Healthy City - Urban habitats
let us help you Re-imagine your Project as a vibrant urban Oasis!
every building project offers opportunity to support public health by:
Mitigating Urban Heat
Filtering fine-particle pollution
Absorbing noise Pollution
Minimizing light pollution
Supporting native urban biodiversity
our biophilly experts will guide your team in Biophilic Urbanist planning & biophilic urban Acupuncture interventions
Biophilic Urban Acupuncture: buildings & places that support urban re-wilding, invite native biodiversity & mitigate urban heat
Connecting all Green Dots: planning towards a contiguous urban-habitat tapestry; wild-life corridors; connections to water
Buildings as Micro-Habitats: ecotonal building envelopes that cool buildings naturally & feed and shelter pollinator & bird life; bird-friendly design
All-Sensory Experience of Place: seasonal experience of sun, wind & weather; positive emotional connection to place engaging visual, acoustic, haptic, & olfactory well-being
Integration of Biophilic Elements such as dynamic daylight, transitional inside-outside spaces, living plants, flowing water & acoustic intimacy
Integration of Biophilic Patterns such as refuge & prospect, ordered complexity, soft edges, play, mystery, exploration, discovery & sanctuary
Design in Support of Circadian Well-Being for human & non-human urban residents alike; dark-skies friendly planning; bird-friendly design
🌿 We’d Love to work with you 🌿
we pledge to donate a meaningful percentage of net earnings to a local organization that builds biodiverse plant & tree canopy in underserved communities in philadelphia.
BioPhilly 2020/21: Biophilic Design and Fundraiser for West Philly’s One Art Community Center
