Biophilia in interior design and its impact on achieving sustainability

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty of applied arts

2 interior design and furniture design - faculty of applied arts - helwan

3 faculty of applied art Damietta university

Abstract

Abstract:

Nature was and still is the first human teacher that influences and drives an interior designer's imagination to use nature's models and systems in the interior design process.

Recently, the interior designer turned to design that is compatible with nature in order to enhance the positive relationship with the environment in the interior spaces, and new trends have appeared in the field of design, such as nature-loving design (Biophilia), which promotes positive communication between humans and the environment in the internal spaces ,The technological and industrial advances that have occurred in our society and culture have led to the isolation of man from nature and as a result some designers in the field of interior design are trying to create a safe interior space to be more integrated with the environment and compatible with human nature ,The research problem talk about the loss of the link between man and nature in the internal spaces, despite the possibility of integration and a return to nature through the philosophy of Biophilia as a direction of sustainability in interior design.

Key words: Biophilia - interior design - sustainability



The research problem:

The loss of the link between man and nature in the internal spaces, despite the possibility of integration and a return to nature through the philosophy of Biophilia as a direction of sustainability in interior design.

Research aims:

- Analyzing trends to strength the relationship between man and nature, through Biophilia, to create an interior space for the human that enhances his health and achieves his well-being.

- The participation of nature in the design process for the benefit of nature and people

Research importance:

- Increase the connection between humans and the environment inside buildings by integrating the interior space with nature.

- Simulating the relationship between man and nature, and the psychological connection with it, to positively communicate with nature in the interior spaces.

Research methodology:

The research is based on several research methods, including:

The Descriptive and Explanatory method:

- Analyzing the trends of sustainability and its rise towards new human values that are called biophilia.

- The study of the interaction between the characteristics of nature, humans and interior space through Biophilia and its effect on his health and well-being.

Analytical method:

- It consists in testing the study hypotheses, with the aim of achieving the research objectives, and leaving the theoretical framework to the applied framework

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