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Chapter One: The built environment and mental healthOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Since the Industrial Revolution, the design process of working spaces has become an industry that only recognize mass production ,speed of construction and providing maximum space for maximum employees gathered in a working station , Totally neglecting the human needs of natural illumination and ventilation and the human need to contact nature. This negatively affected employees’ mental health, wellbeing and productivity. In the past decades, a global movement (Biophilic design) has emerged as a social movement which suggests there is an innate human need to affiliate with nature within the built environment. The thesis begins by examining the evidence for this innate human need and how this flows into socio-psychological and environmental benefits. These are likely to lead to economic benefits. Together these factors create the basis for a social movement which is the focus of this thesis, it is only recently that Institutions and employers have become interested in applying sustainability and environmental strategies into their workspace design. They became more aware of the nature impact on the employees and consequently productivity. This research deal with definition of biophillia, biophillic design , relation to the physical and physiological human health, elements of biophillic design, applying biophillia in the interior environment, merging building interior with nature and their effects on employees (their psychological, general health and productivity). Practical part dealt with analyzing and documenting the presents of Biophilic design elements in local and international case studies, and how efficient it was used and linking them with the activities located within the studied space.