Forest Architecture
Architecture that works with forests, woodland sites, and tree cover, from retreats and cafés to museums and island communities.
LUO studio Grows a Turf-Roofed Timber Florist and Café Among the Trees of Beijing's Haidian Park
In Beijing's Haidian Park, an 84 m² flower shop and café rises on bundled timber slats that bend into a woven canopy beneath a planted roof.
Alki Architecture and Design Studio Wrap a 40 m² Wānaka Cabin in Charred Timber and Plant It in a Meadow
A 40 m² retreat in Wānaka, New Zealand, where blackened yakisugi cladding, oak interiors and a wildflower garden turn material limits into a method.
The Grove: A Vietnamese Street Market Built Like a Mangrove, Roots First
Arching roots, overlapping sails and blocks of flowering trees turn a plaza into an argument for protecting the shoreline's most valuable plants.
Ambient Sets a Glulam Library into a Choszczówka Clearing, Warsaw's First Public Timber Building
In Warsaw's Białołęka district, a two-storey timber library keeps residents' shortcut paths and opens every ground-floor room to the trees.
Lucas Gonçalves Arquitetura Splits a Franca Family House into Garden Pavilions Stepping Down a Wooded Slope
In Franca, São Paulo, Forest House closes a stone face to the street and opens timber-roofed pavilions to a pool, terraces and tropical garden.
say architects Wraps a Hangzhou Fashion Lobby's Existing Columns in Flared Timber Canopies
In Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, a 660 m² lobby for Ouse Fashion lets street paving and trees run indoors beneath timber columns built to age for twenty years.
Faci Leboreiro Builds a Troncones Café Around Every Tree Already Standing on Its Site
In Troncones, Guerrero, a café, bakery and craft shop split into two concrete pavilions so the existing trees could keep their ground and their sky.
Ábaton Bends a Two-Level Madrid House Around a Preserved Oak Tree and Sinks Its Service Rooms into the Slope
On a sloping Madrid plot, Breeze House by Ábaton folds its family rooms around an old oak and buries its working level in the hillside below.
m²ft architects Stacks Forest Pruning Waste into a Habitat Tower on a Former Tennis Court in Cesena
At the edge of a Romagna forest in Cesena, Italy, a 10 m² modular pavilion of branches offers a refuge for readers, beetles and slow decay alike.
AR Arquitetos Floats a Timber Roof over Brick Terraces Stepping Down to a Brazilian Forest
In Brazil, Yoshi House pairs a street-level engineered-wood roof with split-level brick terraces and a cantilevered bedroom wing facing the forest.
AR-AR Martínez, MEC Arquitectura and Fiallo Atelier Raise Two Contemplation Shelters in a Colombian Cloud Forest
In Villamaría, Colombia, a pair of dark timber shelters on stilts anchors Campano Frío, a reforestation effort built around rest, rain and fog.
PAL International School at TUFS by Naf Architect & Design
Wooden nursery embedded in campus hillside transforms leftover terrain into a playful, ventilated learning landscape connecting childcare, community, and nature.
3dPA Forest Campus: Pioneering 3D-Printed Earth Architecture in Spain
3dPA Forest Campus in Spain showcases sustainable 3D-printed earth architecture, combining local materials, low-carbon design, flexible spaces, and innovative adaptive construction techniques.
BIOPHILIC DESIGN APPROACH TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN NATURE & BUILT ENVIRONMENT
ABSTRACT The environment, whether man-made or natural, has a profound influence on humans; it may promote or discourage specific behaviors in a given context. The majority of the world's population today lives in cities and spends 80% of their time indoors, with limited access to the outdoors. Isolation contributed to mental and physical health issues. To address the current ecological issue and the adverse effects of urban norms, society must adjust. The architecture of the built environment influences human behavior, both individually and socially. As a result, the power of architecture is being used to change such human behavior that harms both our natural environment and human health. The idea behind the research is that the way people live their lives is directly linked to the design environments in which they live that effects human, creating a link between life, nature, and the environment. Biophilic Design is used in the built environment to develop an architecture that improves our daily life by using different elements of nature and different strategies of biophilic design to overcome health issues in the built environment and to propose eye-catching recreational clubs to establish a connection with the natural environment while also encouraging economic social contact among various individuals. According to the research topic, several types of literature, including articles and books regarding environment psychology and biophilic design techniques were explored. Furthermore, related internet reports were investigated to learn more about the thesis research. Six biophilic design-based projects were chosen as case studies for the implementation of biophilic design and how balance may be maintained between manmade and natural materials techniques and surroundings. A questionnaire was distributed to general public and architects in order to gather opinions on various elements and biophilic design techniques and materials. All of these searches and studies have led to the conclusion that biophilic design can help to overcome various issues. It can reduce negative impacts by applying biophilic elements, and nature-combined architecture which promotes sustainability goals
Duke Forest Home: A Harmonious Blend of Nature and Modern Residential Design
Duke Forest Home by Szostak Design blends sustainable materials, forest views, multigenerational living, and open, light-filled spaces with natural harmony.
Panju Island: Community towards better Future
Eco-tourism model for an estuarine island in Vasai Creek, Mumbai. The project is intended to create harmony between the existing ecology and the community living on the island.
Sailing of serenity
The present education system is obsolete as regards the well-being of students. Hygiene is ignored and a friendship develops between insomnia, student and stress. The architecture coming from the Man-Nature report will make cohesion leading to harmony. Like the Bauhaus, a new state of mind must be born and spread throughout the world.
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