In this episode, we sat down with Bill Browning, co-founder of Terrapin Bright Green and one of the green building industry’s foremost thinkers, to talk about bringing nature into the built environment and the science behind why it so effectively enhances human wellbeing. Using the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design as our guide, we explore the ways in which architects, designers, and individuals can incorporate nature-based principles into their spaces and the wealth of possible positive outcomes, from improving workplace performance and productivity, producing a greater sense of calm, and even promoting a more charitable and sociable mindset.

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Show Notes

14 Patterns of Biophilic Design: Improving Health and Wellbeing in the Built Environment, by William Browning, Catherine O’Ryan, and Joseph Clancy
Nature Inside: a biophilic design guide, by William Browning and Catherine O’Ryan, 2020
What is Biophilic Design? This Nature-Based Interiors Trend Promises Wellness by Lilah Ramzi for Vogue
Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science, and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life, by Judith Heerwagen, 2008
Koo Teck Puat and Ng Teng Fong Hospitals, CPG Corporation
The experience of nature: a psychological perspective, by Rachel and Stephen Kaplan, 2014
View Through a Window May Influence Recovery from Surgery, by Roger Ulrich, 1984
The rediscovery of the wild, ed. by Peter Kahn, Jr. and Patricia Hasbach, 2013
Fractal Fluency: An Intimate relationship Between the Brain and Processing Fractal Stimuli, by Richard Taylor and Branka Spehar
Prospects and Refuges Re-visited, Jay Appleton, 1984

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