Using Timber in Biophilic Design – An Architect's Perspective

This presentation provides one acclaimed architect's personal perspective on biophilic design, its innate impact on her architecture, and the positive effect it can have on our lives and communities.

From unpacking its origins behind an ancient design theory first mooted by Aristotle, finding its feet in the swinging 60’s and developing into a theory of evolutionary psychology in The Biophilia Hypothesis [Professor Stephen Kellert], Suzie Hunt looks at how humans innate attraction to nature, in particular timber as a material, is a key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive, and even spiritual satisfaction.