Harmony Village
A PLACE FOR PEACE
Hybrid Service Design for a Trauma-Informed Wellness Retreat
💡 Game Design | Hybrid Learning | Interaction Design | Rapid Prototyping | System Design | User Testing | Sound Design
🛠️ Figma | Google Slides | Illustrator | Photoshop | After Effects | Unity | Unreal Engine
👥 Designers | Developers | Artists | Experts | Game Testers
Project Overview
Every aspect is designed to be frictionless, harmonious,
and to inspire transformation.
Harmony Village’s mission is to create a space where we can reconnect with our ideals—how we treat ourselves, how we treat each other, and how we treat the environment.
This immersive, communal experience fosters health and wellness through self-initiation—not through rules or doctrine. Every aspect is designed to be frictionless, harmonious, and to inspire transformation.
Wellness Tech
App-integrated experience is frictionless
The Harmony Village app creates an intuitive, frictionless experience from the moment a guest books their stay.
Upon arrival, the app opens the gate automatically and notifies our team that a new guest has entered the property. From there, it becomes a gentle guide—offering a dynamic map of the grounds and a calendar of optional events and gatherings.
Nothing is required. Everything is optional.
The Forest
Salutation Trail
Designed to foster engaging forest walks that reset your body and mind.
QR codes and phone shelves make it easy to engage and take selfies to post, spreading joy around the world.
Harmony Village
It’s good for Pittsburgh and good for the World.
Economic
creating local commerce through ethical tourism, event-based revenue, and collaborations with Hazelwood businesses — without gentrification.
Cultural
creates space for storytelling, ritual, art, and memory — preserving and evolving the cultural landscape of Hazelwood.
Environmental
preserves land, adds gardens, and introduces low-footprint structures — all aligned with Pittsburgh’s climate resilience goals.
Educational
offers experiential learning in emotional health, community practice, and values-based living — especially relevant near CMU, Pitt, and local high schools.
Societal
addresses trauma, mental health, and community-building in an anti-institutional, accessible format.
Reputational
makes Pittsburgh a case study in how cities can support new models of healing and civic imagination.