Therapeutic Spaces: Architectural Approaches to Drug Addiction from the Perspective of an Architectural Studio

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 607 - 625, 28.07.2025

Aysun Tuna , Meral Vural

https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1629794

Abstract

Architectural design studios have increasingly diversified their themes in response to changing societal needs. This reflects the growing focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and social responsibility in architectural education. Drug addiction, a global and multidimensional issue, highlights the importance of rehabilitation as a key response. Within this context, a third-year design studio at Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University explored how architecture can support recovery and reintegration through therapeutic spatial approaches. Emphasizing architecture’s healing potential, the studio adopted a user-centered and interdisciplinary methodology. Student projects addressed nature-based metaphors, sensory experience, and social adaptation to promote holistic healing in architectural design.

Keywords

Architectural design studio , therapeutic architecture , rehabilitation center , drug addiction , ınterdisciplinary approach

Ethical Statement

Ethics Committee approval was not required for the study.

Thanks

We would like to express our gratitude to all our stakeholders from various disciplines who supported us with their participation and valuable contributions to the panels organized within our university for the architectural project studio theme. We also extend our thanks to all our students, whose efforts significantly enriched the process

Terapötik Mekanlar: Mimari Proje Stüdyo Perspektifinden Uyuşturucu Bağımlılığına Yönelik Mimari Yaklaşımlar

Abstract

Mimari tasarım stüdyolarında ele alınan konular, toplumsal ihtiyaçlara bağlı olarak çeşitlenmektedir. Bu çeşitlenme, mimarlık eğitiminde sosyal sorumluluk ve disiplinlerarası etkileşime verilen önemin artışıyla ilişkilidir. Küresel bir sorun olan uyuşturucu bağımlılığı, çok boyutlu yapısıyla dikkat çekmektedir ve rehabilitasyon bu soruna yönelik önemli bir çözüm yoludur. Bu çerçevede, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Mimarlık Bölümü’nde yürütülen üçüncü sınıf mimari proje stüdyosunda bir rehabilitasyon merkezi tasarımı ele alınmıştır. Stüdyo süreci, mimarinin iyileştirici potansiyelini araştırmak ve bağımlı bireylerin iyileşme ve topluma yeniden entegrasyon süreçlerini destekleyen terapötik mekân kurgularını ortaya koymak amacıyla yapılandırılmıştır. Öğrenciler, kullanıcı odaklı ve disiplinlerarası bir yaklaşımla, doğa temelli metaforlar, duyusal deneyimler ve sosyal uyumu odağa alan tasarım stratejileri geliştirmiştir.

Keywords

Mimari tasarım stüdyosu , terapötik mimari , rehabilitasyon merkezi , uyuşturucu bağımlılığı , disiplinlerarası yaklaşım

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