Integrating Biophilic Design Into the Built Environment—Future Trend?
Low-environmental-impact design and biophilic design principles must work together to help connect the physical environment with nature.
Sept. 4, 2012
Low-environmental-impact design and biophilic design principles must work together to help connect the physical environment with nature. "By ignoring the human need to connect with nature and place, low-impact designs are often experientially and aesthetically deficient," says Stephen Kellert, professor emeritus at Yale University, who developed a set of biophilic standards based on six elements and dozens of attributes.
