The Future of Modern Living
The purposes of human interior spaces have changed throughout history depending on our perception of the expected functionality of a space and the intended message of what we communicate through our homes' interiors. The performance we expect from our home interiors is cyclical and we think we discover a new way of thinking about home interiors, only to realize that our new revelation has been discovered and discarded many times in the past.With the idea of the cyclicality of how we use our homes, it is nearly impossible to define a singular direction in which modern living will develop and change in the next twenty years.
However, as land and other resources become more scarce and there is a continued movement toward resource conservation, a direction in which modern living will develop is interior spaces becoming more multi-functional which will force innovations in space utilization and materials. I also see that there is the potential for modern living spaces to become more colloquial as designers and builders choose sustainable, regional materials that could lead to the development of very specific and varied architectural vernaculars. Additionally, technology will play a huge role in the development of technical materials that will help reduce our consumption of natural resources.
As with the first human-constructed structure, architects and designers have begun to base their designs around available, regional resources and have begun to more closely consider organic, natural systems in their designs in an attempt at creating a more balanced and sustainable way of connecting a homes' inhabitants to their surroundings.
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