4.1.3PROTOTYPES

The prototypes will draw from the pattern book information to create a series of designed residential environments that exemplify the ways in which biophilic design can be implemented and seen at this scale. There will be a total of seven different prototypes, and each will be a different residential typology with its own designated site conditions and climate zone. Each of the seven prototypes will include the application of five biophilic design practices, randomly chosen from the pattern book practices and ranging across the three categories, with no repeating applications. These will be designed residential environments, but biophilic applications will provide examples for both new build and existing homes. The resulting designs will be shown through various drawing types and diagrams will be included to call out the specific biophilic applications of each.

The intention of the prototypes is to demonstrate the use of the previously created pattern book resource, but also to act as supplements to the pattern book information, showing both how people can use the resource and what its use can look like in their own homes. The range of site, climate, program, residential typologies, and applied practices attempt to act as comprehensive examples to show how biophilic design can be implemented in almost any home environment, and also work to demonstrate the use of as many of the practices in the pattern book as possible.