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1. Direct Experience of Nature

2. Indirect Experience of Nature

3. Experience of Space and Place

 

Examples of these attributes…

 

1. Direct Experience of Nature…

 

• Light

• Air

• Water

• Plants

• Animals

• Weather

• Natural landscapes and ecosystems

• Fire

 

​2. Indirect Experience of Nature…

 

• Images of nature

• Natural materials

• Natural colors

• Simulating natural light and air

• Naturalistic shapes and forms

• Evoking nature

• Information richness

• Age, change, and the patina of time

• Natural geometries

• Biomimicry

 

3. Experience of Space and Place…

 

• Prospect and refuge

• Organized complexity

• Integration of parts to wholes

• Transitional spaces

• Mobility and wayfinding

• Cultural and ecological attachment to place