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Team: In Nature Initiative
School: NIMETO, Utrecht
Team Members:
Flynn van den Broek
Esmee Peters
Jesse Okhuijsen

Team

Flynn van den Broek


Esmee Peters

Jesse Okhuijsen
Design Description
When developing our new treatment room concept, we put the needs of the target group first and used this as our guiding principle. Many of these needs focus on the connection with nature and pursuit to integrate these natural surrounding elements. To meet this, we have done extensive research in the areas of color, design, and especially Environmental Graphic Design (EGD), with the aim of bringing nature indoors. In addition, it was our intention to create a treatment environment in which the person being treated does not feel inferior or subordinate to the practitioner. Many of our choices regarding furnishings and layout are aimed at maintaining both physical and mental equality between the patient and practitioner, in the hope that this promotes a sense of trust.
About MADE-Life Foundation
We are committed to the advancement of mental health of children, young adults in the Netherlands and beyond. We do this by organising 'challenges' that innovate, inspire and inform in every possible way. These challenges act as a flywheel for the much needed changes in the mental health space.