Beyond Sustainability –Towards Restorative Interior Spaces through Biophilic Design

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Associate Professor, Interior Design & Furniture Department, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Egypt

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According to biology, humans are inherently interested in connecting with the natural environment physically, psychologically, and spiritually, which is known as the “biophilia hypothesis”. However, with the increasing of urban constructions, they not only caused severely environmental impact, but also isolated us from the nature.
Although the current sustainable design and development movement has confessed the need for change in building and design, it mainly emphasizes a green building standards and low environmental impact approach as well as it has made progress towards avoiding our damage impact and achieve a balance between built and natural environment, but this does not guarantee that the building environment is enjoyable and satisfactory. However, when sustainable design is executed independently, it discards generally the significance of realizing long-term sustainability and fails to achieve the goal of restoring the human relationship with nature and establishing place-attachment within the built environment in a mutually beneficial manner.

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