Adaptive interior design strategies for constantly changing living conditions
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2018
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"Germany currently finds itself in the midst of a housing crisis, in particular because the property market has mainly been defined by profit-driven development. There is a lack of adequate and affordable living space, especially for those in the creative scene. Artists, musicians, small-scale entrepreneurs, and urban creatives who themselves create "the urban" they inhabit find themselves priced-out of the city and are forced to cope with the increasing issue of increased housing costs and low housing stock. This Bachelor thesis examines the recent development of adaptive forms of housing provision in response to such a crisis, thereby investigating past and existing alternative living/housing principles in the form of cooperatively organized housing projects. This research indicates the emergence of a new mode of future-oriented living as well as a process of hybridization that leads in the direction of new modes of dwelling in urban spaces. Reviewing the existing literature on the topic as well as surveys of long-term development in the realm of urban living, this thesis evaluates current living conditions in the modern city by considering the relevant historical background of collaborative living and working arrangements and allowing past projects to inform future-thinking designs."
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ISSUING BODY NOTE: BAU International Berlin University of Applied Sciences is the former name of Berlin International University of Applied Sciences