Interiority
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022)

The Austerity Chic Interior, Gen Z, and Millennials' Domestic Dream

Urtzi Grau Magana (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
Guillermo Fernández-Abascal (University of Sydney, Australia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jul 2022

Abstract

This paper reviews domestic spaces completed in the last ten years to address the following research questions: How do Australian Gen Z and millennials in Sydney, who are currently shaping their future life, imagine their home? What are the domestic values and hopes of two generations that had their coming of age in the Information Era, and who naturally embrace digital technology and social media? What do size, scale, material, and technical innovation mean for a climate-conscious group of people that have lived through COVID-19 confinement, an endless real estate bubble, and recurrent economic crises? Grouped in five categories—sharing life, managing climate, naturalised interiors, reusing new materials, and austerity chic—the analysis of the study cases outlines these generations' emerging architectural interests. The five categories also inform a proposal for an interior constructed with fragments of the study cases that illustrates the paper’s conclusions and imagines a possible domestic space for Gen Z and millennials. 

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Arts Humanities Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Social Sciences

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The journal presents the discourses on interiority from multiple perspectives in various design-related disciplines: architecture, interior design, spatial design, and other relevant fields. The idea of interiority emphasises the internal aspects that make and condition the interior, which might be ...