Classification of Biophilic Buildings as Sustainable Environments
Biophilic design approach aims at creating favorable conditions for humans in various types of anthropogenic environments, while at the same time restoring broken human–nature connection. The biophilic design guidelines and principles are general and flexible and allow wide array of architectural ex...
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| author | Indre Grazuleviciute-Vileniske Aurelija Daugelaite Gediminas Viliunas |
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| description | Biophilic design approach aims at creating favorable conditions for humans in various types of anthropogenic environments, while at the same time restoring broken human–nature connection. The biophilic design guidelines and principles are general and flexible and allow wide array of architectural expressions. In order to better understand the architectural expression possibilities provided by biophilic design approach, the existing classifications of biophilic architecture and biophilic design examples were analyzed with the aim to develop the classification that would reflect the links between a building’s architectural expression and biophilic qualities. Three categories of biophilic architecture were distinguished in the developed classification: mimetic, applied, and organic. The distinguished categories were illustrated with the characteristic building examples and the evaluation of biophilic qualities and human-nature collaboration potential of these example buildings was carried out using comprehensive system of criteria. The analysis has demonstrated that all three distinguished categories—mimetic, applied, organic—allow for the creation of biophilic environments and hold the potential for human–nature collaboration, although organic biophilic design would be currently considered as the least developed, although most promising category. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d41a9a05aba04ef0b2845b394866a0592023-11-23T23:16:00ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092022-09-011210154210.3390/buildings12101542Classification of Biophilic Buildings as Sustainable EnvironmentsIndre Grazuleviciute-Vileniske0Aurelija Daugelaite1Gediminas Viliunas2Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kaunas University of Technology, LT-51367 Kaunas, LithuaniaFaculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kaunas University of Technology, LT-51367 Kaunas, LithuaniaFaculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kaunas University of Technology, LT-51367 Kaunas, LithuaniaBiophilic design approach aims at creating favorable conditions for humans in various types of anthropogenic environments, while at the same time restoring broken human–nature connection. The biophilic design guidelines and principles are general and flexible and allow wide array of architectural expressions. In order to better understand the architectural expression possibilities provided by biophilic design approach, the existing classifications of biophilic architecture and biophilic design examples were analyzed with the aim to develop the classification that would reflect the links between a building’s architectural expression and biophilic qualities. Three categories of biophilic architecture were distinguished in the developed classification: mimetic, applied, and organic. The distinguished categories were illustrated with the characteristic building examples and the evaluation of biophilic qualities and human-nature collaboration potential of these example buildings was carried out using comprehensive system of criteria. The analysis has demonstrated that all three distinguished categories—mimetic, applied, organic—allow for the creation of biophilic environments and hold the potential for human–nature collaboration, although organic biophilic design would be currently considered as the least developed, although most promising category.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/10/1542biophiliabiophilic architecturebiophilic buildingclassifications of biophilic designhuman–nature collaboration |
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| title | Classification of Biophilic Buildings as Sustainable Environments |
| title_full | Classification of Biophilic Buildings as Sustainable Environments |
| title_fullStr | Classification of Biophilic Buildings as Sustainable Environments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Classification of Biophilic Buildings as Sustainable Environments |
| title_short | Classification of Biophilic Buildings as Sustainable Environments |
| title_sort | classification of biophilic buildings as sustainable environments |
| topic | biophilia biophilic architecture biophilic building classifications of biophilic design human–nature collaboration |
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