UTILIZATION OF BIOGEOMETRY IN RESHAPING URBAN ENERGY QUALITIES

Abstract

Recent research and investigations in the quality of modern urban environment have indiscriminately proved that the urban ambiance is glutted by a plethora of electromagnetic fields and radiation (EMF/R) emanated from both man-generated and natural sources. Findings of other research in the areas of medicine and public health indicate for correlations between intensity of the above-mentioned fields and diseases, physiological disorders, mental and psychological disorders. The paper introduces a new approach of better understanding and regulating influences of - and interactions between - ambient urban energy fields and human physical and psychological wellbeing. It highlights the need for sensitive correlation of architecture and urban design with physics principles, by focusing on a micro level, in which both, the physical/visible and invisible energy fields - and their interactions - are considered within an integrated paradigm, eventually to secure more safe and healthy environment. This approach could enhance developing a wide range of design tools that well address maintaining effective balance between new technologies utility and their harmful side effects. The paper’s goal is to provide a guideline for balancing energy fields of urban spaces, through new applications corresponding urban design techniques based on the science of BioGeometry.