4 Biophilic Architecture for restoration November 10, Can ‘restoration and therapy in design’ signify something more than
e than the places Biophilia; biophilic design; built Farhan Asim,
and therapy within the built 2020 like hospitals and healing gardens? Can those restorative environments be environment; restorative environment; Shreya Rai, Venu
environment brought inside the working and living environments to mitigate the psychological sustainability; sustainable architecture; Shree
problem at the source? The main objective of this paper is to look at the well-being.
strategies and developments of Biophilic design with respect to therapy and
restoration in order to achieve sustainability in terms of quality of life within the
immediate built environment. The paper explores the mental health issues
under the domains of built environment and indoor environment with respect to
their connection with nature. Biophilic design has gained a favourable
momentum within the last four decades and is now visualised as a medium that
bridges the gap between humans and the nature. Out of a variety of measures of
sustainable environmental design, biophilic design focuses on the end-results of
naturally nurtured or inspired habitats and workplaces. It embodies strategies of
Green and Intelligent buildings, works as a mitigation strategy for foul indoor
environment and establishes the vision that veristic sustainability can only be
achieved if there is qualitative control over human physiological prosperity and
psychological health. In the context of work efficiency, preference and
productivity within the indoor environment, it is seen as a promoter of
constructive thoughts and enhancer of creativity. The paper aims to enlist
biophilic design and retrofitting strategies, which can improve cognitive function,
reduce stress and provide mental peace within the built environment.
5 Biophilic design in architecture and its 29-Jul-21 In the last ten years, ‘nature’ and biophilic design have received widespread biophilia, environmental psychology, Weijie Zhong,
contributions to health, well-being, atten tion in architecture, especially in response to growing environmental fractal architecture, biophilic Torsten Schroder,
and sustainability: A critical review challenges. However, open questions and controversies remain regarding architecture Juliette Bekkering
conceptualizing and addressing ‘nature’ in practice and research. This study
conducts a literature review to discuss biophilic design as a theoretical
framework to interpret ‘nature’ in architecture. The following questions are
answered: (1) How has the concept of biophilic design emerged, and how can it
be defined? (2) In what ways can biophilic design contribute to the goals of
sustainable architecture? (3) What are the key design strategies in biophilic
design? This review identifies and compares the key frameworks of biophilic
design and explains their major elements. We then analyse the benefits (e.g.,
enhance health, well-being, productivity, biodiversity, and circularity) of biophilic
design in achieving sustainability, as framed through the UN Sustainable
Development Goals. The results indicate that biophilic design is more complex
and richer than the mere application of vegetation in buildings; it broadens the
variety through encompassing different types of nature from physical, sensory,
metaphorical, morphological, material to spiritual. Moreover, knowledge gaps
are identified to motivate future research and critical reflections on biophilic
design practices.
6 View through a window may influence Records on recovery after cholecystectomy ofpatients in a suburban Biophilic design, Green spaces, Ulrich
recovery from surgery Pennsylvania hospital between 1972 and 1981 were examined to determine Implementation guidelines, Building
whether assignment to a room with a window view ofa natural setting might technology, Maintenance,
have restorative influences. Twenty-three surgical patients assigned to rooms Susutainability
with windows looking out on a natural scene had shorter postoperative hospital
stays, received few er negative evaluative comments in nurses' notes, and took
fewer potent analge sics than 23 matchedpatients in similar rooms with
windowsfacing a brick building wall.
