Biophilic hospital design

Nature is a healer. When you create healthcare spaces that connect people with nature, something amazing starts to happen. Wellness is contagious. That’s the power of biophilic design.

Central + Wolfe designed by HOK is a curvy clover-shaped Silicon Valley campus inspired by the biological structure of the buttercup – with sustainable and creative credentials

The Westmead Health Precinct’s Central Acute Services Building (CASB) is a major redevelopment which has transformed Westmead Hospital and created much needed, publicly accessible green space for the health precinct. Biophilic design principles are integrated throughout the dynamic and complex landscape to create a multilevel garden sanctuary to this urban hospital environment. High-quality green spaces with generous vegetation provide much needed respite opportunities. Image: Steve Brown

Touring an urban public space that brings both peace and nature into the city by embracing a biophilic design approach. [more at anooi.com] #NourishingSpaces #RestorativeDesign #BiophilicDesign #BiophilicDesigner #Biophilia #Biofilia #BiophilicInteriors #BiofiliaDesign #DesignBiofilico #ProgettazioneBiofilica #DiseñoBiofilico #SustainableInteriors #Wellbeing Photo credits on the blog

Khoo Teck Puat Hospital is a 550-bed replacement hospital on a 3.5-hectare urban site in northern Singapore.

Östra Hospital Acute Psychiatry Ward creates an open environment that breaks down preconceptions formed by traditional institutional environments.

Bring up her stay at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) and one of the first things that former patient Chong Lih Yin remembers is the verdant grounds.

Beautiful biophilic design dominates at this Singapore hospital, offering a healing environment that includes abundant greenery and water sounds.

the idea is to make the patient feel more like a hotel guest than anything else.