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Paletten: To build Healthy Spaces with Colour Reflection
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå School of Architecture.
2023 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis [Artistic work]
Abstract [en]

Based on colour psychology research from Rikard Küller, stating that colour and light biologically activate human senses (Küller, 1981), the studio thesis design project ”Paletten” explores how colour can provide spatial experience in architecture. As a study it investigates the raw example of a white sterile health care center and suggests an alternative designed health care center in Grubbe, Umeå implemented with colour reflection strategies. Within the subtopic of wellbeing the project further explores the possibilities of flow, transparency and light which challenge the spatial boundaries between public and private areas.

The project critically reflects on how nordic contemporary architecture operates within an idea of colour being treated as an ornament rather than a spatial part of a project. In regards of creating future healthy architecture within the topic of well-being, colour has through its impact on our emotions, the power of providing a perception of mental well-being. Colour may then not only be used as a spatial experience, but as a tool to create meaningful future architecture, providing space that heals. By wisely introducing the usage of colour in architecture, our future spaces may provide an increased experience for its users and further present architecture made in consideration of what and whom it is built for.

Abstract [sv]

Baserat på forskning inom färgpsykologi av Rikard Küller, som hävdar att färg och ljus biologiskt aktiverar mänskliga sinnen (Küller, 1981), utforskar designprojektet "Paletten" hur färg i rumsligt sammanhang kan skapa emotionella upplevelser. Som en studie undersöks en vit och steril vårdcentral och vidare föreslås en alternativ designad vårdcentral i Grubbe, Umeå implementerad med färgreflektion. Inom ämnet välmående utforskar projektet vidare mänskliga flöden, materiell transparens och ljusinsläpp som tillsammans utmanar gränsen mellan offentliga och privata ytor.

Projektet reflekterar kritiskt över hur nordisk samtida arkitektur behandlar färg som utsmyckning snarare än en rumslig del av ett projekt. När det gäller att skapa framtida hälsosam arkitektur inom ämnet välmående, har färg genom sin inverkan på våra känslor förmågan att ge en uppfattning om mentalt välmående. Färg kan därpå användas som ett verktyg för att skapa hälsosam arkitektur. Genom att eftertänksamt introducera användning av färg i arkitektur kan våra framtida utrymmen ge en förstärkt upplevelse och ytterligare presentera arkitektur designad med hänsyn till vad och vem den faktiskt är byggd för.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 35
Keywords [en]
colour reflection, wellbeing
Keywords [sv]
färgreflektion, välmående
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Architecture
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-210971OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-210971DiVA, id: diva2:1776014
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Architecture Program
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Available from: 2023-06-28 Created: 2023-06-27 Last updated: 2025-02-24Bibliographically approved

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