Berkely Wellness Center
This project is a mind and body wellness center located between two cultural hubs: the UC Berkley campus and Telegraph street. The program is split between the four stories ranging public to private space. The bottom floor contains an organic vegan restaurant, tea cafe and public lounge. The middle floors contain the core program spaces including yoga studios, acupuncture rooms, and mediation spaces, while the top floor is reserved for overnight retreat rooms. The form was generated as a play on the relationship between mind and body: a loose ethereal entity contained in a rigid structure with a central core controlling the whole. The wandering staircase in the project is an intentionally experiential element for observing the building and taking part in walking meditation.