The flipped house and the bubble. Domestic space in the time of coronavirus
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic put the spatial layouts of contemporary housing to the test. During the strict lockdowns in the early phases of the outbreak and the limited, temporary restrictions of the later phases, the safeguarding of public health was inevitably enforced by confining people at...
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| description | Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic put the spatial layouts of contemporary housing to the test. During the strict lockdowns in the early phases of the outbreak and the limited, temporary restrictions of the later phases, the safeguarding of public health was inevitably enforced by confining people at home, thus severing, by reasons of force majeure, the traditional relationship between the house and the city. As a result, every household had to contain within itself all aspects of public and private life, regardless of the spatial qualities and the extension of the dwelling. The unexpected new role of the last defence line against the virus showed all the advantages and limits of contemporary housing and the need for a rethinking of some of their typical features. The aim of this article is to investigate how the residential space, as a whole and in its constituent parts, has become a fundamental element in a difficult period, managing to incorporate unexpected functions and requirements but also revealing a series of congenital weaknesses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41ab337424ca4cd1ad49b8ef4a55b5ef2022-12-22T04:14:25ZengSpringerOpenCity, Territory and Architecture2195-27012022-11-019111310.1186/s40410-022-00173-2The flipped house and the bubble. Domestic space in the time of coronavirusFrancesco Spanedda0Matteo Carmine Fusaro1Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of SassariUniversity of SassariAbstract The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic put the spatial layouts of contemporary housing to the test. During the strict lockdowns in the early phases of the outbreak and the limited, temporary restrictions of the later phases, the safeguarding of public health was inevitably enforced by confining people at home, thus severing, by reasons of force majeure, the traditional relationship between the house and the city. As a result, every household had to contain within itself all aspects of public and private life, regardless of the spatial qualities and the extension of the dwelling. The unexpected new role of the last defence line against the virus showed all the advantages and limits of contemporary housing and the need for a rethinking of some of their typical features. The aim of this article is to investigate how the residential space, as a whole and in its constituent parts, has become a fundamental element in a difficult period, managing to incorporate unexpected functions and requirements but also revealing a series of congenital weaknesses.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40410-022-00173-2Architectural designHousingDwelling spaceSharing economyInformation capitalismCognitive economy |
| spellingShingle | Francesco Spanedda Matteo Carmine Fusaro The flipped house and the bubble. Domestic space in the time of coronavirus City, Territory and Architecture Architectural design Housing Dwelling space Sharing economy Information capitalism Cognitive economy |
| title | The flipped house and the bubble. Domestic space in the time of coronavirus |
| title_full | The flipped house and the bubble. Domestic space in the time of coronavirus |
| title_fullStr | The flipped house and the bubble. Domestic space in the time of coronavirus |
| title_full_unstemmed | The flipped house and the bubble. Domestic space in the time of coronavirus |
| title_short | The flipped house and the bubble. Domestic space in the time of coronavirus |
| title_sort | flipped house and the bubble domestic space in the time of coronavirus |
| topic | Architectural design Housing Dwelling space Sharing economy Information capitalism Cognitive economy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40410-022-00173-2 |
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