Biomimicry and Biophilic Design: Multiple Architectural Precepts

Architectural Lessons From Environmental Psychology: The Case of Biophilic Architecture

A review of findings from the field of environmental psychology shows that humans are aesthetically attracted to natural contents and to particular landscape configurations. These features are also found to have positive effects on human functioning and can reduce stress. However, opportunities for contact with these elements are reduced in modern urban life. It is argued how this evolution can...

Improving Cycling Through Design Informed by Biomimicry, Cognition, and Perception

Architectural Synthesis: Integrating Multiple Architectural Perspectives

There are many tools and techniques available to understand and analyze a system at the architectural level. Each of these may provide its own perspective of the key architectural elements of the system. We introduce the process of architectural synthesis to deal with the problem of integrating these different architectural perspectives. We emphasize the utility of the synthesis process in supp...

nature and its role in architectural design

nature and the attitude towards nature have been two fundamental concepts historically used in interpretation of world, science and arts resulting to various definitions during different periods of human thought.nature and the attitude towards nature have been two fundamental concepts historically used in interpretation of world, science and arts resulting to various definitions during differen...

Downsizing – Precepts, Practices and Stratgies

This article addresses the concept, practices strategies, impact, and implications of downsizing in a commen way, followed by Indian context of downsizing in India. In the light of the above statement, it presents some cases on downsizing with a view to providing a multidimensional picture of this paramount phenomenon. The study express that there is a general tendency with firms to resort to d...