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Moving beyond physical replications of nature

In a biophilic year archive

The simplest way to bring nature into a space is to copy its shapes, and it stops well short of the real thing. A nature-rich space aims higher, at the abundance and flow that a replica can only hint at.

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This essay is part of A Biophilic Year Archive, available with the book A Biophilic Year: 365 thoughts on the essence and practice of biophilic design.