The architect Le Corbusier said “a house is a machine for living in.” A house (or any building) is a tool we use to achieve certain goals. This highlights the question, what capabilities should a space have that make it a machine that we want to use?
There are some obvious functions that a space must perform, like giving shelter and safety, but those are not in the scope of this article. I want to talk about the abilities a space can have that require an ongoing effort from the inhabitant.
These capabilities in a space are all affected by the storage, display, and usage of physical objects. The goal of this article is to find a simple set of ideals that a person can follow that helps them cultivate these capabilities in their space.
The reason I wrote this article is to search for ideals I can follow that change my spaces in ways that make me more happy, more productive, and more comfortable. This article also gives me proof that I can point towards to demonstrate how much I have thought about my strategies. Hopefully later, I can share it with others and it will help them get what they want out of spaces too.
I want this article to be approachable. Some of these ideals aren’t ones that I follow to the degree I would hope from myself. I try my best to be organized, but it is an ongoing effort.
I want you as a reader to find inspiration from this advice.
Right now, everything here seems like loose pieces of advice. It needs a structure that makes sense. I need to find a way to organize it more clearly
Possible categories to structure this article around: