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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

BD+C

The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment 0 qpurcell Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:30 Biophilic Design Biophilic design in the built environment supports the health and wellbeing of individuals, as they spend most of their time indoors.

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Green Furniture Concept: We are the environment we inhabit | News | Architonic

Architonic

Research is now driving a new understanding of how our immediate environment and its emissions and sensorial stimuli might affect the health of our bodies. Could ‘We are the environment we inhabit’ be the new mantra for future wellbeing? Defined, essentially, as a love of nature, in placemaking t…

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The Future of Architecture: BioDiverCities and Nature-based Solutions (NbS)

Architizer

Imagine a city where vibrant green spaces and natural solutions not only enhance our urban landscapes but also boost our well-being, creating healthier and happier urban environments. Architects and landscape architects are instrumental in the practical implementation of NbS in urban environments. Bangkok, Thailand.

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Velux shares the "innovative" process behind Living Places housing concept

Deezen

Promotion : window manufacturer Velux has highlighted the lessons learned by the partners behind its experimental Living Places housing concept. The concept was brought to life last year with the construction of seven prototype homes in Copenhagen.

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5 extraordinary hotel concepts currently on the boards

Hotel Designs

In the process of trying to sift through the style to get to the substance, we discovered a few concepts that both caught our eye and gave us pause for thought. From 3D printing to biophilic bolt-holes, as boundaries shift and expectations rise, the only limit to hotel designs and concepts would appear to be the imagination.

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Life Is Temporary: Outdoor Installations That Highlight the Transient Nature of Humanity

ArchDaily

Image © Slava Balbek Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity introduces the mind-blowing concept that time – as we know it – is not as stable and reliable as it first seems. Home Memories Installation / balbek bureau. As a defining characteristic upon which all of human history is referenced, the fallibility of time is a confusing prospect.

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IMK Architects Develops Sustainable Natural Holistic Environment for IIT Bombay Student Housing

Architizer

Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? Rahul Kadri: Research shows that humans have an innate affinity with the natural world – a concept known as biophilia – and that the presence or absence of the elements of nature within our homes, offices, or schools, has a direct and measurable impact on our health and wellbeing.