As an interactive sustainable alternative to existing sustainable design practices, biophilic
design struggles to promote the possibility of merging the built and natural environment. The
study is aimed at assessing the extent to which biophilic design patterns influences skill
development in order to suggest interactive sustainable alternatives. The study adopted a mixed
method of research. Qualitative data were obtained via the review of relevant literature while
quantitative data were obtained via the use of a structured questionnaire administered to 32
respondents in the study population. The respondents were selected from the users of purposebuilt
skill acquisition and development spaces in Minna, Niger state, to determine the level of
satisfaction with the implementation of these patterns and considerations in skill acquisition
and development space. The quantitative data was analysed with the use of statistical package
for social sciences (SPSS) and the results presented descriptively with the use of tables. The
findings suggest that most users were satisfied with patterns from nature in space patterns and
natural analogue patterns relating to direct and indirect connection with natural system
