ABSTRACT

In the design process, Biophilic design emerges as a solution to meet the need for comfortable accommodation while remaining in touch with nature without breaking the relationship with essence. The objective to conduct the study was to ascertain awareness of Interior Designers' and Architects' regarding Biophilic Designs and to determine the factors influencing Biophilic Designs trends. The study was descriptive in nature. Questionnaire was used to collect data from 37 architects and 30 Interior Designers of Vadodara city selected through Purposive Random Sampling Method. The present study showed that (61%) were Architect and more than one-fourth respondents were Interior Designers (39%) had field experience (60%) of less than 5 years whereas (21%) had 6-10 years of field experience and (72%) works on both residential and commercial projects. Majority of the respondents (83.11%) agreed that Biophilic design is about creating a cohesive natural environment inside and Biophilic design is a concept used within the building industry to increase occupant connectivity to the nature (80.53%), they also agreed (80.51%), that in the built environment, direct experiences of nature refer to plants, light, water any aspect that provides direct contact with green elements. Respondents (70.12%) agreed that through columns and natural based patterns, natural shapes and forms can be
Publication date: 01/12/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.12.2003