Homo sapiens has been on Earth for approximately 300,000 years
If we reduce all of human existence to 24 hours, of those 24 hours, 23 hours and 59 minutes have been spent in natural environments, while only 1 minute has been spent in modern environments.

We need nature and we are part of it; with it comes happiness

Homo sapiens feels happy in nature because it is our evolutionary home, providing calm, joy, and creativity, reducing stress and anxiety, and meeting our basic needs for air, water, and shelter, while also stimulating the senses with scents, sounds, and colors—enhancing mental health and overall well-being by reconnecting us with an environment we are designed for.

We are nature, inside and out for the past 300,000 years, even if we wear a suit of cloth.
We are made to be profoundly happy with it.

These are the benefits it gives us, creating 5,840 hours of happiness per year.

Bosque Agua de Mayo is based on integrating nature into interior spaces, just as biophilic design brings nature into buildings.

What happiness does nature bring to Homo sapiens, to modern humans?

For example, simply looking at a natural landscape for a few minutes reduces stress.

According to architect Alba, “it also lowers blood pressure and muscle tension, and if we are exposed for a long period of time to a natural environment, our immune system improves and there are anti-inflammatory effects.”

Other scientifically proven benefits that bring happiness in big and small doses throughout the year include:

  • Promotes meaningful social interactions

  • Increases creativity

  • Restores attention

  • Boosts motivation

  • Speeds up physical recovery

  • Enhances feelings of happiness

  • Provides the so-called “awe effect,” similar to the benefits of meditation

  • Supports meditation with all its benefits

  • Impacts pleasure centers

  • Reduces boredom and irritability

  • Offers multisensory experiences where all senses are engaged in balance

  • Increases prosocial behavior

  • Supports learning processes

  • Reduces stress

  • Regulates biorhythms

  • Improves sleep quality

  • Enhances mental health, reducing depression and anxiety

  • Reduces aggression

  • Reduces ADHD symptoms (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

  • Supports motor and cognitive development in children

  • Improves pain management

  • Reduces obesity

  • Reduces diabetes

  • Improves vision

  • Enhances immune system function

  • Reduces asthma and allergies

Roger Ulrich, a pioneer in this field, demonstrated that patients who had views of nature paintings in their hospital corridors improved significantly, and the hospital staff—both administrative and healthcare—also showed psychological and physical benefits.

You feel happy and don’t know why it’s happening.

I’ll tell you why: it’s in our DNA, engraved there forever.

The same Mother Nature from 300,000 years ago. The same as last year.

The same as the soft green moss you have just brushed against.