Concepts for mid term crit

I have access to the administration block tomorrow, for my site so will have some images to work with.

For the crit on Thursday:

1. a collage of images, things that will be informing my design
• precendents
• internal images of  Peter Zumthor's thermal spa at Vals
• the extension of the Moritzburg Museum by Nieto Sabajano
• Josef Hoffmann's Purkersdorf Sanatorium
• the newer mental health unit at  Kfar Shaul, Israel
• the 'clubhouse' model of mental health care in the community
• programme - the idea of a 'retreat' for mental health patients - we have retreats and spas for the rich and pampered but perhaps those who need it most are found on the streets
• a place to 'live'
• dwelling
• architectural contrasts
• the old, imposing double storey brick buildings with all their associations and memories; institution, somewhere to be treated as a patient; impersonal
• the new, more comforting and welcoming interior, different but 'feels like home' somehow; home, somewhere to 'dwell' as a person; individual
• the inside will be a relief, will feel familiar
• architectural placebo
• the building will heal you
• architectural determinism
• placebo and belief, subliminal messages, haptic architecture to encourage this sense of belief (supported by the people, the staff, the therapists)
• cultural differences in the placebo effect
• space & time
• the architecture should not only provide the desired physical space, but also encourage your 'head to be in the right space' - this 'head space' could be encouraged in different spatial ways (eg. best ideas are found in the shower/in bed), or temporal ways (eg. early in the morning, while doing something else at the same time etc)
2. the problems I need to solve
• site - should it be rural (a 'retreat') or urban (a 'club')
• site - should it reuse Kingseat, can the stigma of this site be overcome or can it be used to advantage?
• is it somewhere to live or just somewhere to be treated or both?