Health & Wellness

Research has demonstrated significant benefits from nature contact. Roger Ulrich in 1984, showed that simply viewing nature thru a window versus looking at a brick wall reduced the recovery time from surgery, resulted in less need for pain medication, and fewer negative notes in patient’s charts.

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Biomimicry

Ventilation principles from termite mounds that naturally cool buildings without air conditioning, super tape developed by studying geckos, and a company’s transformation inspired from mountains are examples of the fountain of profitable innovation possible when we restore our connection with nature! What inspires you?

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Preferred Place

Residential Real Estate has taught us that when money is not limiting, people choose to buy a nicely landscaped home up on a hill looking down at water surrounded by trees. Really, we shouldn't’t be surprised when there are reports of loft buildings with accessible green roofs filling up faster and maintaining higher occupancy than the typical urban lofts.

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Neighborliness

Twenty eight high rise low income housing buildings in Chicago demonstrate the strong calming effect of nature contact. Half of the buildings had landscaping and access to green space and half did not. Tenants were randomly assigned to one or the other based on availability.

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What Is Biophilia?


Biophilia is the love of life or living systems. It embodies the innate connection that we as humans have to all things natural, living, and vital. It is part of our biology, part of our core that we cannot ignore. Never heard of it? Many haven’t. For those of you who have, you understand the important role that biophilic design can play in restoring the synergy that we have with the environment, and creating a more vital place to live, work, and grow. For those of you who haven’t, allow us to guide you on a tour of what biophilic design is, and how incorporating it into our everyday lives is vital to achieving the best quality of life possible.
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Why Does It Matter?

We are a society that is always moving. That creates a lot of stress, in ourselves, our children, workplace, and in our neighborhoods. In turn, that produces higher crime rates, the need for medicating our children, and complete imbalance in our body, contributing to illness and slower recovery time.

There is plenty of evidence supporting the idea that environments that have inspiration from nature help us to elevate some of the stress that we deal with on a day to day basis. What if, with one little contribution of nature to an environment, you could increase productivity, creativity, and satisfaction at work; ease the minds of our children creating an environment that they can thrive in, and give us just a little taste of the peace of mind that we crave. What would that feel like?

•Health- Physical/Mental
•Children’s Attention and Learning
•Satisfaction with surroundings
•Job productivity/creativity/satisfaction
•Neighborliness in cities
•Appreciation of nature