The home of the future will
be minimal and ever changing to the needs of people. Self-cleaning,
self-sufficient and self running to allow more time for working, living and
creating. It will be spacious without objects, modern in design with tributes
to old twisted in with the new.
As the population grows, so
does the height of the buildings, towering over as blocks of structural
architecture that was once deemed impossible to create. Apartments would be
habitable in size, made roomier by the use of technological advances reducing
the need for so many objects. Due to space individual gardens is a given extra;
instead tower blocks create communities where the foyer area of the block contains
the basic needs of a person in terms of a few shops, hairdresser and an outside
garden area. As space gets tighter, the buildings will start to inhabit the
deeper underground in the city, burrowing down like a rabbit’s tunnel further
away from the sunlight that becomes a rarity even on the surface; as the
colossal buildings block it out like a constant eclipse. With what little light
seeps out off the edges and bounces off the metal and glass structures.
Lighting will be adapted so that it simulates sunlight rather than a glaring
artificial light, for the purpose of making the space as habitable as possible;
to avoid the feeling of imprisonment in these underground dwellings. Other
measures would be put in place to adapt these lower spaces to present the
illusion of being in the world above with ways of creating a night and day seen
through a projected of sky overhead; simulating the weather of the outside.
Every building will provide
for itself with energy storing solar panels, a rain water collector and small
indoor system for the growth of fruit and vegetables; which in turn will be
modified to bloom quickly in these conditions, with indoor lights simulating
the sun. In the kitchen, one device cooks all. Completely de-cluttering a
range of electronic appliances that boil, roast, reheat and fry into one handy,
efficient box. Food will be packaged less and be transportable in a smaller
size, which will expand into a hearty meal when cooked.
Any surface can be a
touchable, moveable thing. Rooms adapt to individuals needs and style by the
use of login systems that changes the room’s appearance according to the
inhabitant’s settings; which can control the mood of room with virtual
projections. Meaning there is no need for excessive or permanent design, blank
walls do just fine and makes redecorating a breeze. Everything around you is
purely wireless and can be voice activated from anywhere in the apartment. No
need for cords and wires, no clutter, no dashing to another part of the room
for something, most things can be achieved without moving or having to give up
one task to achieve another. News and entertainment are also provided
through wireless means, instant and quick to receive in any part of the room,
on any wall, suited to where you are located at the time. Computer games have
evolved to inhabit a room creating a virtual projection-like environment, to
give the player a more interactive world to explore.
The wardrobe of the future
is to be small, compact and multifunctional. Material that becomes self
fitting, and designed to monitor and adapt to the slightest change in the
environment it is faced with. Separate rooms won’t be a thing, so cupboards and
storage are hidden in unobtrusive compartments around the walls; giving the
illusion of space and avoiding clutter. All doors will slide rather than
opening out occupying a space.
Transport will be fast,
direct and cleaner to the environment. It will glide almost soundlessly rather
than roar and grind across the ground. To adapt to the height of the buildings
public transport would be available on various levels and heights like a ladder
of monorails climbing up through the city.
A fight to inhabit space
will commence. As space gets tighter, ideas will expand to be more efficient
with the way it is used. Great is the human mind at problem solving and with
the invention of robotics to do a lot of the work, time will be free for more
humans to be even more creative.
