Bridging the gap between research and practice - Barbican London
The purpose of our Conference is to inspire this change. Biophilic Design is flourishing right now across all sectors from schools to hospital design, urban planning to house building, and everything in between.
Join us at the conference to learn and share best practice, cutting edge new research and inspire each other across disciplines and sectors.
Together we can design a better world to live in.
For people, for planet and for prosperity in every sense of the word...
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Conference Programme
12th November 2024
Barbican, London
Nature-based solutions for society and planet -
Explore the positive impact of Biophilic Design on the mind, body, environment and economy.
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Learn how we can use Biophilic Design in city and town planning, every workplace, school, hospital simply. How we retrofit Biophilic Design and now aim to weave Biophilic Design into the very fabric of buildings and cities from the outset before ground is broken and cement mixed.
Our conference will have three main threads. People, Planet and Economy.
Speakers include Oliver Heath, Dr Sally Augustin, Professor Derek Clements-Croome, BIID, Chatham House, Julian Treasure, Clare Bowman, Mary Colwell, Dr Nigel Oseland, Dr Joanne Leach, Dr Vanessa Champion, spokespeople, researchers and practioners from the NHS, Buildings with Nature, Nature in Cities, Living Futures, Architectural Technologists, RTPI, RIBA, and more.
LIMITED IN PERSON TICKETS / UNLIMITED ONLINE
Learn how we can use Biophilic Design in city and town planning, every workplace, school, hospital simply. How we retrofit Biophilic Design and now aim to weave Biophilic Design into the very fabric of buildings and cities from the outset before ground is broken and cement mixed.
Our conference will have three main threads. People, Planet and Economy.
Speakers include Oliver Heath, Dr Sally Augustin, Professor Derek Clements-Croome, BIID, Chatham House, Julian Treasure, Clare Bowman, Mary Colwell, Dr Nigel Oseland, Dr Joanne Leach, Dr Vanessa Champion, spokespeople, researchers and practioners from the NHS, Buildings with Nature, Nature in Cities, Living Futures, Architectural Technologists, RTPI, RIBA, and more.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development outlines 5Ps, and Biophilic Design should be viewed as the essential key to unlocking these goals: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership. Our inaugural conference will focus on the first three:
People
Wellbeing starts right in the very home and city you live in as well as the place you work. Biophilic Design is the essential key to creating spaces and places where we will flourish in every sense of the word: from better scores at school through to faster recovery rates in hospitals, better sleep, enhanced perception, increased creativity, reduced stress, lower heart-rate and blood pressure, and so much more.
Planet
Learn and share research and practice - how Biophilic Design can successfully mitigate the climate crisis, from the obvious of using less concrete right through to reducing flood risks, increasing biodiversity and reducing heat islands and temperatures in cities, better air quality, less air and sound pollution, supporting the wildlife and nature, the earth, air and water we are so dependent on.
Prosperity
Biophilic Design brings an increase in productivity, reduces presenteeism, absenteeism, improves employee wellbeing, reduces crime, creates better education systems, reduces food miles, reduces strain on our NHS and healthcare systems, increases real-estate value, encourages more sales in retail. The list is surprising... and endless, evidenced and proven.
Learn more about
Sustainable architecture
Neuroscience
Town and City Planning
Landscape Design
Environmental Psychology
Ecologists
Healthcare
Education
Interior Design
Academics
Practitioners
Cities