Biophilic Design: Exploration of Health Impacts on Cities

ARCH_7042 DESIGNING RESEARCH [2024] PROF. SAMER AKKACH

Biophilic Design: Exploration of Health Impacts on Cities

https://issuu.com/anhongchuang/docs/biophilic_design_3a4acdbc36dc4e

Samdrup Norbu (A1866013) Hongchuang An (A1871896)

“Design always presents itself as serving the human but its real ambition is to redesign the human. The history of design is therefore a history of evolving conceptions of the human. To talk about design is to talk about the state of our species.”

— Beatriz Colomina&Mark Wigley

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Summary

Biophilia and Biophilic Design

Designing for Health

Biophilic Design's Health Benefits

Pathways to Urban Health and Resilience

Urban Stress Relief

Healing Environments

Cooling Cities with Greenery

Nature's Power Against Pollution

Future Cities

Notes

Bibliography

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1: Cover image：Green is the primary color of life. The energy it conveys can evoke a mood of renewal, rebirth or a new beginning, as well as a sense of harmony, balanced between serenity and excitement. (Source: photographytalk )

2: Xuhui Shanta Park, known as the runway of modern life, linear Spaces of different scales, materials, types and functions create humane Spaces for motor vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians, views of the four seasons and pleasant driving, cycling and walking experiences, as well as unique seasonal landscapes and wildlife habitats through native plant communities. (Source: gooood)

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The cities are increasingly adopting biophilic design as a solution to address the growing problems associated with health and wellbeing. The notion that biophilic design induces benefits of wellbeing through its rejuvenating and therapeutic effects, our focus here, is gaining wide interest. We argue that given our long and innate association with nature, biophilic elements and processes, if integrated well into our built environment, have the potential to contribute to health and wellbeing. We also argue that ecological services of natural infrastructures are crucial for creating a sustainable and healthier habitat. We conclude that, when integrated and accessible, biophilic elements on diverse scales in the built environment are beneficial for human health and wellbeing. (114 words)

Biophilia and Biophilic Design

Human beings, as part of the living ecosystem, evolved over millennia through interaction with the natural environment. Humans have developed a diverse set of innate inclinations toward nature and natural processes, known as biophilia. The symbiotic relationship with nature is crucial for human health and wellbeing. 1 The application of biophilia for the design of human habitats, including buildings and cities, is known as 'biophilic design'. Consequently, every sphere of human invention prior to the industrial revolution, including tools, buildings, and cities, was guided by biophilia. Human-nature co-existed in a harmonious relationship promoting the health and wellbeing of each other.2

Nevertheless, human pursuits of urbanization and associated technological advancements in the few centuries have conquered and exploited natural ecosystems. Technology-driven cities have isolated people from natural systems and processes, resulting in physical and emotional distress. The people started

suffering from nature deficit disorder. 3 The human biological systems have yet to adapt to technologically modified conditions devoid of nature. The destiny of human beings is trapped in the dilemma of their own construction. 4

In the last few decades, there has been increasing recognition of the value of maintaining a built-nature balance in cities to address health and wellbeing concerns. The key players in the field of urban planning and development are beginning to explore alternate models of development with nature as a central piece. Biophilic designs in buildings and cities involve the direct, indirect, and symbolic elements and characteristics of nature, including but not limited to natural lighting and ventilation and natural elements. 5 Albeit in the early stages, research show the positive impact of biophilic designs in restoring and strengthening the connection between humans and nature to solve the problems of sustainability, resilience, health, and wellbeing.

Design for Health

As Colomina and Wigley argue in their book ‘Are We Human - Notes on the Archaeology of Design’, humans design, and design, in turn, reshapes humans. Human beings today are like spiders, trapped in the environment they have created, unable to extricate themselves.6 The environments we design shape our existence and affect our physical and mental health.

