The Biome Booth

Nature aids in mental health issues due to its inherent healing properties. Due to living in a metropolitan area, harsh winters, and lack of natural areas, students at The University of Minnesota are deprived from the connection with natural surroundings. It is necessary that this campus provides a space where students can retrieve this relationship with nature to revive the intrinsic need human beings have for it. By doing so, the student will be able to physically and mentally dissociate from the stressors and pressures of life by experiencing a restorative immersion back into the regenerative element’s nature provides.

*This project was submitted to compete in the 2024 National IDEC Competition.