Student Guide 3—How to Model Your Biophilic Design Thinking Process

Abstract

Sustainable studios are pivotal courses in today’s architecture education. Their unique characteristic is the use of a design framework to guide the design process, grounded in design thinking. This chapter discusses the fundamental ideas behind the design thinking process while elaborating five models used by students to integrate biophilic design frameworks into an environmentally sustainable design studio. These models are the (1) biophilic category model, (2) biophilic overlay model, (3) biophilic criteria model, (4) biophilic process model and (5) biophilic conceptual model. Further instructions are given for articulating and modelling the design thinking process.