The average worker spends almost all their time indoors, especially in urban cities worldwide. According to Harvard Business Review, we all crave natural light and views of the outdoors, and these needs are now among the top-rated rated office perks. 

Research shows that access to nature, plants, and sunlight decreases stress and positively impacts mental health. As a business owner, you will want to consider that when planning your Chattanooga office design.

There are many ways you can incorporate elements of the natural world into your Chattanooga office design so that you and your workforce can experience all the benefits. Let's discuss a few.

What Are Some Design Elements That Will Bring The Natural World Into My Chattanooga Office?

Incorporating natural design elements into any artificial environment is called biophilic design. The concept comes from the term biophilia, which refers to the human tendency to interact with other forms of life. In design, it means creating a sense of harmony between your home and the world outside, and it's currently one of the top interior design trends.

Here are a few design elements you can use to achieve a biophilic office environment:

• Incorporating plants into an office design is a good choice. However, achieving the desired aesthetic with only potted plants may be challenging if space is limited. Modern offices are getting around this by creating "living walls" or "vertical gardens," which feature an array of plants planted vertically against a wall or another structure.

• Choose office furniture made from natural wood, leather, and stone, and opt for muted, organic tones in your color schemes. Incorporating subtle nods to nature in your decor is an easy and inexpensive way to cultivate the calming qualities of biophilic design.

• Accent walls - also called focal walls - are essential to interior decorating. A biophilic focal wall brings nature onto a specific wall in the workspace; choose textured art pieces or landscape paintings and photography here. It's a touch of nature in our overly technological world. A biophilic wall can be simple or complex, depending on what you want to accomplish with the design.

How Can NOI Chattanooga Help Me Bring The Natural World Into My Office Space? 

At NOI, we are design experts. We take your dreams and ideas and bring them to life!

•  An NOI designer can help you visualize how your space will look with drawings and layouts and imagine how it will be used through interactive renderings and virtual reality tools. From there, we partner with you to bring innovative solutions to meet your business needs while creating aesthetically pleasing modern office space.

• Regarding design, our team is equipped with advanced knowledge of sustainable materials and facility operations. Our team includes staff designers accredited by the U.S. Green Building Council as practitioners in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED. We will ensure that your space is free of furniture that contains harmful, banned chemicals and is designed to create the most eco-friendly work environment for you and your team.

• With millions of tons of office furniture making its way to landfills each year, NOI has prioritized integrating sustainable best practices in our product offerings and designs while continually looking for innovative alternatives and improvements.

At NOI Chattanooga, we share your priority for environmental design and integrate best practices and product options at every opportunity. Our architectural interiors are future-focused, innovative alternatives to provide the ultimate office furnishing reusability.

When it comes to your office interior, we use our skill, experience, and taste to curate an environment that expresses your identity and culture in a way that speaks to your ideal audience. Visit our gallery page to see some of our projects.