Restorative Spaces Inspired by Nature with Oliver Heath

Biophilic Solutions: Nature Has the Answers

Picture this: you’re at the office and you’re having a terrible day. We’ve all been there at one time or another. So … where do you go to cry? That is the question that designer Oliver Heath poses to all of his prospective clients. More often than not, the response he gets back is the bathroom. From Oliver’s perspective, this answer reflects a larger issue in the built environment, especially in the workplace: a lack of spaces specifically designed with restoration and wellbeing in mind. Oliver is the founder of Oliver Heath Design, an architecture and interior design practice that focuses on health and wellbeing in the built environment and he is one of the leading experts on biophilic design. In this episode, we chat with Oliver about his approach to nature-inspired spaces, the fascinating and approachable white papers he has co-authored with Interface, and why we need to design with individual needs in mind.

Show Notes

• Design a healthy home: 100 ways to transform your space for physical and mental wellbeing by Oliver Heath
• Oliver Heath Design
• Biophilic Design Courses from Oliver Heath Design
• Whitepapers, Reports & Guides (Oliver Heath Design x Interface)
• Interface
• 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design (Terrapin Bright Green)
• Exploring the Nature Pyramid by Tim Beatley (The Nature of Cities)
• Oliver Heath Design Instagram
• Oliver Heath Design Twitter
• Oliver Heath Design Facebook

Key Words: Nature, Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Sensory Experience, Biophilic, Biophilic Design, Biophilia, Restorative, Attention Restoration Therapy, Wellness, Wellbeing, Built Environment, Office, Work, Covid-19