ABSTRACT

The Pause is a wellness centre for meditation and relaxation and is situated in the northern part of Tsinghua University. The site is located at the junction of Xuetang Road and Zijing Road and is also in the vicinity of local students’ dormitory and teachers’ accommodation. The urban context emanates high levels of energy with the constant movement and density of people residing and circulating within the area.   The proposal of a meditation centre would counter and give balance to these high levels of energy with a space that enforces a lower, relaxed levels of energy. Such an intervention aims to appeal to Tsinghua students’ as a stark contrast to their strict daily routines, consisting of fixed class timings and co-curriculum activities to allotted eating and bathing timings. Furthermore, the meditation centre is proposed with the prospect of serving as a space of peaceful solace for these students. This intervention emphasises its necessity due to a lack of privacy within the housing estates with the densely populated dormitories resulting in poor living conditions. The proposal of a wellness centre programme serves as a healing medium for the mind and soul through shared or individual experiences of relaxation and recuperation within the space.