Introduction

作者：William D. Browning, Catherine Ryan · 发表于：RIBA Publishing eBooks · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.4324/9781003033011-1 · 被引用次数：4 · 研究领域：Architecture, Modernity, and Design、Urban Green Space and Health、Architecture and Cultural Influences

Nature in the Space patterns are direct experiences of nature within the built environment. Today, with more people living in cities than in the countryside, the built environment is an inescapable reality of everyday life. Some Biophilic design research is believed by some to wisely, although merely, corroborate ‘the intuitively obvious’. Biophilic design transcends aesthetics and is thus represented in many architectural styles and movements throughout history; most notably from Gothic, Moorish and Islamic, to Rococo and Beaux- Arts, Japanese and Chinese, Modern and Art Deco, to Vernacular, and to Network Specifism, a twenty-first century adaptation of Critical Regionalism for ‘mediating between the genius loci and the global zeitgeist’. The prevailing attitude is that while public demand for healthy buildings and nature-rich urban experiences goes a long way towards broadening adoption, design professionals and researchers are best positioned to embrace the principles of biophilic design and actively restore the human- nature connection through architecture, design and education.