Project Profiles
Human Spaces 2.0: Biophilic Design in Hospitality
| Terrapin collaborated with Interface and Gensler on a series of preliminary studies. See the findings in Human Spaces 2.0: Biophilic Design in Hospitality. — Read More
News
Bill to Present Keynote at World Design Summit
| Bill Browning will be an Industry Keynote speaker at the Congress of the World Design Summit in Montreal, Canada. — Read More
Features
Natural Ventilation: Learning from the Past
| Bill discusses his own experience with natural ventilation systems, and Professor Alan Short’s timely new book, The Recovery of Natural Environments in Architecture. This work is very encouraging as it will not only lower energy costs and improve ventilation, it also offers a new level of resilience when conventional systems fail. — Read More
Bill to Speak at HD Expo 2017
| Bill heads to Las Vegas for HD Expo 2017 to talk about Terrapin’s research in biophilic design in hospitality. — Read More
Terrapin at Living Future unConference 2017
| It’s that time of year again! The Living Future unConference by the International Living Future Institute is just around the corner. The progressive green building and sustainability conference will run from May 17th to May 19th in Seattle, Oregon. In line with this year’s theme of Genius + Courage, the lineup includes heavy-hitting keynote speakers […] — Read More
Bill to Speak at BD West 2017
| Bill Browning will be speaking about biophilic design and hospitality at this year’s BD West Conference and Expo in Los Angeles. — Read More
Contributions
Video: Biophilic Design in New York City
| Bill Browning was interviewed for a news clip looking at biophilic design in New York City and how it leads to better health and wellbeing in the workplace. — Read More
Advancing Sustainability at the Williams Lake Resort Community
| Terrapin developed a comprehensive report that helped the development team understand which specific sustainability strategies and goals are critical to create the premier environmentally progressive development in the Hudson Valley and New York. — Read More
Biophilic Design Precedents: Three Perspectives on Evidence & Ideation
| In an effort to expedite the broad adoption of biophilic design, I’ve been exploring ways to build evidence and communicate success of industry-relevant biophilic design precedents. These are early thoughts on how we might go about filling knowledge gaps, proving the intuitively obvious, and establishing emotional connections to the built environment. — Read More
Gowanus, Green Infrastructure, and Public Health
| This post explores the public health benefits of green infrastructure and uses the Gowanus neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY as an example of how this type of infrastructure can be implemented to benefit communities. During a site visit to Gowanus, three sites were identified to examine the opportunities to develop green infrastructure where people live, work, and play. — Read More
Online Course on Biophilia by ASID and Terrapin
| Co-developed by ASID and Terrapin Bright Green, this online course on biophilia applies the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design to interior design. Take the course today! — Read More
Biophilic Design in Hospitality
| Terrapin has collaborated with Interface on a series of preliminary studies to bring clarity to biophilic design trends in hospitality, to assess the impact of biophilic design elements, and to formulate an approach for further testing. — Read More
New Biophilic Design Case Studies: Greenacre Park and Glumac’s Shanghai Office
| We’ve released two new biophilic design case studies on Greenacre Park in New York and Glumac’s Shanghai office which targets Living Building Certification. — Read More
Recap: Terrapin at Greenbuild 2016!
| Bill Browning and Chris Garvin had great sessions at Greenbuild 2016 about biophilic design and the sharing economy. Read more about their sessions and the team’s impressions of Greenbuild overall. — Read More
Mystery: More Than Meets the Eye
| Applying the Mystery pattern to spaces can create a user experience ripe with intrigue and creativity that enhances other biophilic interventions. — Read More
Clif Bar Industrial Bakery
| Using the 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design research as a framework, Terrapin analyzed the Clif Bar project and identified interventions to support employee health and wellbeing. Clif Bar is likely the first food manufacturer to deliberately incorporate biophilic design into an industrial bakery. — Read More
Prison, Nature and Social Structure
| Biophilic design and programing can transform harsh prison environments, known to aggravate mental illness, into rehabilitative spaces. — Read More
Terrapin to Present at the Living Product Expo 2016
| Terrapin will lead the session “Tapping into Nature: Driving Manufacturing Innovation with Biomimicry and Biophilic Design” at the Living Product Expo 2016. — Read More
Water for Wellbeing: Perspectives on Design Challenges
| A closer look at the biophilic design pattern Presence of Water in overcoming common design challenges of water features in the built environment. — Read More
Scentimental Associations with Nature: Odor-Associative Learning and Biophilic Design
| Biophilic odors create a unique opportunity to improve health and wellbeing in the built environment using a Non-Visual Connection with Nature. — Read More
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