Biophilic Design
… for the Love of Place (… and our innate Biology)
“The goal of biophilic design is to create places imbued with positive emotional experiences,
enjoyment, pleasure, interest, fascination, and wonder,
that are the precursors of human attachment to and caring for place.”
~Judith Heerwagen Ph.D.
The GreenCard
🌿 The GreenCard Methodology:
Building Blocks for Physiological Well-Being in the Built Environment
The GreenCard methodology reflects Helena’s 30 + year experience of working with her many wonderful clients, as well as insights & data from her ongoing research in evolutionary biology, cognitive neuroscience, photobiology, & biopsychology.
Helena works with the GreenCard in her own design work, as well as in her teaching, coaching & consulting.
Consistently she has found these Building Blocks to represent the most emotionally compelling & universally-favored design ingredients embedded in the places we love.
Indeed, these are the very ingredients of our most favorite vacation places.
Designing restorative habitats for humans.
Recipes may vary.
With special gratitude for the inspirational work by neuroscientist Antonio Damasio M.D. Ph.D.; the late biologist Edward O. Wilson Ph.D.; the late ecologist Aldo Leopold; the late social ecologist Stephen Kellert Ph.D.; Esther Sternberg M.D.; biophilic urbanist Tim Beatley, Ph.D.; Julia Africa; Bill Browning & Catie Ryan at Terrapin Bright Green. 🌿
Biophilic Design Defined
Biophilia: Instinctive Emotional Bond between Humans Beings & other Living Systems.
Why Restorative Design?
Supporting the Parasympathetic Nervous System to Soothe Chronic Stress & Inflammation
The Science of Beauty
Beauty is our Word for the Perfection of those Qualities that Contributed Most to our Survival
Health Benefits
Enhanced Healing & Cognitive Function; Enhanced Immune Function; Stress Reduction
