Natural Patterns and Sensory Diversity

In our work we aim to engage the same Patterns, Proportions and Hierarchies of Scale found in nature to organize design elements and create built environments that feel alive, coherent and rich with detail, texture, color and opportunity for a multitude of Sensory Connections.

Studies have shown that as a species we exhibit symptoms of stress, discomfort, disorientation or isolation in the presence of structures or settings, which are characterized by either dis-organized complexity (chaotic) or random indistinct flatness (generic).

By contrast we experience those designs or environments as pleasant and rejuvenating, which embody the same kind of ordered, organized complexity found in nature.

In nature diversity, variety and intricacy are held together by an underlying order of natural patterns, proportions and hierarchies of scale, resulting in recognizable and instinctively perceivable geometries, which maintain coherence.2