Biophillic Design By Mary Konda, And The Cult Of Tidying It?

For this essay, I will be writing about Wellness. The three readings that I have chosen to start my research on are, Why Are Millennials Obsessed With Houseplants by Taylor Bryant from Nylon, Marie Kondo and the Cult of Tidying Up by Jennifer Maloney and Megumi Fujikawa of The Wall Street Journal. And the third article I have chosen is,14 Pattern of Biophillic Design by Terrapin Bright Design LLC. I will be covering why and what caused the millennials to be so obsess in getting houseplants and what are the health and mental benefits that has attracted them consciously and subconsciously and also the kind of plants that are beneficial that the millennials are interested in getting. I will also be talking about Biophilia Hypothesis and Biophilia
In a article titled Continuing Education: Biophilia, writer Katharine Logan shared that in a case study about the hotel, researchers found examples of all the biophilic patterns in the hotel. But they highlighted four of the more obvious ones that are “Visual Connection, Biomorphic Forms and Patterns, Risk/Peril and Complexity and Order”. The study shows that the patterns forms a improvement in the health and well-being of the guest in which the guest will feel more at ease and more comfortable which in turn makes the guest stay longer with the hotel and come back to stay with the hotel again.

In a case study written by Peter Newman titled, Biophilic urbanism: a case study on Singapore. He shared how Singapore, a high populated and urbanised city became a Biophilic City. When you arrive in Singapore, you will notice how there are greenery alll around you. From the expressways to the neighbourhood of the HDBs even into the Central Business District (CBD) and Singapore’s shopping district, Orchard Road. He noted that it is with great planning and execution of the plans by the government that made Singapore a city in a
Being the first biophilic hospitial in the world, he wrote, Singapore’s Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) might well be the most biophilic hospital in Asia. In no other healthcare institution of this scale are elements of form, space and landscape so explicitly tied to the goal of human well-being—the very definition of biophilic design. CPG Consultant said in an interview that “The challenge was to recreate the charm and naturalistic ambience of Alexandra Hospital, and at the same time to return the green lung to the nearby residents,”.

Nirmal also mentioned that the focus of the hospital was to make sure it is an environment that promotes healing. Hence specific designs of the building is build in the way that is energy savings but also improves health and well-being of both the patients and staff. Apart from the garden in the center of the hospital, efforts were made to create a rooftop garden where greens and trees are planted and after harvesting it is being sold to the staff in the