BIOPHILIC DESIGN IS PRETTY KEY TO MEETING THE LIVING BUILDING AND LIVING COMMUNITY CHALLENGES. - AMANDA STURGEON SWP: When will the Biophilic Design Initiative Resources be available? AS: The Biophilic Design webinar series is available now in ILFI's on-demand education platform. This month we will be releasing a one-hour PowerPoint that our volunteers can deliver around the world. Fifteen global case studies will go live on our website this fall. SWP: How important is biophilic design to meet the Living Future Challenge? AS: Biophilic design is pretty key to meeting the Living Building and Living Community Challenges. In order to move towards the creation of living systems, designing in response to place, climate and culture are key. Biophilic design will helps to revolutionize the way we design and in turn make the creation of Living Buildings easier. SWP: Is there a particular design process that lends itself to biophilic design? AS: Integrative design processes which are multi-disciplinary are at the heart of what it takes to achieve living buildings and biophilic design. These processes involve multi-stakeholder involvement and looking at all aspects of the building and surrounding site at the beginning of a project. SWP: What is your vision of the future of biophilic design in North America and beyond? AS: We'd like to see biophilic design become much more prevalent in architectural design, whether they are Living Building Challenge or not. We have a long way to go to integrate it into architecture and design curriculum and to train existing professionals but ultimately people resonate with designing with nature in mind and are inspired by the opportunity to connect to nature. FIND OUT MORE Learn more about the Biophilic Design Initiative here: https://living-future.org/biophilic-design/ See the Biophilic Design webinar series here: https://living-future.org/online-learning/ Join us for our Biophilic Design Workshop, Monday, September 18th at CitiesAlive. Register at citiesalive.org. Create a business and landscapes that thrive. Find Sustainable Solutions for your business at Ewing. EwingIrrigation.com LIVING ARCHITECTURE MONITOR / FALL 2017 / 8 Ewing Home Office: 602.437.9530 | sustainability@ewingirrigation.com LIVINGARCHITECTUREMONITOR.COMhttps://www.living-future.org/biophilic-design/ https://www.living-future.org/online-learning/ http://www.citiesalive.org http://www.EwingIrrigation.com http://www.LIVINGARCHITECTUREMONITOR.COM