Parisa Hatami
Design d'intérieur et architecture
LaSalle College Vancouver
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center
The project is creating a couples’ therapy center, with the focus on the importance of couples’ relationship quality and family structures. The aim is to design a place which is about blocking out the world and connecting with nature and each other. It should also provide overnight spaces for 40-50 couples who are coming from afar. Miraval Life intends to use various spiritual methods such as meditation, yoga, mindfulness, art, music, and exercise to help people to escape from the stressful urban life and re-establish themselves. Thus, the wounds created in their relationship can be healed. /Design Concept: The primary concept of this project came from YIN-YANG symbols which is a concept of dualism, describing how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Yin is the receptive and Yang the active principle, seen in all forms of change and difference such as the annual cycle (winter and summer), the landscape (north-facing shade and south-facing brightness), sexual coupling (female and male), the formation of both men and women as characters and sociopolitical history (disorder and order). To contemplate the concept of dualism, the project was designed by the concept of the yin yang symbol in two separate buildings which are located in the middle of the site and completing each other. The right side building includes healing and apart of the community area, and the other one includes stay pods and the rest of the community needed. Soft movement and curve lines can give the guest the sense of floating in the space and using symmetrical geometry are to resemble the unity of 2 persons with love and affection.
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Site Plan
Location: 2 Jonai, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka, Japan
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Ground Floor Plan
Miraval life is chosen as a name for the healing center which means we can heal the wounds in a relationship and rebuild it and fill it with love and romance with the miracle of mindfulness and meditation.
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-First Floor Plan
In this floor, there is a group meditation room, pool, spa, and outdoor garden.
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Second Floor Plan
On this floor, there is a restaurant with outdoor sitting area, yoga room, and hot tub.
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Exterior Perspective
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Exterior Perspective
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Reception & Lobby
The main entrance of Miraval Life Building is on the ground floor. The reception area is surrounded by a floor to ceiling height green wall. In the lobby, there is 5 semi-private sitting areas which gives enough privacy to the guests and the host to talk about the facilities programs and details. On the left side of the lobby, there is the staircase that goes to the first floor. The material selection for this area includes wood flooring, bamboo wall panels, stone tiles in the reception area, white marble countertop for the reception desk.
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Reception & Lobby Interior Elevation
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Meditation Room
The group meditation room is located on the first floor. The group meditation room is a circular shape and it is designed the way to reflect nature inside the room. The floor is covered by sand and there is a water body running under the glass top floor in the middle of the room. The warmth of the sand and the sound of water enables meditation on the beach. The walls are made of natural rough stone to compliment the beach scene with the mountain view and there are several LED light strips going through the stone to give the sense of sun shining through the stone. This room is connected to the outdoor garden.
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Meditation Room Interior Elevation
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Meditation Room Top View
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Hot Tub
The hot tub located on the second floor. This area is included 2 saunas, washrooms, changing rooms, and the main characteristic of this area the hot tub. It has a circular shape with a glass dome ceiling. There are three small waterfalls in the hot tub and the view of the sky through the ceiling is creating the perfect space for relaxation.
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Hot Tub Interior Elevation
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Hot Tub
Miraval Life Couples' Therapy Center-Hot Tub Exterior Perspective