Robotic walls, ceiling-mounted furniture, and windows that tint on command are early signs that tomorrow’s homes may behave less like buildings and more like machines.
By Futurist Thomas Frey
Imagine a home whose walls move, rooms expand, windows change transparency, and furniture reconfigures itself based on the needs of its occupants. Could future houses become more like programmable machines than permanent structures?
Think about the house you live in right now. The walls are exactly where they were the day it was built. The kitchen is the same size it was decades ago. The bedrooms sit empty for most of the day, while the living room gets crowded every evening.
We’ve always accepted this. When a house doesn’t fit our needs, we adapt to it. We squeeze into small spaces, ignore unused rooms, or eventually pack up and move.
But what if the house adapted to us instead?
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