Author: carl

I became obsessed with understanding the mechanism behind why biophilic design actually works. Not as belief, but as physiology. The research is extensive and the pattern is consistent: humans show…

The most common mistake I see in biophilic design attempts is people trying to do everything simultaneously. They buy fifteen plants, paint walls green, install expensive water features, overhaul furniture—then…

I spent a week in Copenhagen studying how the city integrated biophilic principles at urban scale. Streets designed with cycling paths and water views. Parks accessible from every neighborhood. Buildings…

I first visited Bosco Verticale in Milan specifically to see biophilic design at architectural scale. Two residential towers covered in vertical forests—thousands of plants integrated into the building facade. From…

I spent forty minutes in a home goods store once staring at paint color samples trying to find the perfect “biophilic green.” I had about two dozen samples pinned to…

I quit architecture because a hospital replaced a healing garden with a TV. That decision crystallized something I’d been observing for years—the disconnect between what research showed about human-environment relationships…

The first time someone told me I was a biophile, I thought they were making a joke. I’d been talking about my obsession with bringing nature into spaces, my collection…

I quit my job as an architect because of a pediatric cancer ward. Specifically, because they replaced a healing garden with a TV. That moment — sitting in a Philadelphia…