warmth rest
LOBBY
OPEN INTIMATE LEARN GATHER CONNECT
LOBBY
OPENNESS airy LEARN pause rest biophilic CONNECT meet
ENERGIZE
healthy
RETAIL DINING
CONNECT
gather refresh NOURISH
EVENT ROOM
COLLABORATE EDUCATE
CELEBRATE ACTIVE community gather flexible
ENERGIZE
gather REST
cozy
WARMTH intimate
COMMUNITY
CRO’S NEST
SOCIALIZE
EXTERIOR TERRACE - CRO’S NEST
WARM CONNECT
WARMTH active busy
NATURAL
HERITAGE: HISTORICAL CROZIER-WILLIAMS (1958)
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Crozier-Williams Campus Center | Connecticut College
CONTEXT: CROZIER-WILLIAMS TODAY
inviting CONNECTIONS cozy
HANGING OUT
Crozier-Williams Campus Center | Connecticut College
PROJECT INSPIRATION timeless
community WARMTH
Anthropologists tell us we are hard-wired to respond to nature.
Biophilic design is the practice of connecting people and nature.
Why do certain places make us feel good?
NATURAL LANDSCAPES + ECOSYSTEMS LIGHT AIR WATER PLANTS ANIMALS WEATHER FIRE DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF NATURE INDIRECT EXPERIENCE OF NATURE EXPERIENCE OF SPACE + PLACE NATURAL MATERIALS EVOKING NATURE PATINA OF TIME AGE, CHANGE NATURAL COLORS COMPLEXITY + ORDER IMAGES OF NATURE BIOMIMICRY NATURAL GEOMETRIES ATTACHMENT TO PLACE PROSPECT REFUGE MYSTERY WAYFINDING SPATIAL BOUNDARIES RISK / PERIL ARBORETUM CRO and ARBORETUM CRO + BRING THE ARBORETUM INSIDE RECONNECT PEOPLE TO PLACE. WELLNESS. EACH OTHER. Reduced Anxiety Improved Sleep Quality Improved Mood Improved Cognitive Performance Improved Energy Stable Blood Pressure Reduced Pain Strengthened Immune System Reduced Stress Improved Health Resilience COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL Encourages Emotional Attachment to a Place Promotes Positive Interactions Between People + Nature Motivates People + Prompts Us to Identify With and Sustain the Places We Inhabit Enhances Feelings of Relationship + Sense of Membership in a Meaningful Community