A Biophilic Pattern Language for Cities: Creating Healthy Urban Environments

121 Pages·2022·10.257 MB·

by  Phillip B. Roӧs

SUSTAINABLE URBAN FUTURES
A Biophilic Pattern
Language for Cities
Creating Healthy Urban
Environments
Phillip B. Roös
Sustainable Urban Futures
Series Editors
Zaheer Allam
Le Hochet
Morcellement Raffray
Terre-Rouge, Mauritius
Sina Shahab
School of Geography and Planning
Cardiff University
Cardiff, UK
This series includes a broad range of Pivot length books offering accessible
and applied texts designed to appeal to both practitioners and academics
in the field. Pivots in the series will explore how sustainability can be
achieved in Future Cities and how technology can assist in supporting
sustainable transitions to better respond to the urgencies of climate
change, equity needs and inclusivity aligning the two core themes of
Urban Science and Future Science.
Phillip B. Roos
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A Biophilic Pattern
Language for Cities
Creating Healthy Urban Environments
Phillip B. Roös
School of Architecture and Built Env
Deakin University
Geelong, VIC, Australia
ISSN 2730-6607 ISSN 2730-6615 (electronic)
Sustainable Urban Futures
ISBN 978-3-031-19070-4 ISBN 978-3-031-19071-1 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19071-1
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To my dearest wife Pam, and my
children and grandchildren
To the late Christopher Alexander—the father of Pattern Languages
and to all those other great minds who continue his work
A c
cknowledgement of ountry
I want to acknowledge and pay my respect to the Elders, past, present and
future, of the Wadawurrung people who are the Traditional Owners of
the Country upon which this book and substance originates. Further, I
want to acknowledge and pay my respect to the Traditional Owners of the
lands and waters across Australia, and the Torres Strait Islander peoples
and the rich cultural and intrinsic connection they have to their Country.
I also recognise and acknowledge the contribution that First Nation
Peoples have made and will continue to make extraordinary contributions
to all aspects of life including culture, economy, arts and science.
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ontents
1 A Biophilic Pattern Language for Cities 1
2 Beyond Sustainability: An Integral Framework 13
3 Direct Experience of Nature [Pattern 1] 23
4 Indirect Experience of Nature [Pattern 2] 39
5 Experience of Place, Space and Attachment [Pattern 3] 53
6 Nature Patterns, Processes and Systems [Pattern 4] 69
7 Embracing Biophilia: The Pathway to a Regenerative-
Adaptive and Resilient Future 83
8 A Case Study: The Biophilic Corridor 95
Index 111
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bout the uthor
Phillip B. Roös is an academic and architect, designer, artist, writer and
philosopher. His work spans a transdisciplinary discourse in the conver-
gence of design, science, art, philosophy and environmental research.
Deeply embedded in ecological consciousness, he investigates our innate
affiliation to Nature—biophilia—through analysing the phenomena of liv-
ing structures. His practice is positioned at the intersections of rigorous
academic scholarship and applied real-world projects. As a transdisciplinary
practitioner, he investigates questions of human consciousness as well as
global social and environmental issues. He currently holds the position
of Associate Professor in Architecture—Ecological Design at the School
of Architecture and Built Environment and is the Director of the Deakin
Biophilia Lab, at Deakin University. He recently authored: Regenerative-
Adaptive Design for Sustainable Development—A Pattern Language
Approach (2021). Sustainable Development Goals Series, Springer
International, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53234-5_1.
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Fig. 1.1 Biophilic patterns—Barwon Heads. (Image author: PB
Roös, 2022) 2
Fig. 1.2 Abundance of wild nature. (Image author: PB Roös, 2022) 5
Fig. 1.3 Sketch of the four meta biophilic patterns. (Image author: PB
Roös, 2022) 10
Fig. 2.1 Planetary wellbeing. (Image author: PB Roös, 2022) 14
Fig. 2.2 Sustainable Development Goals (by the United Nations,
November 2019, public domain) 15
Fig. 2.3 Sustainable design perspectives embedded in the integral
theory. (Image author: PB Roös, 2022, adapted from
DeKay, 2011) 18
Fig. 2.4 Integral biophilic pattern language framework. (Image author:
PB Roös, 2022) 20
Fig. 3.1 Direct experience of nature in the Otway forest. (Image author:
PB Roös, 2022) 24
Fig. 3.2 Biophilic attributes evident in an urban setting. (Image author:
PB Roös, 2022) 27
Fig. 3.3 Direct view to nature with prospect. (Image author: PB Roös,
2022) 30
Fig. 3.4 Application diagram of biophilic attributes for Direct
Experience of NAture [1]. (Image author: PB Roös, 2022) 31
Fig. 3.5 Sketch of pattern—Direct Experience of NAture [1].
(Image author: PB Roös, 2022) 32
Fig. 4.1 Fractal geometry and complexity. (Image author: PB
Roös, 2022) 40
Fig. 4.2 Biophilic elements evident in ornament. (Image author: PB
Roös, 2022) 43
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