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Living by
Design
Nature
Connection
In March, like most Americans, Ryan Moody made an abrupt
and jarring transition to working from home. Trained as both an
architect and a landscape architect, he found his new workspace
less than ideal. But it gave him the opportunity to ponder what
the post-COVID future of design-especially as it applies to our
new work-from-home and school-from-home reality-might
look like. He found himself going back to some of the most
fundamental design principles, which are proving quite durable
in these uncertain times.
One thing that seems readily apparent, however, is that the general
public is more aware than ever about how their homes support,
or detract from, their sense of wellbeing. For decades, studies
have shown a critical link between health and connection to nature.
Because Moody and his business partner, Jay Graham, both share
a background in architecture and landscape architecture, they've
always been interested in the relationship between indoors and out.
The designers were already focused on what they call their
"tree-for-every-window" philosophy, the importance of which has
been driven home by the current pandemic.
"This is all so new that we're still digesting the reality of the
situation we are now living in," says Moody, cofounder of the
Washington, D.C., landscape architecture firm Moody Graham.
"But I think much of what we know about design will continue
to apply-it's just that we'll need to shift it slightly."
Likewise, they have long espoused psychologist Rachel Kaplan's
concept of "soft fascination," which emphasizes the restorative value
of natural scenes like "clouds moving across the sky, leaves blowing
in the wind, the flames of a fire pit, or the rippled reflections of a
water feature," says Moody. "Looking up and seeing things like that
allows for mental regeneration and the ability to refocus.
An increased desire for a
connection to nature in urban
settings is an expected result of
the COVID-19 shelter-at-home
circumstances.
(Image: Courtesy of Moody Graham)
Moody Graham's "tree-forevery-window" philosophy
is likely to go mainstream in
post-pandemic design.
(Image: Courtesy of Moody Graham)
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