The concept was deeply inspired by the children’s Carnival balls with lots of confetti, serpentine, glitter, and fun costumes. Carnival is a plural and democratic festival that manifests itself in many  different shapes and forms - a festival where everyone feels welcome and accepted. 

Typically celebrated at the end of February or the beginning of March, Carnival welcomes spring with its colors and light and leaves the grayness of the winter behind! Coloring the soul wants to deliver a space where the magic of Carnival reminds people to feel hopeful, a time of the year where they are allowed to dream, to dare, and connect themselves with the ludic. 

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The concept brings the confetti as the central representation of the Carnival and wants to recreate that feeling when we are throwing all the 

confetti, serpentine, and glitter up to the sky. When the music is on, the sun is out, life is easy, fluid, and light!

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Coloring the soul and its circular shapes wants to move away from the typical squared, sharp edges spaces and the feeling of being inside a box. 

The organic curved walls designed symmetrically help with spatial orientation, facilitating the navigation of the space, and the flooring confetti shapes serve as wayfinding with its color-coded frames. The confetti is depicted in various scales, such as the acoustic lightning ceiling system, the playful wallpapers, and the acoustic pink wall displayed in the research consult room. Natural light was also one of the most significant efforts when creating the plan, in a way that the presence of glass walls, the striped white wall panels, and the light gray concrete floor help with the light reflectance.