And, staying true to form, our own quarantine time in 2020 is also impacting our architecture choices – many of us have been experienced working from home on a more serious level. We’re craving separatism from other spaces, better acoustics, and varied outdoor options to turn to. This ‘safe place is home’ mentality means we’re more in tune with our space than ever before, so those renovation ideas are coming hard and fast. We’re noticing the lack of daylight in certain rooms, the impractical flooring in another, the desperate need for another bathroom and an office space that’s completely separate to the open plan kitchen and dining. Covid or no Covid, 2020 has everyone thinking out loud – no tropical holiday but a possible house renovation – why not!
It’s happened before and it’s possibly happening now – disease is affecting our home design, not just our health. Say what! We hear you say – but we speak of nothing new. Let’s go way back to 1933 – to a time when tuberculosis caught hold on the world’s populace. But it also took a hold of modernist architecture and shaped the aesthetics of medical buildings for decades to come. Finnish Architect Hugo Henrik Aalto and his wife completed the Paimio Sanatorium – a tuberculosis facility – innately tailored to patients’ recovery. Think long walls of windows – to extend field of vision, light-coloured rooms – for quietness, large wide roofs, heating sources directed towards feet.
And, staying true to form, our own quarantine time in 2020 is also impacting our architecture choices – many of us have been experienced working from home on a more serious level. We’re craving separatism from other spaces, better acoustics, and varied outdoor options to turn to. This ‘safe place is home’ mentality means we’re more in tune with our space than ever before, so those renovation ideas are coming hard and fast. We’re noticing the lack of daylight in certain rooms, the impractical flooring in another, the desperate need for another bathroom and an office space that’s completely separate to the open plan kitchen and dining. Covid or no Covid, 2020 has everyone thinking out loud – no tropical holiday but a possible house renovation – why not!
