David Navarrete

David A. Navarrete is the Research Initiatives & Content Development Director at Sky Factory. David manages the company’s research partnerships with leading hospitals, public and private health organizations, and researchers interested in exploring environmental design, neuroscience, and healthcare outcomes. David’s role includes communicating the challenges posed by deep plan buildings and detailing how biophilic illusions of nature alter occupant outcomes. He’s also contributed articles to Conscious Cities Journal, a leading forum on neurobiology and architectural design, High Rise Facilities and Commercial Real Estate Technology magazines.

Simulated Nature Research Gets Real, Part II

December 8, 2016

This two-part article is a collaboration between Bill Witherspoon, founder, Skye Witherspoon, CEO, and myself in my role as Director of Research Initiatives at The Sky Factory. It was inspired by Bill Browning’s Real vs. Simulated Nature section in The Global Impact of Biophilic Design in the Workplace report, and its timely review to how…

Simulated Nature Research Gets Real, Part I

November 22, 2016

This article is a collaboration between Bill Witherspoon, founder, Skye Witherspoon, CEO, and myself in my role as Director of Research Initiatives at The Sky Factory. It was inspired by Bill Browning’s Real vs. Simulated Nature section in The Global Impact of Biophilic Design in the Workplace report, and its timely review to how past…

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