d47 BIOPHILIC DESIGN
The Botanist bar and restaurant in Coventry has been shortlisted for the Restaurant and Bar Design Awards in the Biophilic Design category
The Amazonia range of ceramic tiles by CDT Architectural Tiles mimic the natural world by conjuring up the image of a remote jungle landscape
Natural materials such as oak wood, bamboo, and rattan characterise the furnishings and interior design elements at the Olea All Suite Hotel in Greece. Throughout the suites and communal areas, earth-toned colours reflect the island’s landscape
create better spaces for people to use. “I think that it really does tap into the delivery of the triple bottom line of people, profit and planet,” he says.
Heath acknowledges that the market is currently being led by spaces where money is involved – hospitality, healthcare, educational establishments, offices – through increased productivity, engagement and a reduction in absenteeism. So why is biophilic design less often considered for use in a residential context? Heath says: “When translated into the home it becomes more complicated as it is very difficult to measure the success of a home or things like happiness. What we’re interested in is how a space might support us and nurture us after a long day, or how it might pick us up, invigorate us and energise us at the beginning of the day.”
But he admits that we can learn a lot from these commercial spaces and how they are incorporating biophilic design and we can apply these lessons to our own homes. He is particularly interested in how biophilic design can be used to create a sensory space in the bathroom and his recent white paper for Geberit – The Science behind the Sensory Space – explores how our choice of materials, textures, colours and patterns can help to deliver restorative and recuperative spaces that are designed for sensory wellbeing. He says: “Increasingly, good design is less about how spaces look and more about how they make us feel – seeking to improve both mental and physical wellbeing through a multi-sensory approach.”
Heath believes that designers and architects are waking up to the
benefits provided by this innovative and emergent approach to design. He adds that they want to create spaces that stir emotions, have a positive impact and that biophilia has a role and an opportunity to positively affect the fundamental ways that people interact with space.
Alexander Bond says: “Developers are also starting to take note and schemes like the incredible Bosco Verticale in Milan is testament to that.”
Biophilic design can no longer be seen as a luxury or a new design trend. It has an important role to play in counteracting some of the negative impacts of human activity. It should be seen as a universal design ethos that allows us to re-introduce nature and its benefits into the urban environment. d
designer kitchen & bathroom
designerkbmag.co.uk
AUG 2019
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