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Biophilic Inspired Railway Stations: The New Frontier for Future Cities
Phillip Roös
Globally new metro rail projects are changing the face of our cities and bringing more commuters to the core of the bustling urban environments and city centre business districts, as well as interconnecting regional cities and associated key nodes. The need for improved public transport and railway stations is a result of a current unprecedented growth in urbanization, where it is estimated that more than 66% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. Cities and their governance entities invest in more sustainable public transport systems to aid the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, aid economic efficiencies in goods and people movements in and out and across and within the cities, provide better forms of transport, as well as in assisting in creating better sustainable and healthy urban environments aligned to policy and Earth Summit international agreement obligations This paper explores the opportunities that new and existing railway stations and their associated infrastructure can provide in creating better sustainable and healthy urban environments, through the lens of Biophilic Design. Kellert and Wilson (1993) defined biophilic design as the deliberate attempt to translate and apply an understanding of the human affinity to connect with natural systems and processes, known as Biophilia, into the design of our built environments. In this instance, this paper explores the application of biophilia to railway stations. Re-imagining the experience of taking the train in a stressful city environment, to the possibilities of nature-inspired commuting journeys where enriched wellbeing can be experienced by spaces (for example) that embrace living green walls with enhanced natural day-lit entrances to station buildings, forecourts embraced with water features, shrubs and trees, the authors aim to realise this vision by applying the principles of biophilic design to a case study project. The paper concludes with recommendations on biophilia inspired railway station designs that can assist in the advancing of the larger vision and agenda of ecologically sustainable and smart cities.
Biophilic Design, Restorative Environments and Well-Being
Ana Karinna Hidalgo
Well-being in cities can be addressed from the perspective of multiple disciplines. Urban design can contribute to creating built environments within nature with tangible elements to provide psychological restoration that releases stress and mental fatigue. To do so, many design approaches, such as biophilic design, biomimicry, and eco-cities can make a contribution to this topic. This paper is focused on biophilic design as an urban design approach aimed at understanding connections between natural and built environments in relation to psychological restoration. Important inputs from environmental psychology and public health are also considered to understand people’s responses to different natural and built environments. This paper consists of an extensive literature review of these disciplines and approaches in order to provide designers with elements to be considered for the design of restorative environments. These elements may include natural water features, natural light and colors, vegetation, and well-designed buildings to improve people’s well-being.
Making Children's Environments "R.E.D." 4 case studies
Tori Derr
Attention restoration theory and the open office: Addressing mental fatigue in low-stimulus screeners and creative-class workers through biophilic design
vignesh madhavan
Making Children's Environments "R.E.D.": Restorative Environmental Design and Its Relationship to Sustainable Design
Tori Derr
Gunaseelan Bhaskaran
Back to Nature for Good: Using Biophilic Design and Attention Restoration Theory to Improve Well-Being and Focus in the Workplace
2012 •
Judith Green
In Brebbia, C. (Ed), Sustainable Development IV, WIT Press.
An Architectural Love Of The Living: Bio-inspired Design In The Pursuit Of Ecological Regeneration And Psychological Wellbeing
2009 •
Maibritt Pedersen Zari
A growing amount of architectural discourse explores analogies between ecosystems and living organisms, and architectural design that increases the capacity for regeneration. This is referred to here as bio-inspired design. This paper examines the relationship between biophilic and biomimetic approaches to architectural design as two aspects of bio-inspired design. The theory that bio-inspired design is inherently linked in the creation of regenerative architecture, able to increase capacity for self repair in both living ecosystems and the human psyche is examined. Intersections, or mutualisms between design to improve the wellbeing of ecosystems and design to improve human wellbeing, such as biomimicry and biophilia, are analysed and may illustrate the key aspects of bio-inspired design that could contribute to regenerative design. The implications of such an approach are discussed, and the scientific basis of such a process is investigated.
