My project explores how interior design can materialise silence through a sensory journey in Thetford Forest. Inspired by my dissertation research into silence, the design responds to the contrast between mental noise and clarity. Visitors move through a series of spaces that encourage them to slow down, pause, look, listen and breathe. The surrounding trees become an important part of the experience, beginning tall and dense before gradually becoming shorter, symbolising the dissipation of noise and the emergence of silence and mental clarity. Light, fog, materiality and movement work together to create an immersive environment for reflection and stillness.
