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Homes Actually Need to Be Practical Now
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Shelter and refuge
Our homes are now being used not only as shelter and refuge, but also as workplace and school and gym and theater and restaurant and bar and laundry and town square.
But whether a house or a compact apartment, those dwellings were never meant to be as profoundly multifunctional as a shelter-in-place scenario requires them to be.
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Rethinking utility
A home of any kind is a blessing. But quarantine also means that small elements of home design can have significant consequences.
How much space you have, the number of rooms, whether you have internet, a dishwasher and washing machine, whether you have an area in which to exercise or be alone or be together or cook or get fresh air—those factors will now take on even more weight.
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Home as the only place
- Even people who are usually good at handling stress can find their mental health affected by periods of continuous closeness.
- Constant togetherness can be a great thing, right up until it isn’t. So if you live with others and find yourself needing space of your own, tell them that.
- Use creative hacks: for example, if a bedroom is doubling as an office, create the ritual, at the start of the workday, of shutting the door (a sign that the bedroom is now a workspace).
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What Home Feels Like
We often confuse the structural, physical entity that is the house as home. It may be the body of the home, and just like we relate to our body, the home relates to the house structure.
Home Is A Soul
Just as we are extremely lucky if we get one great love in our lives, we should consider ourselves lucky if we get a real home. The abstract concept of a home is almost supernatural, with the house being the architecture, providing shelter. Great architecture is like the external beauty of a person, which may or may not be corresponding to what the person really is from inside.
Nevertheless, the outside is what provides a lust, a longing to see what’s inside.
Architecture Is Fascinating
Architects are creators in the real sense. They can conceptualize and implement great design and arouse deep feelings just by the work they do.
Their work is a siren call for many, both romantic and high in status.
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Mental health during a crisis
The crisis caused by the new virus has left us with an unprecedented set of unfamiliar emotions.
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Prolonged uncertainty
We are dealing with the feeling of uncertainty, and we don't know when our feeling of uncertainty will end.
We dream about when we can safely leave our homes, see our loved ones, and go back to normal. We wonder if our businesses will reopen or when we will stop feeling so paralyzed with fear.
Ambiguous loss
We have lost so much, and many elements missing from our normal lives are intangible and can hardly be identified. Because it is ambiguous, we find it difficult to know what we are mourning.
It is a loss of the way we have lived, the boundaries between work, home, school. Our plans, weddings, birthday parties, loss of safety and trust in our leadership. The loss of connection, the fear of economic toll.
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Heat And Humidity
One of the most natural ways to get rid of our bodies of excessive heat is to have a good sweat.
Humidity becomes a spoilsport in this, and having dry air around your body helps in regularizing your body temperature.
The Architecture our Houses In Regulating Temperature
- Hot air rises above, so an exhaust fan installed at the top edge of the room can push it out. This also regulates the humidity.
- A cool breeze can be given way to drive out the stale, humid air of the room, making it comfortable without an air conditioner.
- A large porch absorbs direct sunlight, ensuring rooms do not overheat.
- Older houses had chimneys and cupolas that helped in air ventilation, something that can be considered.