Whether we “borrow” a vista or a garden view through our windows or extend our living spaces to well-furnished patios and decks, Marin residents thrive in living the “outdoors-in,” nature-immersive lifestyle here.
Photo by John Sutton Photography
Biophilic design weaves in nature and natural references to create beautiful and supportive design.Novato interior designer Stacey Lapuk, who’s been designing Bay Area homes for more than 30 years, wants us to take that design approach a step further by incorporating biophilic design, a philosophy that intentionally designs with nature in mind, into our living and work spaces.
Her website, staceylapukinteriors.com, features short videos and blog posts explaining the practice.
She also recommends the book, “Beauty, Neuroscience & Architecture: Timeless Patterns and Their Impact on our Well-Being,” by architect Don Ruggles and his soon-to-be-released film, “Built Beautiful: An Architecture and Neuroscience Love Story” (neuro-architectology.com/built-beautiful-movie).
“I’ve always been fascinated with sacred geometry, the power of the golden mean and it’s connection to natural geometries,” Lapuk says.
“Just as designs are developed through research, thought, experience and intuition, utilizing elements of art and design, such as color, texture, form, scale, for instance, I now also include appropriate biophilic patterns and systems. It’s always in the back of my mind and has become simply a part of how concepts are developed.”
Already familiar with biomimicry and how humans “best function and live as nature does,” Lapuk was introduced to biophilic design through an interior design organization five years ago.
“It connected all the pieces for me,” she says. “We, as biological organisms, have an innate desire to connect with our natural environment. It’s actually in our DNA. The more integrated our lives are with nature, the happier, more creative and more productive we are.”
According to Lapuk, biophilic design works with a set of 15 specific patterns and processes found in nature that when incorporated into the interior design of our homes have been measurably proven to enhance health and wellbeing.
It naturally includes the concepts of both outdoors-in and good conventional interior design, but it is more intentional about the specific elements and principles, she says, and “that’s truly where the magic lies.”
Photo by John Sutton Photography
Marin interior designer Stacey Lapuk uses biophilic design to bring beauty and wellbeing into her clients’ spaces.And, she says, that magic can be seen in “measurably proven benefits resulting in happier, healthier, more creative and more productive lives.”
Biophilic design’s 15 patterns fall into three categories: nature in the space, natural analogues and nature of the space.
• The patterns of nature in the space “deliberately amplify how we experience the aliveness of nature through tangible, natural elements and living systems felt through our five senses,” Lapuk says.
“A wonderful example of nature in the space is the experience of light and shadow,” she says. “Maybe a wonderfully patterned sheer fabric treatment catching the wind through an open window.”
• The second category of natural analogues addresses representations of the natural world in our built environments.
“It could be simply using a fabric, carpet pattern or even tableware with images of trees or flowers, or upholstering furniture in a natural fiber such as linen, or installing a sisal carpet,” she says.
• The last category, nature of the space, highlights “how we actually experience nature, how we see a view, what feels safe, how excited or curious we like to be, what might be worth a risk and even that feeling of awe — an overpowering sense of awareness and connectedness,” she says.
“A cozy nook creates a sense of refuge, or a stunning piece of art will fill us with awe, both addressing elements of the third category, nature of the space,” she says.
Because you “are not stagnant in your home but moving through it, using various spaces in different ways,” Lapuk encourages thoughtful biophilic design in each space of a home or office.
Ask yourself, “Where do you want your attention to go or how do you want to feel in a particular room?”
For example, “in a space where you want to feel calm and anchored, you might see wood floors and beams, maybe a stone fireplace or the sound of a water element,” she says. “On the other hand, in your office you might create a sense of wonder and maybe even a bit of danger or curiosity with a window that drops to the floor, or a play of light and shadow.”
Architects and developers, she says, can use biophilic design principles to create homes, apartments that better support our need for nature, and anyone can start introducing elements of biophilic design into their own home or office space.
Lapuk suggests these simple starter tips:
• Use sustainable materials. “Sustainably sourced materials not only provide the benefits of nature, but their history infuses your home with the goodness of its creation.”
• “Consider fractal geometries (in simplistic terms, a pattern that repeats itself) in scale and quantity of such things as pillows and patterns on fabric.”.
• Try sheer draperies and open windows.
• Create a colorful garden outside a cozy window seat.
• Install a light fixture that casts pleasing shadows.
• Make use of amorphic shapes.
• Display photos of your favorite pets.
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Since so many of the popular home tours are off the calendar this year, please consider this your invitation to share with fellow readers the images and description of your garden or newly designed or remodeled Marin home.
Please send an email describing either one, what you love most about it and a photograph or two. I will post the very best ones in upcoming columns. Your name will be published and you must be over 18 years old and a Marin resident.
PJ Bremier writes on home, garden, design and entertaining topics every Saturday. She may be contacted at P.O. Box 412, Kentfield 94914, or at pj@pjbremier.com.
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