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Abstract
- Research Objectives
The main goal of the research is to analyze the historical connection between humans and nature within office buildings’ design through the following objectives:
- Studying different strategies of natural elements integration within office buildings’ design, and see its impact on occupants.
- Just designing a potentially comfortable building is not enough, one also needs to monitor building and occupant performance during its operations.
Abstract
The fast rhythm of today’s economic environment imposes the full potential of the workforce and no longer afford to waste any. Workplace design take a major part as one of these factors. On average, people spend ninety percent of their time in man-made environments that weaken the opportunity for humans to connect with their natural environment.
Recognizing the need for office buildings in urban settings where nature has been severely withdrawn from interiors and architecture and where mental fatigue is prominent, this thesis proposes that integrating with nature will fulfill all these missing values. Green building designs don’t automatically guarantee that the building design will be comfortable and ensure occupant well-being, consequently, a need to evaluate occupants’ perception to begin to understand the impact of different types of indoor environments quality such as natural elements on building’s occupants.
This thesis employs the assumption of how nature affects office buildings occupants’ satisfaction and wellbeing which affect their overall performance, and therefore recommends natural strategies to be modulated in either existing and new office buildings.
For decades, research scientists and design practitioners have been working to define aspects of nature that most impact our satisfaction with the built environment. Examples of these in built environments are the use of transitional spaces, natural lighting, inside-outside spaces, water features, greenery, reverence and spirituality, exploration and discovery. Elements such as these promote human-nature connectedness through their ability to mimic the experience of nature.