In recent years, such as depression, anxiety and other psychological disorders occur frequently in colleges and universities, how to better ensure the mental health status of students has become an important task in higher education nowadays. This paper explores the relationship between space and human needs and psychological behaviour based on environmental psychology from the perspective of architectural design. It clarifies the spatial structure design of art healing, i.e. spatial experience, spatial environment, spatial function and spatial form, and constructs its relevance with environmental psychology. Combine the art healing architectural space with teaching practice to complete the design of the art healing course for college students, and explore the impact of this innovative course on college students’ mental health and emotions. The results of the study showed that among the 42 students who voluntarily participated in the art healing course, the TMD value of the state of mind after the implementation decreased significantly before the intervention, from 111.20±18.72 to 97.30±26.33, which indicated that the art healing course had a positive improvement effect on the state of mind of the students. These findings are expected to improve the psychological and emotional state of college students, promote the overall development of college students, and provide important references and lessons for the design of campus healing architectural spaces.
