By now, you may be familiar with biophilic design - it's the idea of integrating nature into design to enhance our connection to the environment. Sustainability, wellness and harmony are usually part of the deal.
Architects are bringing nature home by making trees part of the plan
By now, you may be familiar with biophilic design - it's the idea of integrating nature into design to enhance our connection to the environment. Sustainability, wellness and harmony are usually part of the deal.
Some architects and home designers are using one particular biophilic element to striking effect: trees.
We've already seen public spaces around the globe incorporate trees in remarkable and beautiful ways.
The Ford Foundation in New York boasts a 12-story-high atrium filled with magnolias, eucalyptus, jacaranda, cryptomeria, iron bark and pear trees. The Winter Garden atrium in lower Manhattan's Brookfield Place is home to 16 40-foot-tall Washingtonia palm trees. Singapore's Jewel Changi airport features 2,500 trees - natives to Madagascar, Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia - in a 6-acre indoor forest with walking trails. If you're flight's delayed, lucky you.