In modern times, the impact of the living environment on human health began with the recognition of tuberculosis. Modern medicine has identified the causes of tuberculosis as lack of exercise, sedentary indoor living, poor ventilation, lack of light and depression among others. 7 The state of life of a new generation of young people who stay indoors, have fewer opportunities to explore nature, are held hostage by mechanized buildings, and electronics. Disconnected from nature, they suffer from "nature deficit disorder." A sedentary life has become the modern man's destiny.8

Biophilic design is based on the biophilic nature of human beings, with a deep understanding of the impact of the natural environment on health, to reorganize and develop contemporary design practice. In the field of architecture, modern architects strengthen people's experience of nature through direct and indirect means, such as introducing natural elements such as sunlight, light and ventilation into the interior, and installing plants and sports facilities on the roof terrace to restore and strengthen the intimate connection between humans and the natural environment. Architecture is no longer a vessel to hold the body, but a means to provide health and promote human wellbeing and happiness.9

In the field of urban design, a biophilic city that is centered on nature and seeks opportunities for restoration through nature-based solutions that creatively integrate nature into urban infrastructure as much as possible.10 A biophilic urban environment helps residents communicate, generate and share information, and it is a platform for building self-awareness and group identity.11 Residents care about nature, improve mental health and quality of life, and work for a healthy natural environment, while enhancing social cohesion

and fostering a wider network of social interactions.

The future building is above all a health machine, a form of healing. 12 The future city is a healthy city that cares about a greener, more active and healthier lifestyle, a city of nature that is interested in human wellbeing and happiness.

Biophilic Design's Health Benefits

We argue that biophilic design contributes to human health and wellbeing through two intricately linked pathways. First, biophilic design induces therapeutic and rejuvenating effects, resulting in a less stressful life and faster recovery from illnesses. Secondly, the ecosystem services of natural infrastructures, such as evapotranspiration and canopy cover, contribute to reducing urban heat island effects and improving air quality in urban environments.

Pathways to Urban Health and Resilience

The key players in the field of biophilia and biophilic design are Edward O. Wilson, Stephen Kellert, and Timothy Beatley. Wilson is a renowned biologist and professor in the field of evolutionary biology and ecology at Harvard University. Wilson synthesized the term "biophilia," referring to the close inclination of humans towards nature, in the early 1980s. 13 Kellert is a Professor of Social Ecology and Senior Research Scholar at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Whereas, Beatley is a Professor of Sustainable Communities at the University of Virginia and founder of the Biophilic Cities network.

Figure 2: The plant elements in the building provide health and wellbeing. Exposure to greenery has many physical and mental health benefits, including reducing stress, improving mood, and increasing productivity at work. Vertical gardens bring city dwellers closer to nature, providing opportunities for relaxation and recreation. (Source: alpinme)

Stephen and Timothy expounded biophilia in the field of architectural designs and cities respectively .For the selection of primary sources, we reviewed their publications to select those that are recent and relevant to our research field and arguments.

We selected Kellert’s ‘Nature by Design: Practice of Biophilic Design’ to understand the concept of biophilia and the importance of biophilic design in human health and wellbeing through the lens of the human evolutionary process. He systematically explores specific strategies for incorporating three basic elements of biophilia in buildings. First, direct experience of nature, involving direct contact with natural features including light, air, water, animals and plants; Second, indirect experience of nature, involving the shape and form of color materials, the bionic representation of nature and so on; third, the experience of space and place, focuses on the ecological context of the setting of space and the context of how people manage and organize their spatial environment.14

In the field of biophilic design and human health,

buildings are the core area of intervention as humans today spend 90% of their daily lives indoors. To understand the theoretical and scientific underpinnings of biophilic designs at a building level, we have primarily referred to ‘Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science, and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life’ by Stephen Kellert. He proposes principles and strategies for integrating nature consisting of natural light, views of nature, natural materials and plants in the building spaces. 15

Scaling up, biophilic design has to be adopted in an integrated and holistic manner across a range of scales in cities. Beatley’s ‘Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning’ explores modern people's disconnect from nature, concerns about losing interest in preserving or restoring nature, and a new vision for biophilic cities, calling for community engagement, integrating nature into urban infrastructure, and buildings of relevant institutions and education systems. He discussed strategies and methods of biophilic design in urban design from four basic scales of region, city, community and architecture.16

The key criterion for the selection of the secondary sources is relevance to our arguments, the prominence of authors and journals, sample sizes, and study periods. Given the two- dimensional nature of arguments in our research, we have selected three journals for each argument.

