Aerial render of the wellness centre campus — low tiled-roof pavilions, timber gazebos and planted courtyards

Undergraduate thesis · Sheet set 09

The Growing
Light

A non-medical wellness centre for perinatal and postpartum support — for the mothers who are struggling but not ill, and who currently have nowhere to go.

Year: 2025
Semester: 9th
College: ANRVSA
Blocks: 4
Sheets: 16

01 — The problem

Care exists at both ends. The middle is empty.

A psychiatric unit admits the severe. A clinic covers the physical. Between them sit the mothers who are struggling but not ill — and for them there is no room to walk into. Drawn the way she draws a wall: as a dimension.

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Fig. 01 — The gap in provision, dimensioned · after sheet 0002

“Being seen, being heard — beyond the cradle.”
Sheet 0002 — introduction

02 — The strategy

Mind, body, soul — as rooms, not slogans

Each arm names a clinical problem, the rooms that answer it, and what those rooms change. The third line is the argument: it is where the building does work a hospital does not.

Mind

Goal: Provide the first line of defence against depression and anxiety.
Rooms: Private counselling pods and psychoeducation rooms.
Impact: Offers non-judgmental comfort and privacy, directly countering the stigma associated with seeking help in medical settings.

Body

Goal: Manage stress and physical discomfort, the co-factors for mental illness.
Rooms: Dedicated movement studios for yoga and prenatal exercise, and nutritional workshop kitchens.
Impact: Enables mothers to proactively manage stress and physical well-being, contrasting with the clinical focus on delivery complications.

Soul

Goal: Combat isolation and provide support for the entire family unit.
Rooms: Communal lounges, peer support cafés and dedicated couple therapy suites.
Impact: Directly addresses high-risk factors like lack of partner support by providing holistic space for the couple to be seen and heard.

After sheet 0002 — “Architectural solution for a wellness centre”

03 — The building

A campus of four blocks

Not one building with a mental health wing bolted on, but four, so that arriving, shopping, exercising and being counselled are separate acts on separate ground. Some 6,300 square metres in all.

Roof plan of the full campus, its four blocks numbered, with access roads, parking and Konadasapura Lake along the eastern edge — Fig. 06 — Roof plan — the campus and Konadasapura Lake · after sheet 0010

Fig. 02 — Block 1 — entrance and lounge · after sheet 0012
Block 01
Entrance and Lounge
The way in: a lounge with a coffee bar inside, and outdoor seating with food kiosks. The block that decides whether arriving feels like a visit or an appointment.
Area
380 sqm
Spaces
9
Sections
AA″ · BB′
Fig. 03 — Block 2 — retail and celebration · after sheet 0013
Block 02
Retail and Celebration
Boutique shops for mothers and baby products, with a restaurant and food court alongside. A photography studio and a convention hall for baby showers and naming ceremonies — the block that treats birth as an occasion, not a condition.
Area
1,457 sqm
Spaces
21
Sections
AA′
Fig. 04 — Block 3 — fitness and wellness · after sheet 0014
Block 03
Fitness and Wellness
Hydrotherapy pool, sauna and massage rooms, assisted yoga, pilates, and an exclusive couple workout area. The only block on two storeys — 22 spaces on the ground floor and 9 above.
Area
2,100 sqm
Spaces
31
Sections
AA′
Fig. 05 — Block 4 — mental and physical wellness · after sheet 0015
Block 04
Mental and Physical Wellness
Aromatherapy and acupuncture rooms, couple and prenatal counselling rooms, a restaurant and food courts. The largest block, and the one the thesis argument lands in — where being seen and heard is given rooms.
Area
2,400 sqm
Spaces
26
Sections
AA′ · BB′