Home Office: Working and Studying Spaces in Residential Interiors during and after Forced Social Isolation

Agata Bonenberg; Marco  Lucchini

Home Office: Working and Studying Spaces in Residential Interiors during and after Forced Social Isolation

Publication date: 10.2022

Housing Environment, 2022, 39/2022, pp. 98 - 109

https://doi.org/10.4467/25438700SM.22.016.16594

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Home Office: Working and Studying Spaces in Residential Interiors during and after Forced Social Isolation

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The influence of global lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the lives of many people. Once performed elsewhere, many activities had to be moved to private spaces of individual homes, influencing how people use their residential space, modifying their living and working conditions. The purpose of this study was to research the changes in the use of residential space through questionnaires addressed to respondents in five age groups (up to 25, 26–35, 36–50, 51–65, and over 65), and living or studying in the Milan area (Lombardy)—an area affected severely by COVID-19 in the period March–May 2020. The obtained questionnaire results allowed the authors to create a set of guidelines for apartment design, intended to improve their spatial performance. The observations made when creating the case study projects led to two main conclusions: First, at the level of the house plan, the arrangement of the plan should be free and adaptable, al-lowing for fast alteration by the user. Second, the project should be tailor-made, highly specialized, and purposefully designed at the level of home office design, including appropriate furnishings, technical appliances, and lighting systems.

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residential architecture and interior design; social isolation; lockdown; COVID-19 pandemic; working and studying routines; creativity

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Opracowania projektowe wykonane na Wydziale Architektury Politechniki Poznańskiej, w ramach przedmiotu Pracownia Badawcza, kierunek Architektura, autorzy: M. Śliwiński A. Poniży, M. Flak pod kierunkiem A. Bonenberg; projekty koncepcyjne i wizualizacje.

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Information: Housing Environment, 2022, 39/2022, pp. 98 - 109

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/25438700SM.22.016.16594

Article type: Original article

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Home Office: Working and Studying Spaces in Residential Interiors during and after Forced Social Isolation

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Home Office: Working and Studying Spaces in Residential Interiors during and after Forced Social Isolation

Authors

Agata Bonenberg

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1618-4417

Faculty of Architecture, Poznan University of Technology

Marco Lucchini

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8051-3313

Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano

Published at: 10.2022

Article status: Open

Licence: CC BY

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Agata Bonenberg (Author) - 50%

Marco Lucchini (Author) - 50%

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