The Makers’ Hall in the Abarbanel Mental Health Hospital is a compact area of 35sqm designed for young patients and teenagers coping with a mental health issue. Here the space becomes an integral part of the healing process, where these children are able to explore an activity based environment of arts, crafts, workshops, and technology. As part of the design brief, our studio was asked to renovate, reimagine, and develop an identifiable and common language for this therapeutic and functional space that could be repeated in the development of future learning centers. More than 120,000 children are hospitalized each year in general, psychiatric and rehabilitative hospitals in Israel. By law, they are entitled to educational activities even during their period of hospitalization. To develop our design strategy, we conducted research, speaking with mental health professionals at the hospital to understand their needs, as well as those of their patients. As the hospital staff explained to us, one of the hardships facing the educational services for the young inpatients is to be precise and adapt the response to the different ages and developmental needs of each child. The goal is for these kids to feel a sense of normalcy, empowerment, and creativity. Beyond their therapeutic value, these activities can become occupational skills that these teens can use when entering into the working world. Therefore, our design challenge was to simultaneously address the specific educational and functional needs while still maintaining a feeling of airiness and a sense of home. The small space needed to fit all the defined activity stations including a clay kiln, a ceramic printer, a 3D printer, robotics, a corner for textile prints, sewing machines, and an embroidery machine among others. In the center of the space, we designed custom tables for group work, but that can also be separated to enable individual work. The warm aesthetic we chose allows for a variety of activities and encourages the joy of creation, while still maintaining a sense of peace and order without overstimulation. We used durable materials, and a formalistic design language, combining geometric shapes with a limited color palette. We used a lot of white, but also included splashes of red and blue to promote a positive, playful atmosphere. This project was first launched in January 2020, and closed soon afterwards due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, due to its significance and the extra value it could provide to these patients and their families, the Makers’ Hall was reopened in May 2020 under the defined health regulations. We feel this project, while small in size, has a powerful impact on these young patients. It reflects our belief that a good aesthetic and pleasant environment affects the emotional and physical well-being of adults and children, strengthening their healthy side and accelerating their healing process.