Use these antimicrobial materials while redesigning your house in COVID-19 times
If you’re planning on getting your home redesigned or renovated, we suggest you take a look at these materials that will help you design a safe interior. December 27, 2020 / 07:19 AM IST
Within a short span of time, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives as we know it. While the virus may be short-lived, it will have a long-term impact on home design and is likely a collective fear of germs, which will ultimately lead to a cultural shift towards having cleaner homes and a greater interest in antimicrobial building materials, decor, and surfaces. If you’re planning on getting your home redesigned or renovated, we suggest you take a look at these materials that will help you design a safe interior.
A sneak peek into a post-COVID-19 home
Let us sneak a peek inside your post-pandemic home.
You enter your home carrying essentials that guarantee you a ‘quaran-time’ of about a week. Consumed by the fear of contaminating your home, your safe place, you hesitate.
You now find yourself in need of a ‘buffer zone’ – a place where you can leave groceries, online deliveries and humans alike, and buy yourself time to breathe easy (literally). A place that is part of your house but not your home.
The modern open plan does not work here. You need to enclose this activity and for that, historical architecture has a solution - the foyer, the hallway or the “verandah”. Integrating a wet area for cleaning up (powder toilet) and a dry one (a store), gives us Zone 1.