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BIOPHILIC DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE & ITS

CONTRIBUTION TO HEALTH, WELL-BEING &
SUSTAINABILITY.

Submitted by : APURVA A. KADAM

Fourth year, 4A11

Abstract :
In an increasingly expanding but interconnected world, more than half of
the world population lives in urban areas. In the present scenario, cities are important
factors of expansion. At present the life in cities is more rapid, digital and urbanized
than ever before. Urban environment is deteriorating even more rapidly. With the fast-
pace of urban expansion, often unplanned and inadequate, alongside social,
environmental and cultural factors that affects the intrinsic relationship that has always
existed between Man and Nature. The outcome of this is thrashing our relationship
with nature and the open space.
Sustainable city has long been conceptualized but it has not yet been
universally applied. One of the problems of our cities is away from nature. Distancing
people from nature is leading to an increasingly compromised existence in relation to
a broad spectrum of physiological, psychological, behavioural, affective and cognitive
aspects. It is necessary to think of new models of development capable of facilitating
for humanity an intimate and innate connection with Nature. One possible,
experimental scenario is Biophilic design.
Biophilic architecture has emerged as an attempt to reduce the gap
between Man and Nature. Biophilic design is an innovative approach that emphasizes
the importance of maintenance, enhancement and restoration of useful experience on
the use of nature in the built environment. This paper focused on the Biophilic planning
and designing which will increase the environmental attitude and knowledge of
citizens. Enhanced environmental attitude and knowledge lead to environmental
behavior modification and green lifestyle of citizens and thus environmental
sustainability.
Introduction :
Scientific and controlled studies are increasingly showing that our modern
industrialized lifestyle with technology and changing cultures has been detrimental to
our psychological wellbeing
Sustainability or sustainable architecture focuses on meeting the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
The three pillars of sustainability are composed of economic, environmental and social
aspects. Architectural Modernity is the term now taking away man from the nature.
Today we spend over most of our time indoors surrounded by drywall, concrete, wood,
and steel. So it is vital to bring men close to nature for his healthy life. Biophilic design
is an architecture which is a sustainable approach which incorporates natural light,
materials, nature views, vegetation and other experiences of the natural world into the
modern built environment. It has emerged as an attempt to reduce the gap between
Nature and Man.

Aim :
Generation of frame work that would bridge the gap between biophic design &
architecture.

Scope :
Biophilic design is focused on creating strong connections between nature
and manmade environments which can have benefits for health and wellbeing. The
study will benefit to connect people to nature which lead too receive mental stress .

Limitations:
The goal of biophilic urbanism is to rearrange the contemporary urban
disconnect with nature, making the experience of the natural world a more integral part
of ordinary city life. Biophilic urbanism is emerging as a planning and design approach
for holistic improvement of urban spaces with combined focus on physical setting,
urban design, lifestyle as well as attitudes and experiences.

Need of study:
Biophilic design can act as a bridging the gap between human nature
connections & establishing an equilibrium .for this, a framework needs to be generated
that would lead to the adoption of biophilic design to various aspects of the designing
& planning processes.

Methodology:
To study & explore various theories pertaining to biophilic design. Also, to study
the various patterns , strategies, elements , attributes related to biophilia.

Research Questions
• Can biophilic design improve community health and wellbeing in built
environments through raising environmental awareness and nature connectedness?