Space Metamorphosis
SURVEY
As a supplement to the statistic analysis, an online survey was launched in order to find out inhabitants opinions about their living status. The aim of the survey was to receive Yes/No answers on two main questions, which are directly linked to the objective of the project: 1. As a tenant, would you like to pay only for the time that you are present in the flat, or as owner would you to like to gain extra money while you are away? 2. Would you accept if the space you rent/own was used for other purposes (e.g. yoga class) while you are away? Before answering these two questions and explaining their opinions, participants of the survey stated their age, nationality, occupation, if they lived in Copenhagen or outside and if they were tenants or owners. These parameters will help to identify the user group, who answered positively on both questions. 150 people have participated in the study: 78 % aged between 18-30, 80% were not Danish; 74% live in Copenhagen and 80 % are tenants. The overall results of the survey show that around 50% of people answered that they would like to pay only when they are present in their home. And around 33 % would not mind if their place was used for other purposes ( fig 17). The result shows two main tendencies. First, people think that their home expenses are too high, a lot of them would like to save and second some people can imagine their home to be more flexible and be adaptable to any subsequent use. People have expressed very contradictory opinions regarding this issue. Some were very against the proposal, saying that their house is their private space and they can not imagine place being used for other purposes when they are not present : “Because this way I would feel like my privacy is violated.”. Another part of the participants had positive attitude towards the idea, but were concerned about its feasibility and were proposing in which conditions they would accept it : “Actually I’d probably consider the option (although I answered no on the question), but only if it would be extremely easy to transform the space for this other purpose and require basically no effort from me.” And finally there were one third of the participants who showed their interest in proposed scenario and expressed their desire to use most of the resources we have : “It is the best way of using the space and getting advantages for everyone”, “Providing spaces for different activities is nice”. This survey is supporting the opinion of Richard Sennet, who reflected upon the tendency of seeing our attachment to the place less rigid than it was before. The responses are illustrating that the way people see their living space, their home, is appearing to be more flexible and people could experiment with their lifestyles in order to find the best way to live in Virilio’s speed time.
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