Population growth, pandemic, and climate change promise to change our world. A perspective of how interior design is already changing.

1. Pandemic Climate
Population
@ceilidhhiggins
Ceilidh Higgins
The Future of the Built Environment

2. Interior Design
Leader
Senior Associate
(& Registered
Architect)

3. Writer
Speaker
Thought Leader
Futurist
BILT committee
www.themidnightlunch.com
@ceilidhhiggins
@BIMinions
@BILT_event

4. population

5. pandemic

6. climate change

7. “Instead of change,
it has merely
hastened,
accelerated trends of
change that were
already apparent
before the
pandemic”
Sir Norman Foster

8. flexibility
1

9. place

10. time

11. space

12. global
vs local
2

13. Melbourne?

14. or Mumbai?

15. work here?

16. blending
3

17. office or home?

18. office or bar?

19. home in office?

20. wellness
4

21. Mental
Workspace Physical Pandemic
• Breakout/lounges
• Biophilla
• Plants
• End of trip
• Yoga
• Stairs
• Work life
• Psychology
• Sleep
• Touch Free
• Space
• Anti Microbial

22. WELL building

23. co working / living
5

24. consumer tech
6

25. portable and
wearable
video
conferencing
chat virtual &
augmented
reality

26. face to face?

27. smart buildings
7

28. benefits data collection
• touch free
• environmentally
responsive
• user experience
• environmental
tracking
• contact tracing
• design simulations
automation
• building sensors
• destination control
• building apps and
mobile integration

29. automation
8

31. machine learning
9

32. gather data

33. analyse

35. artificial
intelligence
10

36. AI tried to
name paint
colours…

37. can AI design?

38. Pandemic Climate
Population

39. If design and
construction
leverage these
trends, what
could our
industry look like
by 2030?

40. I admit to shamelessly ripping off the Minions
Images not credited all via Unsplash.com thanks to some amazing photographers
Sir Norman Foster https://www.dezeen.com/2020/10/17/norman-foster-predictions-post-coronavirus-cities/
Girl with laptop Bryant Park, Late April 2009 by Ed Yourdon - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3475417696/sizes/l/
Time jumper by h.koppdelaney - http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/6171907581/sizes/l/
Space apartment https://www.dwell.com/article/everything-in-place-living-big-enorme-studio-92f84c7d/6459894985627451392
Mumbai Studio 5b Offices https://officesnapshots.com/2018/04/17/studio-5b-offices-mumbai/
Melbourne Ratio Office https://officesnapshots.com/2019/08/29/ratio-consultants-offices-melbourne/
Casper office https://www.dezeen.com/2017/03/17/float-studio-provides-sleeping-spaces-at-bedding-companys-manhattan-offices/
Berlin Home office https://www.yellowtrace.com.au/maria-murawsky-office-e-berlin-luxury-office-interiors/
Office or bar https://officesnapshots.com/2019/09/23/the-assemblage-coworking-offices-new-york-city/
Office pod https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/13/office-pods-may-be-the-answer-to-working-safely-post-covid-19
WELL M Mosler Zen Desk https://www.mmoser.com/en/work/zendesk-singapore
CoLiving Hmlet https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/-singaporean-co-living-company-moves-into-aus
Smart Buildings https://smartcitiesworld.net
WeWork https://www.wework.com/newsroom/posts/designing-with-machine-learning
WeWork design algorithm https://www.wework.com/newsroom/posts/this-algorithm-might-design-your-next-office
AI paint colours https://futurism.com/an-ai-just-created-and-named-new-paint-colors-and-theyre-hilarious
AI robot https://www.dezeen.com/2019/06/14/ai-robot-ai-da-artificial-intelligence-art-exhibition/
Image credits