Applying Biophilic Design
If you’ve been thinking about an overhaul of your current style (or perhaps creating one for a new space), the first place to start is deciding the style you want to move to. At Blind Builders serving Feasterville, we have a few ideas for popular styles to choose from, from minimalist to contemporary to modern. But have you heard of biophilic design? It might actually be just the thing for you—it’s the art of bringing nature into a human-built space. Learn about it below, and get some ideas for how you can add this design principle to your home.
Read more: Applying Biophilic DesignAll About Nature
Not that long ago, human beings were almost at one with nature, surviving off the land and sleeping and rising with the sun. In today’s lives, though, humans are more removed than ever from nature, living in a built world that doesn’t provide the primal necessities our ancestors knew. A number of studies have outlined that, through increased contact with nature, people can be happier, more productive, less stressed, and more creative. Which means that it only makes sense to come up with ways to connect with our “roots.” That’s why biophilic design can be so impactful.
The Ideas Behind Biophilic Design
Frank Lloyd Wright once said “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” And it’s clear that he followed his own wisdom as he created his designs, because incorporated the environment directly into his structures. That’s how biophilic design was born. The ideas behind it include incorporating the natural environment with things like earth tones and images of animals and nature, adding natural shapes like water paths and arches, referring to natural patterns such as the grain in granite, bringing in living elements of nature such as plants, and incorporating natural sunlight.
Great Window Fashion Options for Biophilic Design
Looking at two of those main ideas above, you can see that windows (and window treatments) can play a large role in biophilic design, through the incorporation of natural light and using natural elements. Hunter Douglas window treatments that can work with this aesthetic include the natural elements of Provenance® Woven Wood Shades, which are made from natural reeds, grasses, and bamboo. Or the simplicity of Designer Roller Shades in earth tones, which can hearken to nature while maintaining a minimalist look so as not to detract from the window. If you use PowerView® Automation as the lift system for your window coverings, you can set your treatments to open and close with local sunrise and sunset times, so that you can be firmly in touch with natural rhythms. To see all of these options in person, be sure to speak with one of our consultants today!
Principles of Biophilic Design in Feasterville
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