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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1115" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90342219/the-future-of-housing-looks-nothing-like-todays" target="_blank"><strong>The future of housing looks nothing like today’s - Fast Company</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>After a century, Americans are choosing to live together–transforming not just the buildings we live in, but the way we live in them. </strong></p><p></p><p>What does a living room have to do with living?</p><p></p><p>When Lisa Cini and her husband, kids, and rescue dog moved in with her parents and grandmother a few years ago, the Ohio-based architect pored over the design of her 94-year-old grandma’s bedroom “apartment.” An Alzheimer’s diagnosis made security and mobility important, but her ideas went beyond extra locks and grab-bars; she felt it was crucial that she have her own living room within the family home.</p><p></p><p>“It’s interesting, when we’re younger and full of life, when we’re just doing life so hard, we have to find time to sleep. But when we get old, when we’re slowing down so much, we have to work to find ways to do more life and less sleep,” Cini recalls in her book about living with four generations under one roof. Designing a separate living room gave her grandma a space to hang out, engage, and entertain visitors outside of her bedroom, a subtle but important distinction. “Her living room really helps her keep living life,” Cini observes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1115, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.fastcompany.com/90342219/the-future-of-housing-looks-nothing-like-todays'][B]The future of housing looks nothing like today’s - Fast Company[/B][/URL] [B]After a century, Americans are choosing to live together–transforming not just the buildings we live in, but the way we live in them. [/B] What does a living room have to do with living? When Lisa Cini and her husband, kids, and rescue dog moved in with her parents and grandmother a few years ago, the Ohio-based architect pored over the design of her 94-year-old grandma’s bedroom “apartment.” An Alzheimer’s diagnosis made security and mobility important, but her ideas went beyond extra locks and grab-bars; she felt it was crucial that she have her own living room within the family home. “It’s interesting, when we’re younger and full of life, when we’re just doing life so hard, we have to find time to sleep. But when we get old, when we’re slowing down so much, we have to work to find ways to do more life and less sleep,” Cini recalls in her book about living with four generations under one roof. Designing a separate living room gave her grandma a space to hang out, engage, and entertain visitors outside of her bedroom, a subtle but important distinction. “Her living room really helps her keep living life,” Cini observes. [/QUOTE]
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