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    Not Quite Walls: Soft Partitions for Adaptive Homes
    (2024-04-17) Atkinson, Rachel; Finley, Dawn; Marjanovic, Igor; Jimenez, Carlos
    This thesis proposes a new type of home that adapts to the resident’s ever-changing needs by leveraging lightweight textile partitions within a completely open floorplan. Currently, when our homes no longer match our needs, we have three options: suffer in place, move to a new home, or remodel. The never-ending struggle to find a home that fits has a tremendous impact on our housing stock, our wallets, our waste streams, and our social networks. This thesis demonstrates the possibility of a home that adapts to the user, letting them save resources, stay in the neighborhood they love, age in place, and indulge their creative instincts.