Ever wonder ..
how COVID-19 will affect our daily lives beyond the current landscape and how industries such as real estate will propel us forward? If robotic furniture and design innovations are your thing, then whoa, this NYT essay is for you. The videos are insanely satisfying to watch and it is exciting to see how the future may unfold as a result of our current pandemic reality.
Stuck at home, WFH, limited in our comings and goings in order to stay healthy — how we adapt in the ever growing larger picture forever marks the triumph of human will and survival.
We’ve compiled the videos and images for you but do head over to the NYT for a deeper look at what real estate has in store for this Our New Coming Reality. Super exciting stuff!
Material sourced from NYT piece by Stefanos Chen • Nov. 13, 2020 •
A bed that descends from the ceiling when it’s needed and conceals the couch. Source Video by Stefano Ukmar
“The coronavirus could be the crisis that finally propels the tech-averse real estate industry into the 21st century.
Location matters less, now that the office is the kitchen. Size matters more, now that everyone is at home. And the best way to justify exorbitant prices is no longer the building’s amenity package — it’s peace of mind walking from the lobby to the living room.
These are the touch points for a host of new or newly valuable technologies emerging in the post-Covid housing market, from rent-regulated apartments to luxury condos. They range from robotic furniture that reimagines itself inside our shrinking walls, to contactless apps designed to bring neighbors together. They are futuristic takes on prosaic features, like ultraviolet wands in air ducts, and “Ghostbusters”-inspired blasters to hose down Amazon boxes. Some may be passing fads.
Still, the ones that stick could have long-term implications for a stubbornly analog industry, even as some critics have raised concerns about data collection and privacy. And it remains unclear whether these improvements will reach the workaday housing market, or remain a luxury niche.
Here are some of the products and ideas that could stay with us long after the pandemic.”