Xing Yangang, Stevenson Nikki, Thomas Carolyn, Hardy Alex, Knight Andrew, Heym Nadja, Sumich Alex
School of Architecture, Design and Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England.
School of Social Science, Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England.
PLoS One. 2025 Mar 4;20(3):e0317372. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317372. eCollection 2025.
Biophilic designs aim to promote health and wellbeing by incorporating nature-based features into internal and external built environments. Three theories have previously been proposed (i.e., Recovery, Attention Restoration, Refuge, and Prospect) regarding the impact of biophilic features on psychological and physiological health, but with little empirical evaluation. This current study tests these three existing theories, alongside a novel biophilic theory proposed in this paper, as that biophilic environments stimulate inspiration. A public survey was conducted, and participants completed an online stress-induction task followed by images of building interiors that systematically varied in perceived biophilic quality-ranging across four levels (from 0 = no clear biophilic features to 3 = very high biophilic features). Participants rated their psychological states associated with each of the proposed theories before and after each trial's stress-induction and biophilic phases. Results support a positive effect of exposure to biophilic design on self-reported psychological states (including inspiration), whilst designs without biophilic quality tended to have an adverse effect on psychological states. Furthermore, findings support the extension of the current three theories to include the impact of biophilic designs on stimulating inspiration.
亲生物设计旨在通过将基于自然的元素融入室内和室外建筑环境来促进健康和福祉。此前已经提出了三种理论（即恢复、注意力恢复、避难所和前景理论）来解释亲生物元素对心理和生理健康的影响，但实证评估较少。本研究对这三种现有理论以及本文提出的一种新的亲生物理论进行了测试，因为亲生物环境能激发灵感。我们进行了一项公众调查，参与者完成了一项在线压力诱导任务，随后观看了一系列建筑内部的图片，这些图片在感知到的亲生物质量上系统地分为四个等级（从0 = 没有明显的亲生物特征到3 = 亲生物特征非常高）。参与者在每次试验的压力诱导阶段和亲生物阶段前后，对与每种提出的理论相关的心理状态进行了评分。结果支持了接触亲生物设计对自我报告的心理状态（包括灵感）有积极影响，而没有亲生物质量的设计往往对心理状态有不利影响。此外，研究结果支持将现有的三种理论进行扩展，以纳入亲生物设计对激发灵感的影响。
