BIOPHILIC DESIGN ELEMENTS IN MODERN BUILDINGS INFLUENCED BY ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE FEATURES

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Nesma Jaheen ◽  
Ingy El-Darwish
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Architecture ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Biophilic Design

scholarly journals Activating biophilic design patterns as a sustainable landscape approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahar Ismail Mohamed Abdel Hady
Keyword(s):  
Design Patterns ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Landscape Approach ◽  
Landscape Elements ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Biophilic Design ◽  
Sustainable Landscape ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Biophilic Elements

AbstractBiophilic design elements are found around us in many landscape elements while we do not perceive them as biophilic design patterns. By developing our understanding of biophilic design as a phenomenon, we could discover simple ways to utilize landscape elements and transform them into a good biophilic design that might have positive impacts on a user’s health and well-being. Activating existing biophilic elements as an approach to a sustainable landscape has not been studied yet. Therefore, we rather analyse some international case studies in order to understand how biophilic design patterns can be implemented and see their different forms. Later, we will also go through an Egyptian biophilic design pattern case study and implement it to reach a sustainable landscape model. To summarize, the purpose of this study is to present a new sustainable landscape approach by activating biophilic design patterns in order to increase landscape efficiency.

The Participation of Biophilic Design in the Design of the Post-Pandemic Living Space

2022 ◽  
pp. 75-106
Author(s):  
Miray Gür ◽  
Timur Kaprol
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Biophilic Design ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Biophilic Elements

During the COVID-19 process, nature has been a place of escape regarding socialization and well-being. The aim of biophilic design, which supports physical and mental health in a fair and accessible way, is to evaluate the interaction with a healthy environment and to develop design proposals in this context. As a method, post-pandemic requirements, behaviors, and spatial scales are examined through a model in terms of biophilic design, and suggestions are made for the new normal by researching biophilic elements. The biophilic design provides the potential to use nature, daylight, air, and vitality as design elements to improve the quality of spaces and support the experiences of societies. Apart from including green spaces and ecosystems in the design, biophilic design can enrich the multisensory and multidimensional experiences both individually and socially by enabling users to participate in this experience. While this approach supports sound, healthy, and safe living spaces, it will also provide for cities to be sustainable and resilient.

scholarly journals Reconnecting Children with Nature: Biophilic Junior Level Learning Environment Design

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Emma Woodward
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Biophilic Design ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Learning Environment Design

<p>More than half of all humanity now live in urban centres. In westerns counties generally at least 80% of people’s time is spent indoors. This means that people are spending less time outside and in places that can be considered ‘nature’. This is problematic because quantitative and qualitative research shows that isolation from the natural world negatively affects human well-being, suggesting that it is essential that nature is a constant part of humans’ lives. This ‘nature deficit’ also impacts the development of personal bonds with nature which relates to learning to value and protect nature, and particularly affects young children. As children grow up in environments increasingly removed from nature, how will children form personal bonds with the living world if they spend their key developmental years removed from it? To address this issue, this design-led research asks: how can we reconnect children with nature using biophilic design in junior level learning environments? This question was explored through design-led research methodologies, primarily using an iterative design process, a ‘triangulation’ approach to research, and two sets of user-based interrogative research. This included a workshop with children aged 5-7 and a New Zealand primary school teachers’ survey. These were conducted to gain insight into user opinions and preferences. Observations, discussions and results were combined and compared with related literature and initial design testing, and then refined into a set of key design elements (see chapter 8.0). These elements were found to be critical in creating well-functioning learning environments that offer biophilic potentials to improve learning, and directly appeal to the users. These elements were tested, developed, and refined through the design of a block of junior level classrooms, in Wellington, New Zealand. Design explorations resulted in a proposed spatial solution that encourages children to interact with and experience nature on a regular basis, with the intention of stimulating the development of a personal bond with and value for the natural world.</p>

Identifying Biophilic Design Elements in Streetscapes

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
Peter Milliken ◽  
Justin B. Hollander ◽  
Ann Sussman ◽  
Minyu Situ
Keyword(s):  
Design Elements ◽  
Biophilic Design

scholarly journals Overcoming the Project Communications Management Breakdown amongst Foreign Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Biophilia Inveigled Construction Projects in Malaysia

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 4790
Author(s):  
Chitdrakantan Subramaniam ◽  
Syuhaida Ismail ◽  
Serdar Durdyev ◽  
Wan Nurul Mardiah Wan Mohd Rani ◽  
Nur Fatin Syazwani Abu Bakar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Design Element ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Communication Breakdown ◽  
Biophilic Design ◽  
Communications Management

The property sector is revitalised to incorporate sustainability, specifically the biophilic design, to encourage human interaction with nature. Thus, there is an urgent need to communicate the biophilic design elements amongst stakeholders, especially the foreign workers, to ensure the project meets the requirement. However, standard project communications management is no longer practical, as the construction industry worldwide has been severely impacted by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Hence, this paper evaluates the biophilic design elements to be communicated and examines the project communications management breakdown relating to the biophilic design elements in the Malaysian construction industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a systematic literature review (SLR), focus group discussion (FGD) and questionnaire survey on 147 foreign workers, this paper found that from 33 biophilic design element items, only 1 item is categorised as highly critical, whereas another 20 items are categorised as critical. In addition, 43 potential communications management breakdown items from a total of 66 items fall under the critical category. The finding suggests that communication breakdown is caused by the language barrier amongst foreign workers from different ethnicities as well as between foreign workers and the supervisors, since face to face communication is limited during the pandemic.

Assessing Biophilic Design Elements for ecosystem service attributes – A sub-tropical Australian case

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 100977
Author(s):  
Amrita Kambo ◽  
Robin Drogemuller ◽  
Prasad K.D.V. Yarlagadda
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Biophilic Design ◽  
Australian Case

scholarly journals Reconnecting Children with Nature: Biophilic Junior Level Learning Environment Design

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Emma Woodward
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Biophilic Design ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Learning Environment Design

<p>More than half of all humanity now live in urban centres. In westerns counties generally at least 80% of people’s time is spent indoors. This means that people are spending less time outside and in places that can be considered ‘nature’. This is problematic because quantitative and qualitative research shows that isolation from the natural world negatively affects human well-being, suggesting that it is essential that nature is a constant part of humans’ lives. This ‘nature deficit’ also impacts the development of personal bonds with nature which relates to learning to value and protect nature, and particularly affects young children. As children grow up in environments increasingly removed from nature, how will children form personal bonds with the living world if they spend their key developmental years removed from it? To address this issue, this design-led research asks: how can we reconnect children with nature using biophilic design in junior level learning environments? This question was explored through design-led research methodologies, primarily using an iterative design process, a ‘triangulation’ approach to research, and two sets of user-based interrogative research. This included a workshop with children aged 5-7 and a New Zealand primary school teachers’ survey. These were conducted to gain insight into user opinions and preferences. Observations, discussions and results were combined and compared with related literature and initial design testing, and then refined into a set of key design elements (see chapter 8.0). These elements were found to be critical in creating well-functioning learning environments that offer biophilic potentials to improve learning, and directly appeal to the users. These elements were tested, developed, and refined through the design of a block of junior level classrooms, in Wellington, New Zealand. Design explorations resulted in a proposed spatial solution that encourages children to interact with and experience nature on a regular basis, with the intention of stimulating the development of a personal bond with and value for the natural world.</p>

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