BIOPHILIC NET-POSITIVE ARCHITECTURE ESPOUSES PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR A HEALTHY SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: OVERVIEW

Architecture

The mass paradigm in green architecture has reduced the environmental effect of the built environment, but the achievement in human nature connectedness (HNC) is still lost in the mystery of sustainability. Biophilic architecture has allowed buildings that link people and nature, hospitals where patients are recovering faster, schools where test scores for children are higher, offices where staff are more efficient, and communities where residents are sociable and involved. The study identifies the gap as the biggest challenge facing the earth and can be addressed by espousing a Restorative Environmental approach. This concept of biophilic nature arose from the realization that the conscience develops in a "sensorial rich earth, where landscapes, daylight, water, flora, andfauna are examples of them. This paper explores attributes of Biophilic design elements that espouse passive design as a theoretical framework for conceptualizing 'landscape' in the natural world. As the study adopts qualitative approaches, it uses a variety of strategies for finding, evaluating, and choosing three databases Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus as all-inclusive criteria for identifying relevant publications. It further creates a framework for biophilic net-positive architecture that espouses passive design approaches. The review unveils how far human beings are from nature besides how much the earth is subjected to global warming and contributes to stressful lifestyles. It further reveals that open urban spaces should be seen as healing places where more inhabitants could gain from biophilic essentials; Biophilic environments inurban places can proffer the public with recuperative knowledge by liberating mental fatigue and lessening their intensity of stress. The study gives new insights and suggests improving future studies in the applicationof Biophilic architecture. This review provides useful information that will be used in the Project implementation of investigation activity as it further recommends the three-step mantra which will vividly help achieve the broad concept; firstly, to design with Passive approaches; secondly, to harmonize with vigorous mechanical systems if necessary and; thirdly, to make up with renewable systems, if necessary.

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