Clarissa Gifano Oenardi

Today wellness is privately experienced, a luxury good or lifestyle that may take the form of a trip, a stay in a resort, an act of self-care. Many of these experiences take place in spaces accessible only to privileged individuals. My thesis advocates the idea that wellness space can and should be available to all people, enabling them to improve their health and maximize their well-being. Collective is an indoor public space that serves as an accessible support system designed to promote health and well-being in users, with community playing an integral role. Color-coded conduits that run across the ceiling connect people with the resources offered in the building: living and dining areas, vendors of nutritious food, drinking fountains, ungendered and ADA-compliant restrooms, nursery rooms, and playrooms.