Designing Drug-addictive Rehabilitation Centre with Digital Technology as the Therapeutic Methods

Interior Design Department, School of Design, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia 11480

^* Corresponding author: anediari@binus.edu

Abstract

Drugs cause damage to the nation’s generation, which affects moral decay and loss of norms in society. Many productive ages have a history as drug-addictive users, and it increases each year. The social environment is one of the main aspects of a person’s fall into drug addiction. Drug use impacts physical and psychological dependence, raising individual problems and changing societal behavior. The number of drug- addicted users in Indonesia does not match the number of adequate rehabilitation centers. How to design an interior of a Drugs-addictive Rehabilitation Center with digital technology as a therapy method? Designing a rehabilitation center aims to provide a place as a facility for the recovery process for rehabilitant. Design thinking is the method applied in designing the interior of a rehabilitation center for rehabilitants in Surabaya, East Java. A good interior can increase positive emotions that affect the rehabilitant’s health, supported by selected colors. The interior conception is to support comfort and safety for rehabilitant during their rehabilitation process, which applies digital technology to therapy methods. Through this research, it is expected that the interior can support the digital technology approach and positively impact reducing drug addiction and increase the creativity of rehabilitants.