Rebekah Alex - MA Interiors
Shaped By Hand
I am passionate about exploring the relationship between the built environment, human emotions, and overall well-being. My approach is mindful and people-centered, with a focus on creating spaces that spark joy, encourage interaction, and foster both community and empowerment.
This project seeks to understand how lived experience can influence emotional responses to space, and how design can be used to nurture, heal, and restore.
My goals for this project are to create environments where care and healing are central to the design process, to approach each decision with empathy, listening deeply to emotional cues and lived experiences and to value softness, dignity, and safety as essential design qualities.
Vision for Impact
This project challenges the conventions of traditional shelters and institutional spaces. By placing people and their experiences at the heart of the process, it aims to reimagine transitional housing not just as a place of refuge, but as a space of emotional and social healing.
Tone & Identity
The tone of the project is gentle, empathetic, and intentional. Materials are chosen not just for function, but for the emotions they evoke, warmth, softness, and calm. These qualities are used to shape an environment that feels safe, nurturing, and quietly sup-portive. The aim is to create a space that is emotionally sensitive and non-threatening, especially for those who carry the weight of trauma.
