Pediatric Doctor's Office

          Biophilic design aims to incorporate natural elements into built environments and it can be used to the designer’s advantage as a way of reducing the stress of those in a building. This is further substantiated by a series of biophilic design patterns of which three were chosen as focal points for this project with the aim of integrating healing aspects of nature into the environmental design of a pediatric office.

          The three patterns being explored through this project are Visual Connection with Nature, Dynamic and Diffuse Light, and Material Connection with Nature. The first two fall under the larger umbrella category of Nature in the Space in which natural elements, designed or not, are borrowed by the built environment to benefit the users. The third pattern falls under the larger umbrella of Natural Analogues. This pattern is concerned with using materials derived from nature in a way that have been reconfigured but still reflect their natural counterparts.

          Nature is such a powerful healing tool that it only takes a short amount of time for someone to feel the healing benefits of it. This project explores how the integration of biophilic patterns in the design of a high-stress building typology can help relieve stress and anxiety in the user experience.