Biophilic Design Master’s programme

Dried lavender and a seed head before an old wooden door set in a stone wall

Dry grass stems against a calm sea horizon

A lakeside promenade at dusk, path lights reflected in the water

Faculty member of the Biophilic Design Master’s programme at Cusano University, Rome, Italy.

The role includes lecturing and thesis supervision, guiding course participants from the principles of a biophilic ethos to practical spatial design directions.
Programme details: Biophilic design - Progettazione biofilica. Progettare spazi per il benessere ispirati dalla saggezza della Natura (Designing spaces for wellbeing inspired by the wisdom of Nature).

Curation of lectures for the programme. Lecture on the application of biophilic design principles across space types, covering biophilic residential design and homes, commercial and retail spaces, biophilic workplace and office design, schools and education spaces, healthcare environments, biophilic hospitality and hotel design, museums and exhibition spaces, and places of worship and meditation. Lecture on blue spaces, covering the importance of water-based environments for the wellbeing of both people and nature, and how they can be reconciled with urban areas.

The philosophy underneath. One facet of the thinking behind these lectures is explored in A Biophilic Year Archive’s essay Blending biophilic features into space functions.

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