The enforcement of social distancing during the current pandemic has created a shift in the ways we experience and occupy space. Bedrooms have become conference rooms, living rooms have become sanctuaries, and kitchens have become yoga studios. This drastic shift in programmed experience has created significant challenges in the efficiency and flexibility of our domestic spaces, but also invites creative opportunities for design intervention and transformation....

This studio will explore adaptive architectural strategies as well as transformative product design solutions in order to re-imagine the evolving roles of our homes during the current era of social distancing.

Students will be tasked to design an intervention within their partner’s living environment, simulating a client/designer relationship and bolstering an empathy-driven process.