Given humans' innate inclination towards nature, people are naturally driven to expose themselves or interact with nature directly or indirectly. Natural elements in cities have the potential to resolve issues of physical and mental health by fostering active lifestyles. Parks and natural elements in buildings and cities promote

friendships and social relationships, providing avenues for more physical activities. People, including children, living in the vicinity of parks are found to engage more in physical activities such as walking and playing compared to neighborhoods with limited access to parks, resulting in lower incidences of chronic lifestylerelated diseases such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes.17

Similarly, walkable streets with good tree canopy cover encourage people to walk and ride while commuting to work, contributing to good physical and mental health. Further, exposure and interaction with nature lead to better cognitive functioning, psychological wellbeing and recovery. Human physiological systems are triggered to release hormones for good wellbeing when in contact with nature. The psychological systems also respond positively to the natural environment. The research shows that greater access to nature and green views leads to better cognitive functioning, more proactive patterns of life functioning and more self-discipline. 18 Amongst myriad of nature induced benefits, we are specifically arguing on the therapeutic

and rejuvenating effects of biophilic design on mental wellbeing.

We selected research by Ulrich in 1984 on the effects of the view of nature through hospital room windows on the recovery of patients who underwent surgery, as it is a pioneering study in the therapeutic effects of nature. It found for the first time that exposure to nature enhances immune function and supports the body's natural healing process to promote faster recovery.19

The second article, 'Moments, not minutes: The naturewellbeing relationship,' examines the importance of connecting with nature and engaging in five factors of physical health to our sense of wellbeing as a way to predict and explain mental health and wellbeing.20

The article ‘Does spending time outdoors reduce stress?’ uses different types of outdoor exposure studies, including heart rate, blood pressure and selfreported measurements to prove that being in an outdoor environment, especially in an environment with green space, will reduce the experience of stress and ultimately improve it.21

Figure 4: Exposure to green natural environments, such as outdoor walking or play sports, is associated with attention recovery and cognitive function, reducing stress and improving health. With images from Sasaki's Runway Park project in Xuhui, Shanghai, China. (Source: gooood)

The second argument is that the ecosystem services of nature contribute towards a healthier and sustainable living environment. The natural infrastructure in cities includes street trees, remnant vegetation, parks, gardens, constructed wetlands, green roofs and walls, bioswales, and water bodies, among others. These natural elements perform diverse ecosystem functions with the potential to resolve current and emerging urban issues that have a direct bearing on human health. Plants, through the process of photosynthesis, reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and produce oxygen, in addition to providing a cooling effect through evapotranspiration. The ultraviolet rays of sunlight induce the production of vitamin D in the human body. The utilization of ecosystem functions by humans to enhance their health and wellbeing is known as ‘ecosystem services’. The natural elements have to be integrated with the built environment or located within an accessible distance, known as ‘serviceshed’, for their ecosystem functions to benefit people. For instance, trees situated in close proximity to buildings and spaces result in the cooling of habitable spaces without any side effects. Conversely, the use of conventional air conditioning systems results

in the emission of carbon dioxide and air pollutants. As opposed to the predominant practice of devising engineered and technology-driven solutions, the adoption of natural or green infrastructures for creating healthy cities through mitigation of the heat island effect, cleansing water, cleaner and cooler air, and flood risk reduction is effective and sustainable.22 Here, the contribution of the ecosystem services towards reducing the urban heat island effect and improving the air quality in urban areas is the focus of our argument.

