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    Designing a healing and meditation center
    (UMT.Lahore, 2018) Ambreen Rafique
    Designing a healing and meditation center is now becomes a need because stress is common issue now a days. Almost everyone is suffering from stress. When stress remain for an extended period it becomes dangerous. It cause many diseases. People use different bad ways to cope up with stress which effects their health even more badly.Creating an environment in which people feel easy and relaxed is need, in Pakistan there is no such place is designed in which people feel stress free. Many things in our lives are beyond our control. That’s why it is our responsibility to take care of our state of mind and work for it. People always want big new thing for better living. Instead of treating mind with drugs, why not treat mind with mind. A new healthier approach is taken: using interior design to heal mind.Many researchers worked on it and internationally there are many centers which provides meditation. A meditation center in England named as ‘international mediation center’ designed by Nicolas tye. The interior is of contemporary style within a forestry environment. Use of glass is in significant amount to allow sunlight to pass in. There is maximum use of nature. Building is located in a site having large amount of nature outside it which gives pleasing effect to the eye. But in Pakistan this is new to meditate people from interior and services. A specific center incorporate in commercial place but in a place having nature outside it. This center can also be made within any building such as hospitals, malls, gyms and in universities. The role of nature and natural materials, neutral color scheme, smooth curves, straight lines, large open windows and high roofs. These all interior elements creates a soothing environment and provides meditation effect.