Future-resilient solutions for people and nature
What is Living Frame 16?
Many spaces and products today meet their technical requirements, but fail to account for the effects they have on people and the environment. The built environment and the materials within it have direct impacts on human wellbeing and the state of natural systems, and those impacts occur whether or not they have been considered in the design process.
Living Frame 16 is a framework for better living that draws on 16 scientific disciplines and opens new perspectives for the design of spaces, products, and materials. It is grounded in the principles of biophilic design and the world's most rigorous standards, shifting the focus from footprint to handprint, from merely offsetting emissions to creating measurable net benefit.
It is time to design and build environments that genuinely support the wellbeing of both people and the planet.
Design services — from spaces to products:
Spaces:
The environments we live in directly affect our wellbeing, health, and recovery. Homes, hospitality environments, workplaces, care and wellbeing settings, gardens, and outdoor areas.
Products and materials:
Design that asks what a material contains, who made it, and what remains of it before it ends up in use. Furniture, lighting, surface materials, fabrics, components.
Concepts:
Strategic phase design that sets the direction for a project. New spatial concepts, hospitality concepts, regenerative solutions.
Visualisation:
Ideas made visible and testable, environments made tangible before final decisions are taken. 3D modelling, renders, videos, animations, VR environments.
Project management:
From concept to design, from design through construction to handover, making sure what was agreed actually happens.
Design that genuinely supports the wellbeing of both people and nature.
Ecosystems and boundaries: Synthetic chemicals and plastics have already crossed one of our planet's nine planetary boundaries — and there is no return without conscious choices about what we design and what we design it from. (Richardson et al., 2023. Science Advances.)
Energy and building: Up to 30% lower energy consumption in biophilically designed buildings that make use of natural light and natural ventilation. (Heerwagen, 2000. Building Research & Information.)
Stress and cortisol: 8–12% reduction in physiological stress levels after just five minutes of contact with nature. (Ulrich, 1984. Science.)
Get in touch. The stage or scope of the project doesn't have to be clear in the first conversation.
LFA Professional
Design Strategist
Biophilic & Regenerative Design Expert
Biophilic Interior Architect SIO
Designer AMK
carita.ahonen(at)brande.fi
"Nature is the framework, people are the heartbeat. I design regenerative environments that restore balance between the built and the natural. Places that heal, inspire, and give back more than they take."
