Seminar on Biophilic Design within CAFx Copenhagen Architecture Festival

Active participation and thoughtful engagement of the attendees at the one-day seminar "Nature by Design: Towards a Sustainable Architectural Practice" at the Royal Danish Academy Architecture Design and Conservation

The purpose of the seminar fulfilled two fold: to illuminate and enrich the understanding of architectural biophilic design and to stimulate an interdisciplinary dialogue/debate and interest in Nature-inclusive architectural design, in line with the implementation of UN's 17 SDG's.

The one-day course advanced participants´ professional skills. It enabled them to discover biophilic design potential in contemporary architectural practice. Starting from different approaches to the concept of Nature from a Western but either from an Eastern point of view, participants understood how to carry out biophilic design and learned some practical tools to be applied in a dense built environment context. Furthermore, the relevancy of the topic was discussed and less known benefits of living in daily contact with nature for human beings were pointed out.

I would like to highlight the active participation and thoughtful engagement of the attendees. I am grateful to those who manifested their interest in the seminar, although some of them could not attend it. I will be giving more seminars on biophilic design in a close future. Please send your expressions of interest and motivation by email to cgar@kglakademi.dk , subject "Nature-by-Design".