The chapter ‘Nature as a Solution’ of the ‘Biophilic Cities for an Urban Century’ establishes a link between biophilia and the health of cities and therefore chosen to one source. It points out that ecosystem services are viewed as part of an overall strategy to create a more active community, directly impacting physical and mental health and helping to offset the "urban health penalty".23

The first article’ Regulating ecosystem services and green infrastructure: Assessment of urban heat island effect in the Municipality of Rome, Italy’ reveals the

contribution of urban heat island effects from different biophilic elements consisting of peri-urban forest, urban forest and street trees is substantial in terms of temperature reduction within their buffer zones.24

The other article ‘Modeling the provision of air quality regulation ecosystem service provided by urban green spaces using lichens as ecological indicators’ found that the density and diversity of plant species in green spaces are important along with the coverage in enhancing urban air quality.25

Figure 5: Urban roads are covered with green grass, which can reduce local temperature, purify space, reduce noise pollution to a certain extent, and relieve psychological pressure. Image from Sasaki's Xuhui Runway Park project in Shanghai, China. (Source: gooood)

Urban Stress Relief

The city itself is a stressful environment. The application of biophilic elements in urban spaces, as a partial solution, encourages recreation and alleviates the psychological punishment of the city. For example, in quiet environments like parks and natural areas with less noise pollution, stress levels can be reduced. Street trees can reduce noise, and the sense of belonging formed by access to urban parks and green spaces can promote communication between people and free the mind from repressed emotions or complicated affairs.26

The researchers used four types of environmental exposure: Nature viewing, outdoor walking, outdoor exercise and gardening, and put the participants in different environments, conducted 43 studies to observe the stress response of the subjects, through seven stress outcome measures, including heart rate, blood pressure, saliva, blood, EEG and self-report, and finally found that after forest exposure, The length, depth, and quality of actual sleep were significantly improved. Studies using moving electroencephalograms to monitor participants'

emotional experiences during walking have found that positive emotions are an indicator of stress recovery. The improvement in mood and recovery was accompanied by a decrease in perceived stress and blood pressure, as well as a decrease in total and oxygenated hemoglobin, and a decrease in heart rate and cortisol concentration. While walking in an urban park, participants had higher levels of meditation, suggesting that they were likely to recover from stress.27

Figure 6: The Singapore Admiralty Community (Kampung Admiralty) is a flagship project that brings together many schemes under one roof. In the design of the housing development, the abundance of greenery becomes an ideal place for the community to relax and strengthen their relationship with each other, and the tree planting strategy includes biodiversity, leaves and fruit trees. (Source: archdaily)

Healing Environments

Biophilic design integrates natural elements into the built environment and can aid in recovery from illness. Natural light regulates circadian rhythms and promotes sleep; Natural landscapes, such as biophilic artwork and green decorations, can ease anxiety and pain levels; Houseplants improve air quality by reducing pollutants and increasing oxygen levels; Some natural materials can be used to create a cozy, warm and healing environment. Incorporating water features such as live tropical fish tanks in indoor spaces can create a peaceful atmosphere, while looking at the green outside through windows can have a positive impact on the patient's recovery. 28

The researchers studied 200 beds of surgical patients at a suburban hospital in Pennsylvania and obtained records of patients on the second and third floors of three storied hospital buildings between 1972 and 1981. Patients who had undergone cholecystectomy were assigned to a room where they could see the natural

environment through a window or a room where the window faced a brick wall. The results of the study showed that patients assigned to rooms with Windows facing natural views spent less time in the hospital after surgery, received fewer negative reviews in the nurses' records and took fewer analgesics.29

