What makes biophilic design necessary

The idea of biophilic design arises from the increasing recognition that the human mind and body evolved in a sensorially rich world, one that continues to be critical to people’s health, productivity, emotional, intellectual, and even spiritual well-being. The emergence during the modern age of large-scale agriculture, industry, artificial fabrication, engineering, electronics, and the city represents but a tiny fraction of our species’ evolutionary history. Humanity evolved in adaptive response to natural conditions and stimuli, such as sunlight, weather, water, plants, animals, landscapes, and habitats, which continue to be essential contexts for human maturation functional development, and ultimately survival. Source: Biophilic Design The Theory, Science, and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life EDITED BY: Stephen R. Kellert Judith H. Heerwagen Martin L. Mador