SAFE SPACE: Architectural Sequence as a Healing Experience

dc.contributor.advisorNoonan, Peteren_US
dc.contributor.authorBabu, Lonnaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-12T05:38:21Z
dc.date.available2018-09-12T05:38:21Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractHuman trafficking is the second largest crime in the world with an estimated 4.5 million people trapped in forced sexual exploitation today. The goal of this thesis is to explore a new paradigm for the design a trauma rehabilitation shelter for victims of sex trafficking. It aims to further develop the relationship between the built environment and the healing process for trauma-specific victims, to design space as a part of the recovery and not just a place for it. As victims of a sexual crime, this thesis also explores a way to de-stigmatize girls from others and themselves by using site-specific advantages to foster interaction between girls and the public. From understanding the victim experience and how victims react to their surroundings this thesis aims to design for survivors by re-orienting their trauma experience into a “new normal.”en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2TQ5RH9D
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21224
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbaltimoreen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhuman traffickingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsex traffickingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledshelteren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledwomenen_US
dc.titleSAFE SPACE: Architectural Sequence as a Healing Experienceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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