Matilda Heng Ming Sze

Student Activity Center is a form of escapism. It’s a place where to bring people together to let people be more socializing. In this project, students can promote their own talents and creativity throughout the activities provided in the Center. Entertainment is a big source of happiness. And the quest for happiness is what keeps people moving forward and driving ahead with purpose. Entertainment is surely necessary for our life. Without entertainment, we don't have any relaxation or refreshments.

In this project, the main ideas of the student activity Center is to provide the facilities of students but more to entertainment & student resources following the concept. This Center takes us away from our reality and transports us to another world-not our own. As time is getting better and better, students nowadays are being antisocial due to addicted to the phone and they are struggling for their assignments, work, or family demand and turns students to have negative thoughts. It’s a good opportunity to enhance students' mental health by knowing some new friends and explore themselves.

The concept is called ‘Grow’ and it’s inspired by the triskelion which is from the European Neolithic and Bronze Age with continuation into the Iron Age especially in the context of the La Tène culture and related Celtic tradition. Triskelion is symbolic of growth and development. The concept of grow will have three stages of life which are life, death, and reborn. This concept, shows the action of motion, progressing, and revolving which explains life is a cycle. The concept shows out that it’s a repetition that is developed by the element, triskelion. At the same moment, ‘Grow’ this concept shows out balancing of the life, dark and bright color. For instance, it shows how students try to grow and develop themselves to be a better person, a better life. In this Center, the intent of the design is to shows the Contrast between wall and flooring and furniture which represent the balancing of life, dark and bright. Besides, this center mainly is to let students grow up, step out from the box, and try to be stronger.