Figure 7: Singapore's Khoo Teck Foo Hospital calls itself "The Hospital in the Garden." The exterior includes a wide variety of plants that attract butterflies and birds, providing a quiet, inviting environment for staff and patients. Natural light is introduced into the interior, and the natural landscape outside can be viewed through the glass Windows, contributing to healing and healing. (Source: Univeysity of Adelaide Library)

Cooling Cities with Greenery

Heat waves are major health concerns in cities and are responsible for thousands of deaths due to heat stress.5 In order to address the issue, we argue that natural infrastructures consisting of interconnected green space systems ranging from forests to parks and street trees are effective interventions in creating a cooler environment during hot summer days. Plants through the process of evapotranspiration release water which cools the air. Trees also provide shade to the buildings and outdoor spaces with their canopy.30

Our argument is substantiated by the findings of a research on the ecosystem services of natural infrastructures consisting of peri-urban forest, urban forest and street trees towards mitigation of urban heat island (UHI) effect in Rome, Italy. It found that UHI can be mitigated by natural infrastructures mainly during hot summer days. The peri-urban forest has the highest cooling potential followed by urban forest and street trees. The large peri-urban forest and the urban

forest were 2.5–3.2 °C cooler than their surroundings with cooling effects extending up to 170 meters and 100 meters respectively. With regard to the street trees, the temperature is around 1.3 °C cooler than the first 10 m buffer of built-up area, and their influence is extended up to 30m from their borders.31

Nature's Power Against Pollution

Air pollution and in particular the particulate matter (PM) is a major public health threat in cities. PM causes serious diseases including cardiovascular diseases and asthma resulting in more than three million deaths in a year. 32 In this regard, we argue that the natural infrastructures are effective in controlling air pollution although plants emit volatile organic compounds which can increase local air pollution. Leaves serve as surfaces for particular matter to settle down. The natural infrastructures also reduces air pollutants such as sulfur dioxides.33

The study findings of the ecosystem services of green spaces on air quality using lichen as an ecological indicator in Lisbon, Portugal shows that urban green spaces contribute positively towards air quality. The contribution results from an increase in the pollutant disposition surfaces by trees and decrease in the amounts of pollutants emitted near green spaces.The study shows that 10% increase in vegetation density of urban green spaces is more effective in improving air quality than a 50% increase in green space area. It also revealed that the local green spaces contributes more than large open space systems indicating the natural elements of diverse sizes are valuable in urban areas.34

Future Cities

As the world continues to increasingly urbanize, the current urban challenges, including issues of health and wellbeing, resilience, and natural disasters, will also evolve to disrupt city living. As a solution, technological innovations, including artificial intelligence with rapidly expanding capabilities, will be widely adopted in the built environment, including buildings and cities. Technologically driven solutions, such as intelligent transportation systems, smart buildings, and waste management systems, can help reduce environmental impact as well as enhance urban resilience.35 At the same time, nature will continue to play an important role in human health and wellbeing, besides sustainability and resiliency, through direct ecosystem services and nature-induced benefits.36

Research on the role of technology and nature in enhancing urban resilience, involving the correlation of indicators of biophilic cities and smart cities, found that natural systems and technologies can be complementary

systems to create a healthier and more resilient human habitat. The outcomes of natural infrastructures can be enhanced by leveraging smart technologies, aiding in effective and efficient management and decision-making processes. There are already ongoing initiatives such as the ‘Melbourne Urban Visual Forest,’ which is a GISbased map of trees in Melbourne wherein individual trees are assigned a unique identity number, allowing residents to report on the condition of the tree to the City of Melbourne. Furthermore, artificial intelligence has the capability to stimulate and enhance biophilic responses digitally and visually, thereby enhancing human-nature contact.37

The pathway for future cities is not a choice between returning to nature or looking forward to future technologies; it is the integration of nature and emerging technologies to synergize the benefits of both systems. By combining the restorative qualities of nature with the innovative capabilities of technology, cities can create

sustainable, resilient, and inclusive environments that promote the wellbeing and prosperity of all residents.

