AUTHOR AREA OF STUDY METHOD FINDINGS

Yannick Joye Environment Practical method • Imitating Natural

Psychology of biophilic Contents in
architecture Architecture
• Applying nature’s
fractural
geometry to
architecture
Soderlund, Jana Rationale and Document review and • Improvements in
Newman, Peter outcomes from interview biophilic
biophilic architecture architecture
improves quality
of life
• Improves human
connections
• Improve socio-
psychology
• Which all results
in economic
improvement
Almssad, Asaad The concept of healthy Document review and • Result in positive
sustainable interview human
architecture which is performance and
biophilic architecture health even
emotional states
• It creates
environmentally
friendly, energy-
efficient
buildings
Farhan Asim Restoration and Literature Search and • Humans spend
therapy within the Article Selection an average of
built environment 90% of their total
using biophilic time in the
architecture vicinity of built
environment.
Mental health is
affected by built
environment
• Visual connection
with nature is
observed as an
important aspect
of biophilia as it
deals with
several elements
 of visual comfort
and relaxation
Nelly Shafik Ramzy To study the timeless Document Review • In the last three
terminologies of life decades
using biophilic confirmed that
architecture designs that
connect humans
to natural
contents and
landscape
configurations,
help to enhance
humans’ overall
sense of
wellbeing, with
positive and
therapeutic
consequences on
physiology.
Findings in the
field
of environmental
psychology
Rita Berto, Giuseppe To study the biophilic Document Review and • studies showed
Barbiero, Margherita design triggers Field Work that also urban
Pasini, Pieter Unema fascination and Observation settings/buildings
enhances can be high of
psychological fascination
restoration in the • Given the
urban environment benefits deriving
from contact
with Nature,
urban designers
should also
attend the
human need for
psychological
restoration

Julio Ayuso Sanchez, Quantitative Interview and • Scientific

Toshiharu Ikaga, improvement in Document Review community
Sergio Vega Sanchez workplace affirm that
performance through biophilic design
biophilic design in the workplace
improves
productivity and
user well-being.
 Shreya Rai, Farhan Document Review • Restorativeness
To study the
Asim, Venu Shree scale’s four
significance of
contributing
biophilic architecture
factors Being
in perceived
Away,
restorativeness using
Fascination,
the case study Colonial
Extent and
Churches of Himachal
Compatibility, to
Pradesh
understand the
relationship
between the
human
perception of
architecture and
nature
Bruno Duarte Dias To study the biophilic Literature Search and • The act of
and regenerative Article Selection building and
design in architecture inhabiting a
system consisting
of the building,
its inhabitants
and the bio-
physical and
socio-cultural
context is
regenerative
• Biophilic design
recognizes that
nature contribute
to human’s
wellbeing,
helping our
productivity and
creativity
Catherine O. Ryan, To study the based Document Review • Views to nature
William D. Browning, parameters for Health showing reduced
Joseph O. Clancy, and Well-Being in the stress, more
Scott L. Andrews, and Built Environment positive
Namita B. emotional
Kallianpurkar functioning, and
improved
concentration
• The non-visual
connection with
nature pattern is
derived from
data on
 reductions in
systolic blood
pressure and
stress hormones
• Access to
thermal and
airflow variability
prompt feelings
of comfort
similar to those
experienced in
nature.

AIM: The aim is to improve the quality of life in terms of psychology health and productivity of human,
in the process also improve the living environment by using biophilic architecture

Research Objective

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES RESEARCH QUESTION

To investigate the quality of life of people and
ways to improve it
To develop environment that helps to improve
the quality of life using biophilic architecture
To evaluate improvement done to psychological
and productivity using biophilic architecture
How is the quality of life? What ways are there to
improve it?
What are the criteria to develop environment
that helps to improve the quality of life using
biophilic architecture?
How to evaluate the psychological and
productivity of human mind in an environment?

Research Method

Aim To investigate the To develop To evaluate

quality of life of people environment that helps improvement done to
and ways to improve it to improve the quality psychological and
of life using biophilic productivity using
architecture biophilic architecture
Method Semi structure • Document Structure
interview review Questionnaire
• Semi structure
interview

Research Framework

ISSUE The issue is that there are people with poor conditions in psychological and
productive state, this could be due to the quality of life that is poor
AIM The aim is to improve the quality of life in terms of psychology health and
productivity of human, in the process also improve the living environment
by using biophilic architecture
 RQ How is the quality of What are the criteria to How to evaluate the
life? What ways are develop environment psychological and
there to improve it? that helps to improve productivity of human
the quality of life using mind in an
biophilic architecture? environment?
RO To investigate the To develop To evaluate
quality of life of people environment that helps improvement done to
and ways to improve it to improve the quality psychological and
of life using biophilic productivity using
architecture biophilic architecture
METHOD Semi structure • Document Structure
interview review Questionnaire
• Semi structure
interview