Thank you to everyone who joined us in person or online at the first ever Biophilic Design Conference run by the Journal of Biophilic Design at the Barbican London on 12th November 2024.
Bridging the gap between research and practice - Explore the positive impact of Biophilic Design on the mind, body, environment and economy. YOU CAN BUY CATCH UP TICKETS TO VIEW THE CONFERENCE SESSIONS ONLINE. https://buytickets.at/journalofbiophilicdesign/1205337 (OR below)
Learn how we can use Biophilic Design in city and town planning, every workplace, school, hospital simply. How we retrofit Biophilic Design and aim to weave Biophilic Design into the very fabric of buildings and cities from the outset before ground is broken and cement mixed.
“Designing for health and wellbeing is currently a key priority within the construction industry, as well as increasing nature and our connection to it. It’s not surprising then that there’s been a recent surge in interest in biophilic design. Events like the Biophilic design conference will help showcase the latest thinking and projects and offer pathways for a more hopeful future. ”
Each session of the conference embraced three main threads: People, Planet and Economy.
The purpose of our Biophilic Design Conference was to inspire a better way of designing our environments.
Biophilic Design is flourishing right now across all sectors from schools to hospital design, urban planning to house building, and everything in between.
Revisit the conference to learn and share best practice, cutting edge new research and inspire each other across disciplines and sectors.
Together we can design a better world to live in.
For people, for planet and for prosperity in every sense of the word...
WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER ATTENDING THE NEXT CONFERENCE!
The conference brought together decision makers working on all sides of the built environment from design to specification, supply chain and materials, to landowners and investors, interior designers, architects, workplace and business consultants, psychologists, planners, ecologists, landscape architects. It will also bring together those who benefit from Biophilic Design, including the NHS, Department of Education, UK Parliament, leading Blue Chip business, mental health advocacy bodies.
It was live streamed across the globe and in person.
The more we talk, discuss, share best practice, challenges, ideas and inspire each other with evidence and examples, the faster our environments will improve for EVERYONE and all living species on this beautiful and fragile planet we call home.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME SESSIONS
As well as Keynotes, the rhythm of the conference was a mix of mini TED type talk followed by panel discussion, or “in conversation” style debates, with ample opportunity to share your opinions with each other and ask questions.
Sessions dedicated to Healthcare, Education, Workplace, Sensory Design, Future Biophilic Cities, Planning, Tall Timber Buildings and Sustainable Architecture, Interior Design, Net Zero, Economics of Biophilic Design, Wellbeing, Materials, Supply Chain.
PLUS FREE BOOK BONUS - at the conference we launched a FREE digital copy of the new science informed “Guide to Biophilic Design” written specifically for the conference by our environmental/design psychologist Dr Sally Augustin. Kindly supported by MillerKnoll. (if you are a subscriber to the Journal already, you get early access to the Guide). You can also view it here https://heyzine.com/flip-book/13277bdec7.html
EVENING RECEPTION - THE CONSERVATORY, BARBICAN
From 6.30pm until 10pm - Conference attendees were joined by a gathering of leaders and stakeholders for an evening celebration, drinks, canapés, music and a guest celebrity. They continued to network, ask questions, share ideas, speak with our innovative exhibitors, eat, drink and celebrate life and better design!
*Plus they enjoyed the world Premiere of “The Green Book: The Biophilic Suite” composed and performed by acclaimed musician Javier Rodriguez, commissioned by us and inspired by the Barbican.
EXHIBITION
In the Garden Room, were 12 carefully curated exhibitors at the show. From plants and materials to furniture and innovative Biophilic Design solutions. Desginers networked and built their materials library to lay the foundations of their next new business collaboration. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EXHIBITING in 2025
We look forward to welcoming you at the conference next year, online and in person. Tell your friends and colleagues, and please do book your tickets early, especially the in person ones before they sell out. But do buy the “on demand” catch up video of the 2024 Biophilic Design Conference here too (or the link below) https://buytickets.at/journalofbiophilicdesign/1205337
Conference Programme
Speakers include Oliver Heath, Dr Sally Augustin, Professor Derek Clements-Croome, BIID, Dr Vanessa Champion, Clare Bowman, Dr Nigel Oseland, Stephen Edge, Wildlife Trust, Andy Lake, Nick Atherton, Xander Cadish, Gijs Bruggink, Andrew Waugh, Professor Geoffrey Proffitt, spokespeople, researchers and practitioners from the NHS, Department of Education, Living Futures, Architectural Technologists, RTPI, RIBA, and more.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development outlines 5Ps, and Biophilic Design should be viewed as the essential key to unlocking these goals: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership. Our inaugural conference will focus on the first three:
LOCATION - How to get to the Barbican Centre London, CLICK HERE TO VIEW A MAP
Learn about the research and evidence-based practices from :
Town and City Planning
Landscape Design
Architecture
Environmental Psychology
Ecologists
Healthcare
Education
Interior Design