Biophilia as the Main Design Question in Architectural Design Studio Teaching
Biophilia as the Main Design Question in Architectural Design Studio Teaching
2018 •
Sedef OZCELIK
Kutlu SEVİNÇ KAYIHAN, Sedef ÖZÇELIK GÜNEY, Faruk Can ÜNAL Psikoloji ve felsefe disiplinlerinden gelen bir kavram olan "biyofili" nin mimarlıktaki yansıması, mimari tasarımın ana girdisi olarak bina ile doğa arasındaki ilişki üzerine odaklanmaktadır. Günümüz modern kentlerinde doğal çevre-yapma çevre arasındaki kopukluğun ortadan kaldırılma-sı amacıyla "biyofilik mimarlık" ana başlığı altında çeşitli boyutlar ve tasarım ölçütleri tanımlanmıştır. Bu çalışmada, doğaya duyarlı bir tasarım ortamı yaratılması amacıyla, örneklenen mimarlık lisans programındaki tasarım stüdyosunda bu boyutlara dikkat çekilmektedir. Bununla bir-likte tasarım stüdyosu öğrencilerinin odak noktası, binaların biçimsel odaklı bir yaklaşım ile tasarlanmasından ziyade, doğayı ve insanı kentsel ortamda bütünleştirmek için bir araç olarak tasarlanmasıdır. Bu çalışma, üçüncü yıl mimarlık öğrencilerinin tasarım stüdyosu programına dahil edilen biyofili kavramına yaklaşımını araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu bağlamda öğrencilerin doğa-bina ilişkisine olan duyarlılıkları, tasarım reaksiyonları ve sorunu ele alma biçimleri incelenmiştir. Öğrencilerin biyofili problemine yönelik eğilimleri, literatürde belirtilen başlıca paramet-relere göre değerlendirilmiştir. Anahtar sözcükler: Mimarlık eğitimi; biyofili; biyofilik tasarım; tasarım stüdyosu eğitimi. ÖZ The reflection of biophilia, a concept coming from the disciplines of psychology and philosophy, in architecture emphasizes the connection between a building and nature as the main input of architectural design. Various dimensions and design criteria have been defined under the main heading of biophilic architecture, with the objective of eliminating the gap between the natural and the built environment in today's modern cities. This study explored the approach of third year architecture students to biophilia embedded in the design studio program, rather than pursuing a formal, focused approach. The students' sensitivity to a building being a tool to connect nature and humans in urban settings and design reactions were assessed in the context of the major parameters mentioned in the literature.
Identifying Opportunities and Constraints for the Implementation of Biophilic Design Patterns in UK Landscape Architecture
Joe Clancy
This dissertation aims to identify the opportunities and constraints for the implementation of biophilic design patterns and assess its need/importance in UK landscape architecture. This dissertation has utilized various sources, including peer reviewed academic journal articles, recent publications, online sources and personal communications with leading experts in the field of biophilic design, including William Browning, Catie Ryan, Timothy Beatley, Gayle Souter-Brown, Stephen Kellert, Val Kirby and Nick Grayson. The methodology of this dissertation has included a literature review, professional work experience with Terrapin Bright Green (a company specialising in biophilic design in the built environment), interviews with professional UK landscape architects and biophilic design experts, two online surveys of UK based landscape architects and an educational workshop on biophilic design for UK based landscape architects. The main findings of this dissertation have been: a knowledge deficit exists among UK landscape architects on biophilic design; no direct references to biophilic design exist in either local or national planning policy and; clients do not envision biophilic design as being important or necessary in their developments. It is the recommendation of this dissertation to: incorporate biophilic design into landscape architecture university curricula; establish biophilic design CPD events; produce individual guidance documents for each project type on biophilic design; incentivise developers to incorporate biophilic design in their projects to increase acceptance and awareness; incorporate biophilic design into local and national planning policy and; found a national, multi disciplinary professional body for biophilic design in the UK, to oversee and help implement these recommendations.
