Elemental architecture: biophilic design in existing cities

Biophilic design provides an opportunity to blend man-made elements with the complex organisms in nature. This relationship creates spaces that allow nature and people to interact and engage with each other to create thriving environments. Nature can promote one's physical and mental health. Architecture allows opportunities to build natural elements within the facade's surface to the most inner systems of the architecture. Architecture can bring nature into the user's space allowing the space to adapt for the needs of the user. Existing cities are ever changing and adapting to meet the current needs of the community. Whether architecture responds to wind conditions, solar conditions within the dense cityscape, sightlines within the city or experience for the user. In nature everything serves a purpose to a greater cause which allows nature to adapt to meet the external conditions it faces. Existing cities function similarly, architecture has the opportunity to bring nature and man-made elements to work as one entity.