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special feature ║ Tru Vine Design
Boutique Biophilic Designer
Tru Vine Design By nicol jenkins Photos by melissa korman
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The moment you lay eyes on the living walls and Biophilic design creations of Jeffrey Allis, you feel a sense of enchantment and your mood is instantly brightened.
“Biophilia” means “The Love Of Life.” It is the instinctive bond between human beings and nature. This strong intuitive affiliation with nature has empirical evidence that our environment shapes our feelings and has a positive impact on us. The simplicity and sophistication of nature are the very essence
which affect our psychological well-being. Biophilic Design is the universal language of transforming our urban spaces by merging nature and architecture, correctly framing views and creating enchanted gardens. This creative and transformative design theory is looking with new eyes at our current
Creator Jeffrey Allis + TruVine Designs 86 March 2016 | www.AtlanticAveMagazine.com
urban environment with the positive goal of harmonizing architecture, nature and humanity. This beneficial contact with nature brings our outdoor living and working spaces to life and has a positive economic and physiological benefit. “Humans have an innate relationship with nature and plants, and with technology they are losing a connection with nature. I am trying to bring nature back into their life,” says the biophilic designer and horticulturist. Jeffrey Allis, owner of Tru Vine Design, designs feature gardens, patios, courtyards, and much more. Well known for being intuitive at creating unique living walls, many have over 1,000 subtropical plants. He is a biophilic designer for both residential and commercial. His inspiration comes from his travels to Europe, Central and South America, and especially, Panama, Colombia, Brazil and Nicaragua. There while visiting botanical gardens and jungles, he discovers unique forms of Biomimicry and brings those concepts back to South Florida. He has personally de-