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Project name            Hippotherapy centre for autism children

Site location              Chomthong district, Chiang mai, Thailand

Project area              62.5 rai

              Hippotherapy is one of the most interested therapy for autism children in the world. On the other hand,this therapy is not prevalent and effective as it should be in Thailand. Therefore, this “Hippotherapy centre for autism children” will be the centre for effective therapies that are effective and suitable for autism children. This project would develop their skills to live as the normal people in society.

              The purpose of this project is to focus on the relationship between autism children and horses and develop a social impairment by using the relationship between autism children and horses as a first step to make a relationship with others in society. The another aim of this project is increased the relationship between autism children and the same autism children group with them by a space that designed to support all autism children.

              The concept of design is focused on the relationship between autism children and horses in a step-by-step process. Designer intention is making autism children able to join the horses and not be affair of them, “level of relationship” is used for this centre main concept. The centre is divided for therapeutic activity in to 3 areas

  1. Horse seeing, horse meeting are the beginning of the hippotherapy and getting acquainted with horse for adaptation to a next activity.

  2. Horse riding, is an activity the develop a relationship between children and horses for the next step.

  3. Horse caring, is the last activity that also develop the relationship between autism children and horse. This activity not only increase development of both relationship but also teach a children about love and care.  

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