The Waiting Room is a response to the UK Governments announcement that it will be investing into mental health funding for university students with an aim of closing gap between university, NHS and local mental health services. This project imagines a conceptual mental health hub that acts as a space for preventative mental health self-care. Separate to existing clinical mental health settings it supports mental and emotional journeys while providing a place for students to just be. Users can actively learn and understand their mental health and well-being, the experiences of their peers and actively practice the NHS’s advised 5 ways of wellbeing. It also provides permanent and flexible spaces for getting emergency help for mental health issues without waiting lists as well as addressing and support external factors such as socio-economic issues that affect mental health. The building itself is covered in textiles that depict the Edinburgh landscape creating both a familiar and completely different environment for the user to explore.