ABOUT BIOPHILIA
BIOPHILIC DESIGN
Biophilia is an idea that humans have an innate connection to nature. This connection helps our physical and mental wellbeing. Good biophilic design synthesizes the complexities of modern structures and spaces with design elements that support our health, represented through three broad categories:
THE
DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF NATURE
The implication of direct experience with nature refers to first-person human contact with architectural and other environmental features and includes how we feel and see:
+ Light
+ Air
+ Water
+ Fire
+ Plants
+ Animals
+ Weather
+ Natural landscapes and ecosystems
THE
INDIRECT
EXPERIENCE
OF NATURE
The implication of indirect experience with nature refers to avatars and representations of nature. including:
+ Images of nature
+ Natural materials
+ Natural colors
+ Simulating natural light and air
+ Naturalistic shapes and forms
+ Evoking nature
+ Information richness
+ Age, change and the patina of time
+ Natural geometries
+ Biomimicry
THE
EXPERIENCE OF SPACE AND PLACE
The experience of space and place refers to spatial features that evoke the natural environment’s systems and complexities including:
+ Natural geometries such
as fractals
+ Organized complexity
+ Integration of parts to wholes
+ Transitional spaces
+ Mobility and wayfinding
+ Cultural and ecological attachment to place