive and equal cities.
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