There was a point not long ago where I stood on the edge of walking away from the business I built. The burnout was brutal. The doubt was louder than the dream. But something held me there. This is the story of how I almost gave up on entrepreneurship and why I didn’t.

We’re taught that creativity needs structure. Discipline. Control. But what if the opposite is true? What if chaos (burnout, mania, uncertainty, imperfection) is where our truest ideas live? This is an exploration of creative chaos, and how I’ve designed through the mess.

This year’s competition was about breathing space. Where can you go to breathe? How do we facilitate an environment for students to nurture their mental state? What can a building do to emphasise the need for self-care?