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STANDARDS
Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Calabrese
BIOPHILIA'S ROLE
IN LIVING BUILDING
CHALLENGE AND
WELL CERTIFICATION
BY ELIZABETH CALABRESE, AIA, LEED AP
I was recently in Texas and spent a few hours along the San Antonio
River Walk. I was reminded of the power of a place like this as I watched
hundreds of people, young and old, alone, couples and groups meandering
along the river's edge. Some people strolled along enjoying the views while
others sat at umbrella topped tables, vine-covered trellises, or perched
protected overlooks.
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long the river there were curved stone walls, cypress trees
and rich pockets of green that provide playgrounds for
ducklings following their mamas, squirrels and a large
variety of birds. Many businesses back up to the River
Walk, where employees have easy access to abundant nature and
miles of walkways, punctuated with elegant bridges and sweeping stairways. The River Walk is an excellent example of how
blue infrastructure, in this case San Antonio's flood control and
storm sewer system, can be incorporated holistically to create a
biophilic environment - thus fostering health and wellbeing - by
connecting people to nature, natural systems and processes and
to each other. Currently, there are two building certification
programs that incorporate biophilic environments as part of
their certification requirements, the Living Building Challenge
(LBC) and the WELL Building Standard.
The LBC is made up of 7 petals or performance categories:
Place, Water, Energy, Health & Happiness, Materials, Equity and
Beauty. Within the Health & Happiness Petal is the Biophilic
Environments Imperative:
LIVINGARCHITECTUREMONITOR.COM
"The project must be designed to include elements that nurture
the innate human/nature connection. Each project team must
engage in a minimum of one all-day exploration of the biophilic
design potential for the project. The exploration must result in
a biophilic framework and plan for the project that outlines the
following:
* How the project will be transformed by deliberately incorporating nature through Environmental Features, Light and Space,
and Natural Shapes and Forms;
* How the project will be transformed by deliberately incorporating nature's patterns through Natural Patterns and Processes and
Evolved Human-Nature Relationships;
* How the project will be uniquely connected to the place, climate
and culture through Place-based Relationships; and
* The provision of sufficient and frequent human-nature interactions in both the interior and exterior of the project to connect
the majority of occupants with nature directly.
LIVING ARCHITECTURE MONITOR / FALL 2017 / 27
http://www.LIVINGARCHITECTUREMONITOR.COM
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