Contemporary interior design solutions for co-living in Berlin
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2020
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"Architecturally speaking, there is no specific design or style in order to establish a home for a shared housing community. Each co-living project depends on the individual needs of the residents, which again affects the design approach. When it comes to the design, one important subject revolves around the question: what is private and what public? Usually, shared living is based on the idea to reduce privacy and emphasise on the communal aspect, in order to generate space that is qualitatively more valuable. Public and private boundaries must be constantly negotiated according to developments in society, e.g., changing lifestyles, household types, work modes and mobility. Clearly, both sociological and design factors matter in the process of establishing a co-living space and community (Schmid 2019, 15-22). In this research, the following questions are going to be explored: How can contemporary interior design solutions for co-living respond to future social needs in Berlin? How will that shape the conception of living? This research aims to establish an understanding of the spatial organisation of co-living in relation to the social needs of residents. In order to portray and analyse different projects that have already been established, it will be important to explore different forms of co-living concepts in detail. To give an appropriate insight into the current co-living situation in Berlin, the research will concentrate on the past decade only. Although co-living can be seen as a potential solution for certain issues in society, the following research will also reflect upon the concept in a critical way."