- What are some of the most important biophilic design strategies? How biophilia impacts the built environment?
- In terms of biophilic design, why do we think it’s important that we have easy access to nature in our cities?
- What are our biggest hopes for biophilic design and biomimicry? What is our vision of the city of the future?
I think that the most prominent values based biophilia strategies are adaptation, harmony and interaction between nature and built environment
The dream of biophillic design is that our cities will become better for human experience, which includes being more beautiful and producing less anxiety. Acccessing nature improves our physical and mental health because it is relaxing and stimulating and beautiful. We all know this directly, if you're stressed and upset, you go for a walk in a safe natural environment like a beach or into the woods, and its relaxing.
Research in Salutogenic Design explains these principles in detail, biophilic design is a means towads attaining salutogenesis.
Biophilia or biphobia- local state of the consciousness of architects described by Vitruvius in the first century BC as a professional pathology or anomaly. In the theory of architectural creation, this ideology tries to reduce and simplify role of an architect to the position of the sculptor copying the external forms of the animal world. There is an assumption that phenomena is spreading at historical periods of professional crises caused by social changes in society.
Very important is the control of spatial development and expansion of human environment.
Urbanization and the resulting lifestyle, along with the existence of spaces far from nature, can be seen in both architectural and urban spaces and in humans with physical and psychological damage.
Traces of biophilic research literature from the time Hildegard von Bingen used the term "Viriditas" to compare the impact of nature and the built environment on health in Roger Ulrich's work and Timothy Beatley's research (Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning) ) Continued. Returning to the effects of urbanization, it is one of the key issues of health and well-being, and therapeutic landscapes are in the common chapter of landscape, health and human beings.
Traces of biophilic research literature from the time Hildegard von Bingen used the term "Viriditas" to compare the impact of nature and the built environment on health in Roger Ulrich's work and Timothy Beatley's research (Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning) ) Continued.
One of the researches close to this field is the study of the literature of therapeutic landscapes during twenty years and emphasis on daily landscapes in cities, which has an important role in the health of citizens and the formation of future cities. Physical and social as well as cultural access is important to us. We hope that the faces of future cities will be greener.
Article Evaluating the literature of therapeutic landscapes with an ...
The sustainability aspect of biophilic design is crucial for living buildings and environments. Providing green spaces, water features, abundant plants and natural materials creates a host of benefits, including helping to reduce a development's carbon footprint and regulating the temperature of buildings. The following papers would provide an extensive knowledge regarding your research questions:
Article Biophilic design in architecture and its contributions to he...
Griffin, C. (2004). An introduction to biophilia and the built environment. RMI Solutions. 20(1): 7-11.
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