The BRE Foundation Space


Showcasing the benefits of Biophilic Design in the Workplace at the Building Research Establishment's Foundation Space

OHD conducted a Biophilic review of the internal and external spaces to identify areas for Biophilic interventions and develop a clear brief. 

Our Activities:

  • Highlighting the existing strengths and key opportunities to transform the space, delivering beneficial working environments for the occupants
  • Preparing photographic moodboards to illustrate the Biophilic Design direction. This took into consideration the overall mood, activity and zoning of the space, and was coordinated with annotations highlighting the Biophilic interventions for implementation.
  • Making suggestions for materials, colours and textures, incorporating the Core partner products and materials. To do this, we undertook discussions with Core partners to identify their vision for what that they wished to incorporate.
  • Creating a detailed design package of drawings, perspectives, and a specification to work from during the installation in coordination with the BRE.
  • Coordinating with the core partners and the BRE contracting team to oversee the installation of the designs through to completion.

The Core partners who contributed knowledge and resources to this project were:

  • AkzoNobel
  • Biotecture
  • Ecophon
  • Indoor Garden Design
  • Interface
  • Royal Ahrend
  • The Journal of Biophilic Design
  • Vastern timber 
  • Waldmann (free standing lights)

"The input of Oliver Heath Design in this project has been essential to the success of the project as it brought the connection between design, product selection and the need to develop a place for people."

Flavie Lowres, BRE Associate

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