The Business Case for Biophilia: Maximising the financial, wellbeing & environmental impact in any building

Episode 31 -  with Oliver Heath from Oliver Heath Design.

Oliver's Bio

Oliver Heath is an Architectural and Interior Designer and his practice Oliver Heath Design are focused on delivering health and wellbeing in the built environment. As writers, thought leaders and designer practitioners they recognised global experts in Biophilic Design – enhancing human nature connections.

Oliver’s media activity over the last 24 years has given him extensive presentation experience working for a number of television channels including BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and the National Geographic channel. He is a passionate advocate of sustainable design and has acted as a spokesperson for the likes of the UK’s Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the Energy Saving Trust (EST) and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Past Biophilic Design clients include the likes of Apple, Bloomberg, The BRE, Booking.com and Deutsche Bank and Interface. He is currently working on a new exhibition called Planted promoting sustainable design, urban greening, and wellbeing.

Today's Episode

"When we get distracted, particularly by a conversation, it can take us up to 23 minutes to get back to doing what we were doing at the same pace"

Today we dive into the world of biophilic design, discussing how to enhance productivity, focus and relaxation in any build. Our topics include:

• Neurodiversity / Neurodivergent
• 14 patterns of biophilic design
• Human spatial response
• Biomorphic design
• Hypersensitive and hyposensitive
• Sensory Threshold Testing
• Acoustic soundscape systems
• Top 3 biophilic design interventions for any commercial building

Resources

• Sensory Threshold Test developed by Dr Annemarie Lombard -  https://sensoryintelligence.com/
• Acoustic Soundscape systems for Pink Noise - Mood Sonic - https://www.moodsonic.com/benefits/speech-privacy
• Design a Healthy Home Book - https://www.oliverheath.com/case-studies/book-design-a-healthy-home/
• Biophilic Design Course - https://www.oliverheath.com/biophilic-design-courses/
• White Paper Research - https://www.oliverheath.com/whitepapers/

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