Beyond Sustainability –Towards Restorative Interior Spaces through Biophilic Design | ||||
| International Journal of Advanced Research on Planning and Sustainable Development | ||||
| Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2021, Page 8-44 PDF (1.35 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijarpsd.2021.236587 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Maha Mahmoud Ibrahim | ||||
| Associate Professor, Interior Design & Furniture Department, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Egyp | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| According to biology, humans are inherently interested in connecting with the natural environment physically, psychologically, and spiritually, which is known as the “biophilia hypothesis”. However, with the increasing of urban constructions, they not only caused severely environmental impact, but also isolated us from the nature. Although the current sustainable design and development movement has confessed the need for change in building and design, it mainly emphasizes a green building standards and low environmental impact approach as well as it has made progress towards avoiding our damage impact and achieve a balance between built and natural environment, but this does not guarantee that the building environment is enjoyable and satisfactory. However, when sustainable design is execute independently, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH ON PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ISSN: 2735-5403 VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2, 2021, 8 – 44. www.egyptfuture.org /ojs/ 8 it discards generally the significance of realizing long-term sustainability and fails to achieve the goal of restoring the human relationship with nature and establishing place-attachment within the built environment in a mutually beneficial manner. Therefore, a new concept of sustainability was needed to include the reciprocal relationship between man and the environment, which is known as Restorative Environmental Design (RED). RED is a building design paradigm combining sustainable building practices with building practices that benefit occupant health and helping to re-establish the human- nature connection. It is a further step than just sustainable construction through: Biophilic design for the occupants, green building methods for the building. Biophilic design as a new movement, has recently obtained much momentum within the building field, which provide restoring valuable contacts between people and natural environment. While the green movement has often focused on the means, biophilic design tends to emphasize the end results, promotion natural-based habitats for humans to live and work. It considers that true sustainability must contain quality of life case cover human physiological & psychological- health and wellbeing and incorporates green building ideas, so biophilic design combines elements derived from nature in order to maximize human functioning and health. Recognizing the need for restorative environments in urban settings where nature has been severely withdrawn from interiors and architecture, this paper underlines the limits of Sustainable concept and looks at Biophilic and Restorative Design, two emerging concepts that appear to have a more appropriate solutions to the environmental & humanity problems that we face today and in the future. This paper will give an overview of each concept and design framework, trying to interpret the way they operate and how to use them in the formulation of internal spaces. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Sustainability -Restorative Environmental Design; Biophilia -Biophilic Design - Design Framework | ||||
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