Notes

1 Stephen R. Kellert, 2018, Nature by Design: The Practice of Biophilic Design (New Haven: Yale University Press), 17.

2 Kellert, 2018, 1-4.

3 Timothy Beatley, 2011, Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning, 1st edn, (Washington, DC.:Island Press), 2.

4 Beatriz Colomina, & Mark Wigley, 2016, Are We Human? Notes on the Archaeology of Design (Zurich:Lars Müller Publishers), 9.

5 Beatley, 2011, 45-130.

6 Beatriz Colomina, & Mark Wigley, 2016, Are We Human? Notes on the Archaeology of Design (Zurich:Lars Müller Publishers), 9.

7 Ibid., 110.

8 Beatley, 2011, 2.

9 Beatriz Colomina, & Mark Wigley, 2016, Are We Human? Notes on the Archaeology of Design (Zurich:Lars Müller Publishers), 112.

10 Beatley, 2011, 45-81.

11 Beatriz Colomina, & Mark Wigley, 2016, Are We Human? Notes on the Archaeology of Design (Zurich:Lars Müller Publishers), 65.

12 Ibid., 115.

13 Kellert, 2018, 4.

14 Kellert, 2018, 23-110.

15 Stephen R. Kellert, Judith H. Heerwagen and Martin L. Mador, 2008, Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science, and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life, 1st edn, (Wiley: Chichester), 313-324.

16 Beatley, 2011, 83-130.

17 Robert McDonald and Timothy Beatley, 2020. Biophilic Cities for an Urban Century: Why Nature is Essential for the Success of Cities (Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing),47-52.

18 McDonald and Beatley, 2020,50-51.

19 Roger S. Ulrich, 1984, ‘Viewing through a window may influence recovery from surgery’, Science 224(4647), 420-421.

20 Miles Richardson, Holli-Anne Passmore, Ryan Lumber, Rory Thomas and Alex Hunt, 2021, ‘Moments, not minutes: The naturewellbeing relationship’, International Journal of Wellbeing 11(1), 8-33.

21 Michelle C. Kondo, Sara F. Jacoby and Eugenia C. South, 2018, ‘Does spending time outdoors reduce stress? A review of real-time stress response to outdoor environments’, Health & place 51, 136150.

22 McDonald and Beatley, 2020, 47-50.

23 McDonald and Beatley, 2020, 41-58.

24 Federica Marando, Elisabetta Salvatori, Alessandro Sebastiani, Lina Fusaro and Fausto Manes, 2019, ‘Regulating ecosystem services and green infrastructure: Assessment of urban heat island effect mitigation in the municipality of Rome’, Ecological Modelling 392, 92-102.

25 Paula Matos, Joana Vieira, Bernardo Rocha, Cristina Branquinho and Pedro Pinho, 2019, ‘Modeling the provision of air-quality regulation ecosystem service provided by urban green spaces using lichens as ecological indicators’, Science of Total Environment 665, 521-530.

26 McDonald and Timothy, 2020, 23-35.

27 Kondo et al., 2018, 138-147.

28 Kellert, 2018, 131-138.

29 Ulrich, 1984, 420.

30 McDonald and Beatley, 2020, 49.

31 Marando et al., 2019,98-101.

32 McDonald and Beatley, 2020, 50.

33 Beatley, 2011, 7.

34 Paula Matos, Joana Vieira, Bernardo Rocha, Cristina Branquinho and Pedro Pinho, 2019, ‘Modeling the provision of air-quality regulation ecosystem service provided by urban green spaces using lichens as ecological indicators’, Science of Total Environment 665, 521-530.

35 Sara Tarek and Ahmed Salah El-Din Ouf, 2021, ‘Biophilic smart cities: the role of nature and technology in enhancing urban resilience’, Journal of Engineering and Applied Science 68(1).

36 McDonald and Beatley, 2020, .41-58.

37 Tarek and Ouf, 2021,2,8.

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