The term 'Responsive Design' is usually associated with web design, as Wikipedia describes it: "...is a web design approach aimed at crafting sites to provide an optimal viewing experience--easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling--across a wide range of devices (from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones)."
I'm wondering if it can be used to design Interiors as well. I think the idea of a responsive design could translate to a space that is intuitive in its layout and functions. In the book 'Together', Richard Sennett describes co-operation as a necessary skill that people need to learn to work well with each other and a co-operative behaviour that encourages communication and interaction. Couldn't these ideas be used to design an interior that does exactly that?
I don't know but I'm developing an aversion to the open concept spaces. No doubt these work spaces and learning spaces look very spacious, bright, and 'open' but the biggest problem is that they do not encourage meaningful communication. People feel stressed and strained when trying to discuss thoughts and ideas in a noisy environment that comes with an open concept design. There is always a need to correct the acoustic problems with surface applications that tend to spoil the aesthetics. There are usually very few opportunities to escape to a quiet spot to think or to just spend some time with yourself.
We need a to develop a new design genre to address these current issues.
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