What Would the Architecture of Everyday Wellbeing Look Like?

A couple may buy a one-bedroom flat, start a family and be forced to move. Children grow into teenagers who need privacy. Adult children remain at home because housing is unaffordable. Parents age, mobility changes and stairs become a barrier. Eventually, people may have to leave the home, friends and community they have known for decades because the building cannot adapt.

We have normalised this disruption as an inevitable part of life. I do not believe it has to be.

My work considers how modular construction, adaptable rooms, shared community spaces, access to nature, multigenerational design and prevention-focused wellbeing services could allow people to remain rooted while their homes evolve around them.

It brings together the different strands of my life: growing up around property, working in social housing and development communications, publishing Wellbeing Magazine and researching the conditions that help people flourish.