You know what really gets under my skin? Walking into a daycare facility and seeing cheap particleboard furniture outgassing formaldehyde while three-year-olds are trying to learn their colours. I mean,…
The built environment accounts for 39 percent of the world’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions — which is the largest area of emissions reduction potential in any sector. Most building design…
As biophilic design continues to grow as a topic of conversation regarding the physical space that humans occupy, the majority of the conversation focuses on the visual aspects of design…
I have been designing hospitality spaces for over ten years, and there is a recurring pattern: hotels and resorts that incorporate biophilic design into their strategies, and do it intentionally,…
Innovative biophilic solutions must be created to address the design challenges that occur with urban apartments. In urban apartments, there are severe limitations to space due to high density. Natural…
The largest misconception about biophilic design is that it has to be expensive. People see pictures of biophilic spaces that include living walls at prices in the thousands, water features…
Traditional architecture has been based on a completely different set of priorities than biophilic design — cost effectiveness, standardisation, visual simplicity. Functionality and affordability have been the major drivers of…
There is a major flaw in the way many people understand biophilic design and sustainability; they believe that these two concepts are naturally linked. They are not. You can take…
I have been developing my understanding of biophilic design within the workplace for many years now and I have come across a lot of examples of designers doing a great…
Most corporate decision makers and facility managers are sceptical about biophilic design when they consider it as a capital expense. The simple question is: “What is the return on investment?”…