DESIGN PORTFOLIO

THIRD PROJECT : YOUTH SHELTER.
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ABSTRACT
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it said that our neighbouring country across the causeway is becoming a transient society. places which evoke nostalgia and memorise have been obliterated to make way for another swanky shopping mall. in the name of change, many are migrating in search of a greener pasture elsewhere. change could mean economic progress. culture revolution. change can also mean the evolving of social fabric within the society. but is change necessarily good all the time? with our country moving fast forward in embracing modernization and a developed nation status in the near future there are those living on the edge of society who could be marginalised. these include youths who come from less privileged backgrounds who may be at a advantaged due to lack of opportunities as well as resources. meanwhile, youths from more privileged backgrounds could experience different kinds of pressures, such as expectations to excel in life from over-ambitious parents. or they may felt displaced due to being neglected, peer pressure, being bullied and more sinisterly involvement in drug-related problems. the domino effects of the scenario create many youth-related issues : juvenile delinquency, teenage pregnancy, being abused, depressed teenagers, youths with suicidal thoughts, and the list goes on. again, architecture could play a small but positive role on providing a physical environment which offer help to youths in time of needs.
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SITE ANALYSIS
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THE PROGRAM
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A SHELTER FOR TRAUMATIC YOUTH
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DEFINITION OF TRAUMA:

1. A serious injury or shock to the body, as from violence or an accident.
2. An emotional wound or shock that creates substantial, lasting damage to the psychological development of a person, often leading to neurosis.
3. An event or situation that causes great distress and disruption.

Psychological trauma may accompany physical trauma or exist independently of it. Typical causes of psychological trauma are sexual abuse, violence, the threat of either, or the witnessing of either, particularly in childhood. Catastrophic events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, war or other mass violence can also cause psychological trauma. Long-term exposure to situations such as extreme poverty or milder forms of abuse, such as verbal abuse, can be traumatic (though verbal abuse can also potentially be traumatic as a single event).


Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies
Several studies have shown the effectiveness of treatments for traumatic stress that are based on
what psychologists call cognitive-behavioral approaches. These approaches include:
• Teaching children stress management and relaxation skills to help them cope with
unpleasant feelings and physical sensations about the trauma.
• Using what therapists call “exposure strategies,” or talking about the traumatic event and
feelings about it at a speed that doesn’t distress the child.
• Creating a coherent “narrative” or story of what happened. It is often a difficult process for
children to reach the point where they are able to tell the story of a traumatic event, but
when they are ready, the telling enables them to master painful feelings about the event and
to resolve the impact the event has on their life.
• Correcting untrue or distorted ideas about what happened and why. Children sometimes
think something they did or didn’t do may have caused the trauma, or that if only they had
acted a certain way a traumatic experience might have turned out differently. This is rarely
true, and getting the story right helps a child stop prolonging the traumatic stress by
punishing him- or herself.

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THE DRAWING
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THE MODEL
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