Which is the dweller today?

In the past, society was defined in specific groups with specific characteristics; according to Atelier Kempe Thill, in their article "Specific Neutrality", society would split in new and big subgroups with their own expectations regarding home. Today, the dweller has become an unknown character to the architect, this happens for many reasons, one of them is the mobility; "society is becoming more and more dynamic", what makes the time to live in a house go down to 3 - 5 years, and eliminating the strong relations that existed between the dwellers and the place and neighborhood they live in.The architect's job isn't related directly to the dweller anymore, it consists in designing a façade and organizing floor plans generically, suitable for anybody, which is the same as designing for nobody; a contradictory idea in times when dwellers are developing more specific needs.

Sheila Ferniza