The Woodland Lounge

How can we give teenagers a deeper connection to nature?

Intervention
Finlay Heanue
Stephanie Ramalhete
Natalia Malart
Hio Iao Xu

Brand Identity
Finlay Heanue

A huge seating structure in Bournemouth Gardens Woods

Located in Bournemouth Gardens Woods, The Woodland Lounge connects teenagers to nature by engaging the senses.

A huge seating structure in Bournemouth Gardens Woods with the word relax on it
A seating structure with the word Chill along the side and moss growing on it
A huge seating structure in Bournemouth Gardens Woods with the words deep breath on it

The lounge chairs encourage you to lie down and look up into the trees. Moss integrated within the seats provides a tactile connection.

A huge seating structure in Bournemouth Gardens Woods with the word perspective on it
Signage saying Relaaaaaaax

From 10pm - 12pm, The Cycle of Light ritual encourages teenagers to appreciate the changing of light throughout the day.

A huge seating structure in Bournemouth Gardens Woods with the word unwind on it, at night with a light projection beside it
Three gradient circles, titled sunrise, middday and sunset
Over a two hour period, the projections gradually change colour.
The woodland lounge logo
The cycle of light ritual logo
Woodland lounge branded stickers on waterbottles
Woodland lounge branded social media posts

We observed that we appreciated the beauty of the woods more when looking up.

Bournemouth gardens woods

The five pathways to nature connection theory (Richardson, 2021) influenced us: Senses, Beauty, Meaning, Emotion, and Compassion.

A sketch of a photography competition
A sketch of a tree bark climbing wall
A huge seating structure in Bournemouth Gardens Woods
Stephanie Ramalhete

When developing the Cycle of Light Ritual, We experimented with creating a digital interpretation of dappled light from trees.

An abstract of green, light green and yellow circles
An abstract of green, light green and yellow circles
An abstract of green, light green and yellow circles

Bibliography

Forestry England (n.d.). Your guide to forest bathing [online]. Available from: https:// www.forestryengland.uk/blog/forest-bathing [Accessed 27 May 2024].

IFF Research. (2023). People and Nature Survey Analysis. NECR500. Natural England.

Moss, S. (2019). Natural high: why birdsong is the best antidote to our stressful lives. The Guardian. 4 May. [online]. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/ environment/2019/may/04/birdsong-antidote-to-stressful-lives-dawn-chorus-day [Accessed 27 May 2024].

Richardson, M. (2021). New guide shows the pathways to a stronger connection with nature [online]. Available from: https://www.derby.ac.uk/news/2021/new-guideshows- the-pathways-to-a-stronger-connection-with-nature/ [Accessed 27 May 2024].

Richardson, M. and Chapple, P. (n.d.). Nature and me [online]. Available from: https:// ncxrg.wp.derby.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2021/04/NatureMe- Booklet-2021.pdf [Accessed 27 May 2024].

Susan Michie, Lou Atkins, Robert West, 2014, The Behaviour Change Wheel, A Guide to Designing Interventions, Silverback Publishing, UK

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