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What is a home today? How do we reconcile our dire need for new housing with the fact that our needs will certainly change over time, and today’s buildings might soon be obsolete? How do we provide affordable housing that centers individuality and humanity?
— Harvard Design Magazine
In a recent roundtable, Harvard GSD faculty Farshid Moussavi, Stan Allen, and Toni L. Griffin discuss their approaches to the design of housing. Beginning with the definition of ‘housing’ and ‘homes,’ the panel discusses how to reconsider what conceptions of a home look like today, and what is required of architects.
“The contemporary concept of home extends beyond the domestic, encompassing professional, social, and environmental dimensions,” Moussavi said during the discussion. “That complexity demands design approaches that address not only individual comfort, but also collective resilience, adaptability, and non-human life, including planetary health and other species. At the same time, social care asks us to design homes that enable connection and mutual support.”
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