Marco determined that storage options meaningfully impact residential experiences. She found that “The stuff that inhabitants own is largely overlooked in current debates on housing policy and design. Yet, householders can have their quality of life, well-being, and happiness negatively affected by the ‘stuff’ they keep in their homes. . . . Th[is] study concludes that the design of future homes could better support inhabitants’ quality of life and well-being if space for storage was better understood. It argues for a more informed approach to housing design, where storage is valued and the space provided is flexible, so the reality of inhabitants’ ‘stuff’, and the associated well-being implications are considered.”
Elena Marco. 2022. “Stuff and Space in the Home: Space for Storage as the Forgotten Design and Well-Being Dimension in Standardised Housing.” The Journal of Architecture, vol. 27, no. 5-6, pp. 708-733, https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2022.2142269