To Eat and Be Again
An Architecture of Everyday Recovery.
This project explores how architecture can gently intervene in the recovery journey from eating disorders—not through medical facilities, but through everyday spaces that invite care, dignity, and connection. Set in a row of existing shoplots in urban Malaysia, it reimagines cafés, thrift spaces, and spaces of exchange as informal yet intentional platforms for healing. Moving away from institutional detachment, the design prioritizes emotional safety, routine familiarity, and social inclusion. By weaving therapeutic potential into the fabric of the everyday, the project proposes a new kind of recovery space—one that is lived in, shared, and quietly transformative.
