"Home" - What is home?
Home -[hohm] noun, adjective, adverb, verb, homed, homing.
1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family or household
2. the place in which one’s domestic affections are centered
The definition of home is unusual as it reaches beyond mere logic and leaves itself open to be defined by the individual. In essence, what could be defined as home to one person feel nothing of the sort to another. This becomes the design challenge of all housing projects whether senior, multi-family or even single-family.
A designer is challenged to understand the persons and communities in which they are designing for and create opportunities for domestic affection within their designs and ensure that they are seen to completion. This challenge is not only met by design, but rather enhanced by the relationships that seek understanding of the client (individual or community) and those who inhabit the homes we build. As designers we can define place, but it is our inhabitants who get the final word on whether or not we have created a home.
As TEAM Ecumen continues forward seeking to build communities where aging means fully living, help us define home by sharing your definition. Mine, simply, 10pm Sport Center with my feet up.
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