AN EXPLORATION OF BIOPHILIA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN THE DESIGN OF DRUG DE-ADDICTION CENTRE, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE

📄 Project Abstract

The unquestionable human reliance on the natural world throughout history has reinforced the intuition of the human affinity for nature and the notion that human physical, psychological and even moral well-being is largely dependent on experiencing a diverse and healthy natural environment. This connection has ultimately influenced the decisions we have made thus far to endure as a species and has resulted in tremendous changes to both our natural and physical framework.This thesis focuses on creating an interconnection between life, nature and the built environment to create architecture that enriches our daily lives through the use of Biophilic Design. Different models have been proposed to explain human reactions to environments. In general, such reactions are framed as "liking or "disliking responses. Hence, research has shown that human mind has affinity with more coherent or ordered information found in nature, and that humans have a specific set of inborn or "hardwired natural p...