Biophilic Design
Biophilic Design

Biophilic design is used to increase occupant connectivity to the natural environment through the use of direct nature, indirect nature, and space and place conditions.

Biophilic designed buildings incorporate things, including natural lighting and ventilation, natural landscape features, etc.

The term "Biophilia" was created and adopted in the architectural field at the start of the twenty-first century.

The goal was to highlight the emotional component of people's desires for connections with the natural world inside of buildings.

Erich Fromm, a social psychologist, developed the expression "Biophilia" to denote the "love of life".

Edward Wilson, a biologist, and naturalist, stressed that biophilia is "the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living organisms.

Conserving Nature--Inspired By Nature!

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Biophilic design offers many design inspirations, but biophilic structures are rarely interpreted using architectural vocabulary.