Ece Gok (she / her)
As an interior designer, I have always had an interest in creating warm and welcoming spaces. For my final year project, I explored the impact of interior spaces and how they can affect our mental health. Using my findings through my DHT extended essay, I designed this space to focus on the user journey and comfort. Students have plenty study spaces on and off campus, typically designed to encourage more study time, therefore I created a space to allow the users to enjoy valuable time to themselves.
Site
The former British Linen Bank, on High Street, is one of Glasgow’s historic buildings. The building being at risk provides room for redevelopment and opportunities to rebuild the site. Before the demolition, there were many buildings around the former bank however it currently stands alone on High Street.
The site is situated to Universities and many student halls.
The aim is to transform this site into a relaxing bookstore for students to access and use for personal and/or educational use.
215 High Street, Glasgow, G1 1QB
Bookstore + Lounge
To create a space for students to use for studying as well as enjoying their free time, i designed the ground floor of the site to act as a bookstore. The store will give students and other visitors an opportunity to buy or rent books as often as they like.
The store front has an open plan layout for the display of books to ensure a good amount of natural light entering the space. A contrast of colour palettes between the front of the store to the book lounge shows the use of each space being different; bookstore to be used as a space to explore and find books whereas the lounge is to be used as a space to relax and enjoy the contents within the books.
