Day 75 of the 100 Day Studio: Covid-19 has forced a global experiment in home-based work that has exposed – and increased – glaring social inequalities. For those with plenty of space and access to a garden, lockdown is proving a tolerable – and for some positively enjoyable – experience. The opposite is true for social tenants in small, overcrowded apartments with little or no outside space. Architect and academic Frances Holliss, who has been researching and writing about the architecture of home-based work at LondonMet’s Workhome Project for more than a decade, will explore the continuing impact of the historic disapproval of home-based work on housing design today – and the disproportional impact this has on BAME communities. Holliss proposes design for home-based work, including non-knowledge work, as an integral aspect of all future urban and housing design.
100 DAY STUDIO
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