A review of biophilic architectural design strategies on psychological and physiological health

What the study found

Synthesizes a large multidisciplinary evidence base spanning empirical studies, theory, cases and meta-analyses.

Limitations

Mixed source types and varying directness to buildings; review-level aggregation can obscure intervention-specific strength.

Neurodesign interpretation

Large biophilic reviews are most valuable as bibliographic infrastructure. The actual design claims should still resolve to specific interventions.

Possible design implications

Mine it by mechanism and source type rather than importing the review's broad conclusions wholesale.

Why it stays in the corpus

Retain as a 2026 high-recall source map.

Study design

Comprehensive review

Population

Humans across 203 peer-reviewed sources

Setting

Built and naturalized environments

Field

Biophilic design

Mechanism

Stress, restoration, physiological response

Spatial variable

Multiple biophilic strategies

Keywords

biophilia, psychological health, physiology, review