Hi! My name is Ana and I am a student who is studying biophilic design, I was wondering what is your opinion regarding biophilic design and LEED certificate, do you think it has a future, do you support it, advantages and disadavantages? Thank you! Have a great day
Biophilic design is a concept used within the building industry to increase occupant connectivity to the natural environment through the use of direct nature, indirect nature, and space and place conditions.
You should clarify your question. What do you mean by 'does it have a future'? Biophilic design is currently a term with broad meaning. A problem with such terms is that they could be interpreted widely. Everyone can read it differently. One thing that is obvious is biophilic design is very much context- and case-sensitive. One strategy or technique that may function properly in a specific project in a specific climate or site may terribly fail in another project, site, climate or time. It is a key to take into account deeply various layers and factors of local and global sustainability when prescribing a solution for a particular case. Green isn't necessarily sustainable. Search more on the difference between green and sustainable. These are fundamentals. Then you could extend principles and connect with standards and regulations such as LEED. That is a secondary issue.
Some useful resources:
https://www.terrapinbrightgreen.com/reports/14-patterns/
https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/what-is-and-is-not-biophilic-design/
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