The Nomad Society

What is a home? A home is a structure where we live, sleep and store our belongings. Home is one of the most fundamental needs for human being. Home is more than just a place or a building but a collection of sentiments and memories. But in the modern society, we are dislocated from our “homes”. We live in places hundreds and thousands miles away from where we were born. We inhabit like nomads moving from one place to another. We constantly find better place to live. 

From the very beginning, having home was important to us. Home is the place of privacy and intimacy. But it is getting harder and harder to own a home or even feel the sense of home. Families are getting smaller and smaller and dispersed to different part of world. Other than putting more decorations and pictures of family, how can people feel comfortable and cozy like home? How can we cope with being a nomad?

I want to investigate how can design help people identify sense of place, their home, and help the modern population to settle in and feel like home where they are.

KELLY GUEWON PARK