Anxiety

   In the thirteenth and fifteenth sessions of the class one of our classmate who is working on dormitory design for her thesis had a lecture of anxiety in educational environment.

  Dormitories are places that should be designed in a way that give students relax feeling after so much stress at college.  But most of the time dormitories design does not fulfill this task. Design of the rooms with no private section for individuals increase the level of stress. Also, lack of enough storage can have negative impact on students.

  I myself never have had an experience of living in dormitory. But whenever I went to my friend’s room at dorm I wondered how they can live there. Living with different people with various lifestyle and characteristics is hard. Some were organized and some were messy it is hard to adapt yourself with others.

                                            Fig 1. messy dorm bedroom

   I think make use of proper furnishings and trying to provide private space for each student in their room can improve their quietly of life. Using adjustable furnishing will able students to change decoration and personalize it in a way that they like. Also, providing enough storage can reduce their stress.

                                           Fig 2. Enough storage

   I believe that all people need a place that can be called room for loneliness. It is a place for people to think, to pray and to be able to spend time with themselves. Providing this kind of places in dormitories could help students to refresh their mind. Hence, they can work more efficiently. Don’t you think it is a good idea?

                                                Fig 3. Room for loneliness

References

Fig 1. Retrieved from http://funiculifunicula.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/
swarthmore-dorms-willets/

Fig 2.  Retrieved from http://designstyleguide.net/community
/blog/dorm-room-design/

Fig 3. Retrieved from http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/
cmwdbw/interesting/