HUMAN REBUILD HUB (drug rehabilitation center)

Koya University

Project idea

According to the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, an estimated 15.5
million to 38.6 million problem drug users are spread across the world.
The public attitude towards drug addicts is twofold — who are addict
people? One part thinks they are criminals, and the other calls them
patients. Overcoming drug addiction is a complex process, after treatment
and improvement in symptoms addiction people need rehabilitation
services. These services often combine treatment (often required for
program admission), independent living and social skills training,
psychological support to clients and their families, housing, vocational
rehabilitation and employment, social support and network enhancement
and access to leisure activities.
Selection of this project was in order to learn and create something that
not fulfills the architecture aspect but a social aspect as well. Architecture
is known for its glam but this project will elaborate how architecture leads
so many humanitarian causes as well, because architecture is one thing
that we see and find everywhere.


The purpose of the rehabilitation institute would be to create a design
that will change the user's outlook on life as well as his experiences that
will restore them back to a higher quality of life. The design would be
sketched keeping in mind the needs and wants of the users, what is their
preference, what do they want to see more of, etc. Moreover the
materiality of the project would be made sure to be healing, comforting
and warm for the user just to make sure the environment around the user
is nurturing.
An additional objective of this design would be that is environmentally
conscious i.e. the building practices sustainable practices as well as
construction. Furthermore, to make sure that the design is also a source
of awareness for the upcoming youth of our generation and to warn them
that indulging themselves in these harmful activities would only cause
them harm.

Project description

Architecture is about creating a space and making it lively for a suitable
purpose. Architecture thus has a purpose. A building conveys various
impacts and effects to its habitat. Residential building creates a homely
environment for living but the same building may not create the same
environment for the treatment purpose. Each building has its meaning
and its particular function.
Man is a social animal. He was born in a society; he lives in a society and
eventually dies in a society. With the addiction the drug user may forget
the society but they need the support of the society after the treatment
because it is the place where they belong. It is hard for the society to
accept the social criminal with same respect as the saying goes "once a
thief always a thief'. Hence rehabilitation centers should also be able to
provide skills and trainings which will be fruitful for the society so that
they can accept them without any hesitations. Thus for creating an
overall sound and perfect rehabilitation center which is not just a
compromise of space but a creation of space which bring a radical
psychological change helping in the improvement of the physical health
as well as the mental state so that they could return to the society gaining
some knowledge and life withstanding skills, both for male and female, a
drug rehabilitation center is required.
In order for positive change to occur, it is important to provide a facility
where the emotional and psychological effects of architectural experience
are researched, understood, and implemented. The result of this
experience will improve the quality of life and restore a sense of
belonging in the patients and their families. The rehabilitation institute
for the drug users would be their safe zone where they feel like they're
home and feel understood, the institute would give them a sense of
acceptance through its open and inviting architecture even though it may
remain confined to the outsiders.

Technical information

project benefits

1. Safety and security Tanked person tend to perpetrate crime
without being aware of what he is doing so he is out of control,
elimination of these cases will effect clearly on the crime level.
2.Health benefit ; physical ,psychological and emotional benefit
For the person and surrounding people and community in general
3.Social and cultural benefit ; increasing awareness among
people Providing more healthier and aware community and
increasing of productivity.
4.productivity and economic benefit
A further cost of drug abuse that is often cited is the loss in
productivity that can occur when drug users are under the influence
of drugs or are experiencing the consequences of their drug use
(e.g., while in treatment, incarceration or hospital). Studies have put
the costs of lost productivity borne by employers at tens of billions
of dollars.