Biophilic Quality Matrix: A tool to evaluate the biophilic quality of a building during early design stage
Biophilic design has gained popularity in recent times that brings multiple benefits to the built environment including the ability to strengthen the weak human-nature connectedness in sustainable building designs. Premised on the notion of biophilia, biophilic design facilitates a sensory experienc...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2025-06-01
|
| Series: | Cleaner Production Letters |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266679162500003X |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1823856635724955648 |
|---|---|
| author | Niranjika Wijesooriya Arianna Brambilla Lina Markauskaite |
| author_facet | Niranjika Wijesooriya Arianna Brambilla Lina Markauskaite |
| author_sort | Niranjika Wijesooriya |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Biophilic design has gained popularity in recent times that brings multiple benefits to the built environment including the ability to strengthen the weak human-nature connectedness in sustainable building designs. Premised on the notion of biophilia, biophilic design facilitates a sensory experience that could potentially influence psychology, cognition and behaviours. Measuring the biophilic impact and the quality of the design with its sensory experience is a challenge during the early design stages. Therefore, all existing tools developed to measure the biophilic quality, focused on completed projects in the industry. In academic settings design outcome is judged during the early design stage. Hence, the existing tools could not fully support biophilic quality evaluation. To fill this gap this study proposes a Biophilic Quality Matrix, to evaluate the biophilic quality that was developed adopting three techniques of 1) literature synthesis, 2) framework synthesis, and 3) expert knowledge that included a thorough analysing of the current tools. This novel matrix type tool comprises of 10 criteria and 10 intervention scales to capture the sensory experiences that could be adapted in both conventional and sustainable studios. It was developed allowing postgraduate students to use as a self-assessment tool to scaffold learning by facilitating for evaluative judgement. Two sample evaluations are given with a validation by tutors using an interrater rating method with 92% agreement for case 1 and 93% for case 2. The statistical analysis revealed that the Cohen's kappa was .804 for Case 1 and .823 for Case 2, both indicating a strong agreement level by the tutors. Therefore, this new tool can be used in design studios to evaluate the biophilic quality. Further, this matrix contains criteria that is commonly applicable biophilic design allowing to be used in industry for real projects both during design stage and after completion with systematic validation. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-0528443383e7448098df42931d63a1c0 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2666-7916 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-06-01 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Cleaner Production Letters |
| spelling | doaj-art-0528443383e7448098df42931d63a1c02025-02-12T05:32:58ZengElsevierCleaner Production Letters2666-79162025-06-018100094Biophilic Quality Matrix: A tool to evaluate the biophilic quality of a building during early design stageNiranjika Wijesooriya0Arianna Brambilla1Lina Markauskaite2School of Physics, The University of Sydney, Rm 601, A28, Physics Road, NSW, 2006, Australia; Corresponding author.School of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, 148, City Road, Darlington, NSW, 2006, AustraliaSchool of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, AustraliaBiophilic design has gained popularity in recent times that brings multiple benefits to the built environment including the ability to strengthen the weak human-nature connectedness in sustainable building designs. Premised on the notion of biophilia, biophilic design facilitates a sensory experience that could potentially influence psychology, cognition and behaviours. Measuring the biophilic impact and the quality of the design with its sensory experience is a challenge during the early design stages. Therefore, all existing tools developed to measure the biophilic quality, focused on completed projects in the industry. In academic settings design outcome is judged during the early design stage. Hence, the existing tools could not fully support biophilic quality evaluation. To fill this gap this study proposes a Biophilic Quality Matrix, to evaluate the biophilic quality that was developed adopting three techniques of 1) literature synthesis, 2) framework synthesis, and 3) expert knowledge that included a thorough analysing of the current tools. This novel matrix type tool comprises of 10 criteria and 10 intervention scales to capture the sensory experiences that could be adapted in both conventional and sustainable studios. It was developed allowing postgraduate students to use as a self-assessment tool to scaffold learning by facilitating for evaluative judgement. Two sample evaluations are given with a validation by tutors using an interrater rating method with 92% agreement for case 1 and 93% for case 2. The statistical analysis revealed that the Cohen's kappa was .804 for Case 1 and .823 for Case 2, both indicating a strong agreement level by the tutors. Therefore, this new tool can be used in design studios to evaluate the biophilic quality. Further, this matrix contains criteria that is commonly applicable biophilic design allowing to be used in industry for real projects both during design stage and after completion with systematic validation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266679162500003XBiophilic designBiophilic qualitySustainable designDesign studioArchitectural designHuman nature-connectedness |
| spellingShingle | Niranjika Wijesooriya Arianna Brambilla Lina Markauskaite Biophilic Quality Matrix: A tool to evaluate the biophilic quality of a building during early design stage Cleaner Production Letters Biophilic design Biophilic quality Sustainable design Design studio Architectural design Human nature-connectedness |
| title | Biophilic Quality Matrix: A tool to evaluate the biophilic quality of a building during early design stage |
| title_full | Biophilic Quality Matrix: A tool to evaluate the biophilic quality of a building during early design stage |
| title_fullStr | Biophilic Quality Matrix: A tool to evaluate the biophilic quality of a building during early design stage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biophilic Quality Matrix: A tool to evaluate the biophilic quality of a building during early design stage |
| title_short | Biophilic Quality Matrix: A tool to evaluate the biophilic quality of a building during early design stage |
| title_sort | biophilic quality matrix a tool to evaluate the biophilic quality of a building during early design stage |
| topic | Biophilic design Biophilic quality Sustainable design Design studio Architectural design Human nature-connectedness |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266679162500003X |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT niranjikawijesooriya biophilicqualitymatrixatooltoevaluatethebiophilicqualityofabuildingduringearlydesignstage AT ariannabrambilla biophilicqualitymatrixatooltoevaluatethebiophilicqualityofabuildingduringearlydesignstage AT linamarkauskaite biophilicqualitymatrixatooltoevaluatethebiophilicqualityofabuildingduringearlydesignstage |