Design and Good Living

Design and Good Living are interconnected concepts that promote quality of life, especially invulnerable territories. Design acts as a tool for social change, creating aesthetic and functional solutions that meet physical, emotional, and cultural needs. Buen Vivir, based on the Andean indigenous worldview, prioritizes harmony between humans, nature, and the universe, focusing on peripheral communities. This article presents examples of the resignification of spaces in the global south, based on the theory of Biophilia by Edward Wilson, Stephen Kellert and Alberto Ac.