Examination of Biophilia Phenomenon in the Context of Sustainable Architecture

Kayıhan, Kutlu Sevinç

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63709-9_7

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“…Several studies have proven the need for people to interact intensely with nature to obtain an acceptable quality life, especially those living in urban areas with a lot of built environments (Parris, 2016;Russo & Cirella, 2018). Studies have also found that people who are separated from nature are usually less productive, experience greater fatigue, depression, and stress, and have other negative effects (Kayıhan, 2018;Sen & Guchhait, 2021). This is why an urban campus needs to have enough natural elements to help ensure the well being of the students, lecturers, employees, and other stakeholders that spend most of their time on the premises.…”

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“…This method has become more popular among architects and building designers since the publication of 14 biophilic design patterns (Browning et al, 2014). Architecture should support and strengthen the connection between nature and people (Kayıhan, 2018); therefore, biophilic design, which focuses on connecting nature with people, is utilized in this research due to its positive impacts.…”

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Optimizing Open Green Space on Urban Campuses Through the Case of UI Salemba Campus: A Step Towards Improved Green Metric Ranking

Wurianturi

Hasibuan

Suganda

2022

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Universities are trying to make their campuses sustainable. One of the tools used to evaluate the level of campus sustainability is UI Green Metric World University Rank (UIGMWUR), which focuses on sustainable efforts implemented by universities. It has become clear, however, that it is difficult for urban campuses to obtain a good ranking under the UIGMWUR framework due to the limited amount of open green space in dense city areas. Therefore, one possible strategy involves optimizing the existing open green space. This research was conducted to determine some possible solutions through the use of observation and a Likert scale questionnaire. The initial result showed that the building coverage area exceeds the government standard, and that most of the people on campus have a negative perception of the open green space that currently exists. The community prefers green space that offers privacy, with big canopy trees and natural elements. The study combined these preferences with a biophilic design pattern to generate a design proposal. It was concluded that there is a need to optimize the open green space in urban campuses based on four strategies: building vertical gardens, renovating the existing open green spaces, optimizing the buildings, and constructing vertical parking facilities.

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Optimizing Open Green Space on Urban Campuses Through the Case of UI Salemba Campus: A Step Towards Improved Green Metric Ranking

Wurianturi

Hasibuan

Suganda

2022

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“…Based on the users' sense of confidence, approval, and happiness, it is undoubtedly possible to grasp users' behaviour in the desired direction. The biophilic tendency in architectural engineering and the built environment draws attention to space, which have recently been discussed in greater depth [17] . Biophilic interventions should consider the social nature of people's behaviour, which is explored mainly by environmental psychology [14] .…”

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The Factor that Affects Biophilia Application at the Workplace

Alawadhi

Othman

Jani

2021

j. of archit. environ. & struct. eng. res.

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Many theories in sociology and psychology encourage people to maintain and contact with nature. Biophilia, for instance, examines the connection between humans and nature within the built environment. It is considered one of the solutions to human isolation from nature, especially in the workplace. This study examined the factors of employee's awareness and preference that affect biophilia application at the workplace. This study's primary data collection method is a survey questionnaire through which responses from 167 employees at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) were collected. The findings show that employee's awareness and preference have a significant positive effect on the biophilia application. Further research on this topic is necessary to understand other factors that may affect human's connection with nature at the workplace.

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“…One of the main responses from the industry to the environmental crisis has been the emergence of environmentally sustainable design (ESD) [2]. Architectural education also has opened their doors to ESD and learning of ESD practices became common in architectural design studios [3].…”

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“…These ESD studios differ from the conventional studios with their focus on the sustainability concept and their use of a predetermined set of criteria called "design frameworks" to enhance the sustainability of designs. Among other distinct characteristics, ESD studios: (1) use evidence-based quantifiable design approaches; (2) include a substantial research component; (3) foster transformative learning developing a worldview that embraces the concept of sustainability; and (4) involve students' reflection on achieved outcomes [4]. The design frameworks hold a central position in ESD studios with their ability to impact all other aspects of learning.…”

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Developing a Pedagogical Model for Biophilic Design: An Integrative Conjecture Mapping and Action Research Approach

Wijesooriya

Brambilla

Markauskaitė

2020

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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Environmentally sustainable design (ESD) was developed as a response to the increasing demands to address sustainability challenges within built environment (BE). BE stakeholders have already adopted ESD as a critical principle in their practices and it is crucial to embed ESD in preparing the next generation of BE professionals. In industry, various ESD frameworks have been developed and adopted to measure the success of design in terms of achieving sustainability. Similar frameworks have been used extensively to guide and scaffold learning for sustainable design in design studios. These frameworks offer predetermined sets of criteria to measure quantifiable building performance parameters. However, there have been growing concerns that the ESD frameworks do not help enhance human-nature connectedness (HNC), where attention was given to biophilic design (BD) to bridge this gap. Availability of few BD frameworks limits the opportunities to adopt them in ESD studios. Further, current BD frameworks focus on qualitative place-making aspects of building designs with less emphasis on quantifiable building performance. This is the critical challenge in teaching BD in ESD studios where the ESD frameworks are used as a central pedagogical tool to guide students' selfassessment, reflection and learning. This chapter reports on an educational design and research study that involved a systematic development of a pedagogical model for incorporating BD in ESD studios. We present here our conceptual and methodological work done as a part of this study consisting two steps. Firstly, we developed a general approach for designing and testing pedagogical innovations in ESD studios by combining educational design-based research and action research approaches. Secondly, we applied this general approach to creating a pedagogical model for teaching students to develop and use BD frameworks. The proposed general approach can be adopted in ESD studios for designing and testing other pedagogical innovations for ESD.

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Examination of Biophilia Phenomenon in the Context of Sustainable Architecture

Cited by 14 publications

References 2 publications

Optimizing Open Green Space on Urban Campuses Through the Case of UI Salemba Campus: A Step Towards Improved Green Metric Ranking

Optimizing Open Green Space on Urban Campuses Through the Case of UI Salemba Campus: A Step Towards Improved Green Metric Ranking

The Factor that Affects Biophilia Application at the Workplace

Developing a Pedagogical Model for Biophilic Design: An Integrative Conjecture Mapping and Action Research Approach

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