Wellness Garden

SPIRALS "Shadow and Ventilation"
“Wind circulation and “Anemotherapy” is effective for increasing mental and physical performance, effective blood circulation and also leads to decreased prevalence of diseases”
These Spirals have been designed to create various shadows at different times of a day, and also
Providing patients with a transparent view to look around and enjoy their admission.
Nowadays, ”Naturopathy” and “Thalassotherapy” or sea water medical function are so common in the world and because of this, The proposed site for this project is located at the waterside in the hospital campus.
According to the “naturopathy” researches, human body can treat itself. The better condition is, the better self-treating will be.
This feature has been included in this design.

Structure of Each module consists of fabric attach to two similar, light, metal spirals and wires.
-The structure is fixed now, but it can be mobile and creating desirable shadows for the patients.
-Also the spirals can be moved like curtain alongside the elliptical structure.
Natural ventilation like “wind catcher system” by acceleration and wind circulation around of each module.

Ali Nazari
Hannaneh Behnam
Maryam Yazdanfar
Armaghan Farahdokht

Wellness Garden by ali nazari in Iran won the WA Award Cycle 25. Please find below the WA Award poster for this project.