Evidence Based Design for Hotels, Resorts and Multi Residential Developments
We combine neuroarchitecture, biophilic design, interior architecture and FF&E to create spaces that feel better, perform better and hold value longer.
For Hospitality, Build to Rent, Apartments, Co-living and Shared Living Projects Across Australia
Global turnkey Hospitality Experience - Design and Delivery
Our collective experience brings together interior design, FF&E, custom manufacturing, MMC and project delivery for internationally recognised hotel brands. This experience has been built through Cocoplum’s design work, Boxareno’s manufacturing and delivery capability, and projects led or directly contributed to by Ozge Fettahlioglu.
Evidence-Based Design Grounded in Research and Practice
Cocoplum Design Studio is led by Ozge Fettahlioglu, a neuroarchitecture and biophilic design specialist working across hospitality, multi-residential developments and shared living environments. Her work connects research, teaching, industry leadership and project delivery, translating evidence from neuroscience, environmental psychology and biophilic design into practical design decisions. Through Cocoplum and Boxareno, this thinking extends from early design strategy through FF&E, custom manufacturing, procurement and delivery.
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What Neuroarchitecture Hotel Design Actually Means
The human nervous system responds to space whether we intend it to or not. Light temperature affects cortisol. Acoustic texture affects cognitive load. The presence of natural materials measurably shifts stress markers within minutes of exposure.
Neuroarchitecture is the discipline that applies this research to built environments. It draws on cognitive neuroscience, environmental psychology, and evidence-based design to create spaces that do not merely look right. They function correctly for the human beings inside them.
Research in environmental psychology consistently finds that exposure to natural materials, considered lighting, and acoustic balance reduces physiological stress markers and improves cognitive performance. For hotels, this translates into measurable outcomes: higher guest satisfaction scores, improved sleep quality ratings, and stronger likelihood of return visits.
That is the business case for neuroarchitecture hotel design in Australia and internationally.
Cocoplum: Australia's Neuroarchitecture Hotel Design Studio
Cocoplum was founded by Ozge Fettahlioglu, a neuroarchitecture researcher, lecturer at Western Sydney University, and author of Designing for Health and Wealth (2026). The practice applies evidence-based design principles to hospitality refurbishments, new hotel builds, and wellness resort fitouts across Australia and internationally.
Cocoplum has worked with properties under the Hilton, Ritz-Carlton, Swissôtel, and Marriott flags. Each project begins with a rigorous analysis of how the existing space affects guest physiology and ends with interiors designed to produce measurably better outcomes.
Cocoplum is not a design studio that hands off to contractors. Through Boxareno, the practice controls design, modular construction, custom furniture manufacturing, and direct global sourcing under one contract. For a 700-room hotel refurbishment, that is not a convenience. It is the difference between a coherent guest experience and a procurement disaster.
Why Hotel Developers, Asset Managers and Private Clients Choose Cocoplum
Cocoplum Design Studio provides evidence-based interior design for hotels, resorts, apartment developments, build-to-rent, co-living, and shared living environments.
Through our delivery partnership with Boxareno, we integrate interior design, FF&E, custom manufacturing, modular construction and procurement. This gives clients greater control over design integrity, cost, quality and delivery from early strategy through to completion.
The Academic Behind the Practice
Ozge Fettahlioglu is a lecturer at Western Sydney University, Board Director of Biophilic Cities Australia, and the author of Designing for Health and Wealth. She has spoken at No Vacancy Hotel Expo, SBS, Design Show, ArchiPro, SydneyBuild and MelbourneBuild, FCON25, CapTech, and the Australian Home Show.
Her approach is built on a simple principle: a space that supports human biology is a space that retains guests, commands premiums, and appreciates as an asset. The science has been settled for over a decade. Most hotel operators simply have not been told yet.
Cocoplum works with a small number of hospitality projects each year. The work is detailed, the outcomes are specific, and the fit between client and practice matters.
If you are considering a refurbishment and want to understand what neuroarchitecture hotel design could mean for your property in Australia, this is where to start.
Designing for Health and Wealth
Most buildings are designed to impress. Few are designed to perform.
Designing for Health and Wealth is the evidence-led blueprint for spaces that lift wellbeing, sharpen decision-making, and protect long-term asset value without sacrificing luxury. Available now.
