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Hotel gym design - a consultant's view

Hotel gym design - a consultant's view on this niche market and the importance of having an external advisor who can curate the equipment selection from multiple brands according to the hotel’s design, brand personality and target audience

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talking wellbeing interiors with design well studios

In this episode of Green & Healthy Places, we’re in Portland, Oregon in the US with Michelle Ifversen of Design Well Studios - optimizing built environments for wellbeing. We discuss ‘building biology’, biophilic design concepts, indoor landscaping, healthy home design, air quality testing, the risks of EMFs at home and more.

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what are Biophilia and Biophilic Design?

There is a tendency to over-simplify biophilia as meaning plants or greenery but in fact it is a way to bring the outside world in to re-establish our connection to nature even in buildings and interiors.

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Wellbeing Interiors Q&A with Matt Morley

A 'Wellbeing Champion' is a consultancy role typical of large scale real estate development or corporate office projects alongside landlords, architects and HR teams for example. Representing the voice of occupant health and promoting strategies that can positively impact the wellness benefits of a building or interior is suddenly no longer deemed a nice to have, instead it is seen as keeping pace with market dynamics and future-proofing a project for the next five years.

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Is Biophilic Design about Sustainability or Wellbeing?

How does biophilic design connect with wellbeing interiors, healthy buildings and sustainable design principles? Nature has all the answers, combining elements of both, balancing People and Planet, human wellness and the environment.

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Biophilia in healthy buildings

Biophilic design in the context of green building and healthy building standards. How does biophilia relate to and combine elements of wellbeing and sustainability?

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