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The pandemic has been a catalyst for home improvement, and one throughline in almost every update planned for 2021, architects and decorators say, is a sharp demarcation between work and relaxation spaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople want their offices to be offices, and their playrooms to be playrooms,\u201d says Damian Samora, a principal at Ferguson & Shamamian Architects in New York. \u201cThe make-or-break post-Covid is people being able to spiritually and mentally survive by having their personal life and unplugging.\u201d<\/p>\n

That can mean leaving tech in the home office, though it runs counter to trends companies have been flogging for years. Smart appliances have become omnipresent: Miele makes a Wi-Fi-enabled dishwasher; <\/strong>a line of LG washing machines comes with an app that lets you do laundry remotely; Samsung\u2019s new app-connected AI-powered vacuum cleaner has sensors that can distinguish between a chair leg and a toy.<\/p>\n

But Enrique Vela, the director of interiors at Olson Kundig Architects in Seattle, hasn\u2019t seen his homebound clients clamoring for more technology. \u201cBefore, everyone wanted the Nest thermostat, or to be able to lower your blinds, and open your door, and unlock everything\u201d with your phone, he says. But \u201cin the last couple of projects we\u2019ve been working on, integration of tech hasn\u2019t come up as something that\u2019s in the foreground. What\u2019s come up most is accessibility and approachability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Utility and ease\u2014and any excuse to avoid looking at your phone even more\u2014could outpace novelty this year. \u201cPeople are more aware and more interested in their environment,\u201d says Annabelle Selldorf, the founder of New York\u2019s Selldorf Architects. <\/strong>\u201cYou can have the most beautiful kitchen in the world, but if you don\u2019t know how to operate the steam oven, or what have you, it doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once the Wi-Fi is set up, even the focus of a home office is rarely about the technology itself. Interior designer Steven Gambrel recounts that, during a recent renovation of a house in East Hampton, N.Y., one owner was preoccupied by the wall behind his desk\u2014what people on Zoom calls would see. After dismissing a big polished paneled room (too stodgy), an important painting (too garish), and family portraits (too invasive), he settled on a bookshelf.<\/p>\n

Concerns such as videoconference backgrounds might feel temporary, but architects say the changes we see in 2021, dictated by the habits formed in 2020, will stick for years. \u201cThis experience is going to stay in people\u2019s memories for a long time,\u201d says Ron Radziner, a design partner at Marmol Radziner, which has offices on both coasts. \u201cThere\u2019s a little bit of this fear that \u2018Hey, this can happen again, and I want to be ready.\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n

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