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The New Jersey-based Raymond and Joanne Welsh Bancroft Mount Laurel campus uses biophilic design. Photo Credit: KSS Architects Connecting students to the natural world can prove therapeutic, especially to those with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This is where biophilic design can make a positive impact on students’ experience and why it was the guiding philosophy behind the recently opened 80-acre, $75 million, New Jersey-based Raymond and Joanne Welsh Bancroft Mount Laure

The offices of CookFox architects in Manhattan are designed to promote health. - Eric Laignel By Richard Schiffman Entering the offices of CookFox architects in Manhattan, you can almost leave the city behind. The horseshoe-shaped work pods are plant-fringed havens, warmly lit by the late afternoon light. Terraces on three sides of the office are planted with native trees, vines and grasses and replete with bee apiaries that are tended by the employees, who are encouraged to

Unique art installations celebrate Chicago history on every floor of the Google office. The following is an edited excerpt from "Creating Biophilic Buildings" by Amanda Sturgeon (International Living Future Institute, 2017). Increasingly, green building project teams have attempted to incorporate biophilic design into their projects, but often their efforts amount to adding trees and plants or water features to their buildings. I believe this is because nothing in their train

Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes Amanda Sturgeon, FAIA, (CEO, International Living Future Institute) turns her award-winning eye for sustainable buildings toward biophilic design, an emerging design discipline that creates spaces where people and nature can thrive together as an integrated whole. Her forthcoming book, Creating Biophilic Buildings, takes a case study-style approach to this burgeoning field, using carefully curated examples to illuminate the holistic

Just two years ago, Interface released a third-party verified research report titled “The Global Impact of Biophilic Design in the Workplace,” now known as the Human Spaces report. Our research results were astonishing. With over 7,500 people surveyed across the world, there was a reported 15% increase in perceived wellbeing and creativity and a 6% increase in productivity when people were exposed to biophilic elements in their workspace. This year, in partnership with Terrap

Het stereotype van de felbegeerde kantoortuinen/hokjes kan enigszins verouderd zijn, maar de reden voor het hebben van een uitzicht op de buitenomgeving blijft nog altijd moeilijk beargumenteerd. Echter brengen nieuwe onderzoeken over menselijke prestaties nieuwe inzichten aan het oppervlak. Grotere gezichtsvelden, weg van computerschermen en geschreven documenten, staan de ogen toe om aan te passen en te heroriënteren. Dit reduceert vermoeidheid, hoofdpijnen en de effecten v

The built environment has a profound effect on our mental health and the building industry is uniquely positioned to lead the way. To quote Dr. Richard Jackson, University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health (previously director of the U.S. Center for Disease Control's National Center for Environmental Health), "We now know that developers and architects can be more effective in achieving public health goals than doctors in white coats." As a workplace consul

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) headquarters office is the first space in the world to achieve both Platinum Level Certification for the WELL Building Standard™ (WELL™) under WELL v1 and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), under the LEED ID+C rating system – the highest recognition awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™). The office space, designed by Perkins+Will, incorporat

Joe Zazzera is the founding principal of Plant Solutions Inc. His company designs, installs, and maintains living walls, indoor atriums, and corporate nature programs with an emphasis on biophilia. His mission is to create working environments which connect people with nature, enhance productivity, reduce absenteeism, manage stress, and improve overall well being. 1. Where do you usually work? Describe your typical workday. I start out each morning with coffee and a short me