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wheelchair. A lift with a modular design that can be customised, extended up to an additional floor, moved or even recycled is seen as important in order to future-proof a home in the long term. It will both add value for the homeowner, and will help the developer attract capital investment at an earlier age.
as modular housing with moveable walls are popular, as they allow for flexible living spaces that can be expanded, contracted and customised as require- ments for space change. Innovative new materials are favoured as they can play a role in the circular economy by being recycled or re-used. Another critical element for a house designed for intergenerational living is a home lift. In Asia, accessibility is not seen as a requirement exclusive to the older generation. The convenience of a home lift to access different floors is considered just as valuable to young parents with small children, for example, as a matriarch or patriarch confined to a
A NEW, COLLABORATIVE APPROACH With so many stakeholders involved in the design of a new home, collaboration, inclusive design and customisation are key when it comes to deciding the layout of the house and elements within it. The inter-generational family home needs the option of areas or floors designated to different generations that can be modified over time, with a mix of private spaces (bedrooms, bathrooms and rooms for entertaining guests) linked to communal ones for family meals, for example. The technology and cabling embedded within the building will need to be adaptable as smart home systems evolve beyond energy automation and security, to include improved voice recognition and health and wellbeing monitors. Beyond the functionality of the build-
ing, customisable design elements to suit every member of the family will make a new-build much more saleable and desir-
THE HUMBLE HOME LIFT, FOR EXAMPLE, SHOULD BE SO MUCH MORE THAN A METAL BOX THAT MOVES BETWEEN FLOORS
able. The humble home lift, for example, should be so much more than a metal box that moves between floors. It should be a ‘canvas’ for personalised artwork, with adaptable lighting to suit a mood or interior, and it needs to be either showcased like a prized piece of furniture or cleverly disguised behind bookcases. Housebuilders need to wise up to the new marketing trend of customer experi- ence – or ‘CX’ – which courts consumers of every age and considers their long-term needs. Research conducted by the NHBC Foundation found that multigenerational households do not require vastly different layouts to many homes already being built, they just need foresight from the housebuilders on how we will all be living in the future.
David Schill is the marketing director at Aritco Lifts
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