Interior Design School of Design

Louise Clayton

Glasgow based Interior Designer who prioritises sustainability and curating spaces that people can connect and engage with. I aim to create environments that not only meet the needs of users but also minimise the negative impact on the environment. I achieve this by incorporating renewable materiality and designs, energy efficient systems and thoughtful planning.

 

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Eudaimonia – The Wellness Retreat

Eudaimonia – The Wellness Retreat

Eudaimonia is a Wellness Retreat that incorporates the four core stages of wellness: Social, Physical, Spiritual and Emotional. The Wellness Retreat is an escape from everyday life and a chance to release stress and anxiety that causes many young adults to suffer. These spaces are designed to encourage positive relationships with our mind and body whilst creating a relaxing and tranquil environment that makes one feel grounded.

The building incorporates features like rainwater harvesting systems to reduce its carbon footprint and energy consumption. The use of natural materials like wood and stone helps to create a healthier and more organic interior, while also reducing the need for harmful chemicals and synthetic materials.

Additionally, Eudaimonia’s waste water is treated and reused within the building or non-potable uses like irrigation and flushing toilets. This reduces the overall water usage of the building and minimises its impact on the surrounding environment.

By promoting sustainable practices and encouraging users to be mindful of their impact on the environment, Eudaimonia creates a positive and holistic living experience. It offers a model for future developments that prioritises sustainability and eco-friendly design.

“Environments in which we live, and work have a profound influence on our physical and psychological wellbeing.”

This supports the importance of the environment of health and wellbeing centres to aid enhanced treatments and support. An ambition for this project is to use a combination of personal experience alongside the public’s desires and requirements for a space that will improve their way of living through their mind, body, and soul. Listening to the end users’ needs for this project is vital during the design process as it will create an environment that makes the user feel safe and create a positive experience that is focused on their health and happiness. I aim to create a sustainable space that is fun and engaging for all. This space aims to offer an environment that can be used as an escape and a way to incorporate health and wellbeing in an enjoyable way.

This project aims to design a Wellness Retreat that offers a safe space for people to work on their mind, body, and soul. I have chosen a wellness retreat for my project as I feel nurturing and helping our minds and bodies is key to living a happy and healthy life. Everyone in life has different stress as well as mental and psychical health issues that with the right help can be nurtured and accepted. A wellness retreat is a place where one can switch off, recharge their energy. A place where there is no anxiety and pressure from our busy lives. A place where we take priority into looking after our mind, body, and soul. It is important for both our physical and mental health to take breaks and turn off from the pressure of society. Wellbeing retreats focus on relaxation and stress relief treatments. Ones ‘Wellbeing’ is defined differently for every individual yet normally a mix of diet, sleep, how we view ourselves and our health. These combined help us to lead a happier, healthier, and more energetic life. The wellness retreat will be aimed at students and younger people that live within Glasgow and don’t have access to a space that offers this help. However the wellbeing retreat is open to all and can be used alone or in groups from short periods of time up to longer stays.

 

Eudaimonia is a Wellness Retreat that incorporates the four core stages of wellness: Social, Physical, Spiritual and Emotional. The Wellness Retreat is an escape from everyday life and a chance to release stress and anxiety that causes many young adults to suffer. These spaces are designed to encourage positive relationships with our mind and body whilst creating a relaxing and tranquil environment that makes one feel grounded. The building incorporates features like rainwater harvesting systems to reduce its carbon footprint and energy consumption. The use of natural materials like wood and stone helps to create a healthier and more organic interior, while also reducing the need for harmful chemicals and synthetic materials. Additionally, Eudaimonia’s waste water is treated and reused within the building or non-potable uses like irrigation and flushing toilets. This reduces the overall water usage of the building and minimises its impact on the surrounding environment. By promoting sustainable practices and encouraging users to be mindful of their impact on the environment, Eudaimonia creates a positive and holistic living experience. It offers a model for future developments that prioritises sustainability and eco-friendly design.

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Social Cafe

Social Interaction promotes a sense of safety and belonging. Eudaimonia aims to encourage communication, be that with our friends, strangers or within our selves. With its relaxed atmosphere, comfortable surroundings, and friendly vibe, the social cafe is the perfect place to unwind and enjoy some quality time with friends or family.

Social Cafe

Located on Sauchiehall street within Glasgow’s busy city centre, the cafe will be an escape from the constant rush of everyday life. A place where one can gather and reflect.

The Recpetion

The main reception to the wellness retreat offers a quiet entrance that is located on Pitt Street away from the hustle of the main street. This space aims to calm the user as they start their journey through Eudaimonia.

The Pond

The Pond located in the basement of the building is carefully designed to enhance relaxation and promote wellness. This space offers a warm environment featuring a plunge pool and private sauna pods along with accessible changing facilities and shared showers.

The Pond

The natural materials flow through the floor creating a tranquil experience for the user. This space offers a quiet escape creating a cave like habitat. The materials inhabiting this floor are non slip and sound absorbent to promote safety as well as a gentle environment. The natural stone is carried on throughout Eudaimonia to create a correlation and connection when transitioning through the building.

The Pond

The Rock Climbing wall

The fitness studio is a space that offers fun engaging activities that are not focused on how the body looks with the need to change yet are aimed at enhancing how our bodies flow and allow us to move through life. This space offers a rock climbing wall, ropes and bars to climb as well as a pilates studio. These activities promote health whilst keeping a healthy relationship with exercise that is not damaging to our overall wellness.

The Yoga Studios

The yoga studios were strategically designed to minimise the users focusing on how their bodies looks so they can focus more on movement and breathing. The two yoga studios on this floor are exposed to an abundance of natural light and the mirrors act as a method of projecting further light flow through the space. The light soft materiality enhances the tranquillity of this space and creates a zen like atmosphere to boost the users mental and physical wellbeing.

The Yoga studios

The Spa

Comprised of private massage pods and couple massage rooms, the spa offers a relaxing environment where one can unwind and experience stress releasing treatments. The dark bamboo materiality combined with warm lighting and natural elements create a space that is clean and anxiety reducing.

The Spa

Residential

The residential apartments on the fourth and fifth offer an opportunity for users to stay for longer periods of time evolving Eudaimonia into a retreat. These spaces are minimalist and clean creating a calming environment for people to retire to after a day of wellness activities.

Residential

Residential

The void flowing through the interior

The Beyond Garden

The Beyond Garden is a sustainable rooftop garden where users have the opportunity to get fresh air, this is an important aspect of the wellness retreat due to the surrounding area lacking open green space. They can grow their own crops that can be used within the social cafe on the ground floor.

The Beyond Garden