Description
Exploring biophilic designs impact (positive&negative) on employee wellbeing, mental health, sickness etc. And thus, its consequences (positive&negative) on employers from a business perspective, e.g. sickness, morale, efficiency etc. And how this impacts finance e.g. profits, costs etc.
MUST all be related back to biophilic design!
-MUST be a defined & focused argument & a clear voice & position on the matter. (this will be used as a compass for the dissertation)
-MUST refer to various forms of biophilic design & how they are used & the negative/positive impacts they have on employees & employers.
WELLBEING needs to be defined into a definition that is used throughout
-NEEDS to be an in depth assessment from both employee&employer point of view with established links & dialogue
-Refer to current office buildings. What are the current problems? How can these problems be solved with biophilic design?
-What are the current methods used? How can they be improved?
-MUST analyse various types of offices e.g. shared offices, offices with lots of people, offices with little people.
-MUST analyse climate & culture these offices are in. How do these make a difference?. What countries are they in? Does location make a difference? What is the culture? Are people close together or far from others? REFER + INCORPORATE COVID & POST PANDEMIC SITUATIONS, IDEAS & SOLUTIONS (IMPORTANT)
-MUST refer to post pandemic & working from home.
-MUST refer to economic, business & environmental consequences of these decisions.
ALL NEEDS TO LINK BACK TO QUESTION & BIOPHILIC DESIGN!
*sources must be diversified* use books, case studies, interviews, articles, plans, written documents etc.
-NEEDS TO BE A UNIQUE STANDPOINT
-NEEDS TO BE ORIGINAL RESPONSES ARISING FROM A MULTITUDE OF SOURCES
-Produce OWN insights & arguments with supporting evidence! GIVE opinions BUT they MUST be supported by adequate research + evidence!
KEY POINTS:
-Need to produce your own argument
-Structure a clear argument and support it solidly
-Harvard referencing and bibliography required
-Footnotes and tables can be used
NEED TO REFER TO: Terrapin Bright Greens 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design
THESE MUST BE USED AS POINT OF REFERENCE THROUGHOUT: GIVE EXAMPLES AND ANALYSE)
(NATURE IN THE SPACE-DIRECT EXPERIENCE):
1-Visual connection with nature
2-Non- visual connection with nature
3-Non rhythmic sensory stimuli
4-Thermal and airflow variability
5-Presence of water
6-Dynamic and diffused light
7-Connection with natural systems
(NATURAL ANALOGUES-INDIRECT EXPERIENCE):
8-Biomorphic forms and patterns
9-material connection with nature
10-complexity and order
(NATURE OF THE SPACE–INDIRECT EXPERIENCE):
11-prospect
12-refuge
13-mystery
14-peril
KEY POINTS:
– Consider health & wellbeing of people & identify & accommodate the diverse needs of different users.
–COVID suggests that buildings could be planned better for well-being through biophilic design, which has become more important during the pandemic/post-pandemic. How can this be done?
-explore a long-term intervention model for a biophilic office typology for postpandemic
-create a postpandemic design framework for architects & designers
REFERENCES THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED:
• Ghaziani, R. (2020) ‘Primary School Design: Co-Creation with Children’. Archnet-IJAR, 15(2).
• Gillen N. et. al (Eds) (2021) RETHINK Design Guide: Architecture for a post-pandemic world. London: RIBA Publishing.
• Kellert, S. (2018). Nature by Design: The Practice of Biophilic Design. Yale University Press.
• Ryan, C., Browning, W., Clancy, J., Andrews, S. and Kallianpurkar, N. (2014) ‘Biophilic design patterns: emerging nature-based parameters for health and well-being in the built environment’, International Journal of Architectural Research, 8(2), pp. 620–76.
• Sturgeon, A. (2017) Creating Biophilic Buildings. Ecotone Publishing.
• Terrapin Bright Green, 2012. ‘The Economics of Biophilia’.
DONT USE TURNITIN TO CHECK PLAGIARISM
