This video shows the online platform that IKEA's external innovation lab Space10 has for researching and developing concepts for future shared living spaces.

Launched today, One Shared House 2030 is a collaboration between Space10 and Brooklyn design studio Anton & Irene. The project's aim is to explore and develop ideas for shared living to solve current housing problems, like affordability, rapid urbanisation and loneliness.

Co-living complexes, where residents share facilities, have already been developed in response to such issues, with recent projects by WeLive and The Collective. But Space10 and Anton & Irene are hoping to establish a framework for future developments better adapted to changes in modern lifestyles, including the introduction of self-driving cars and more people working from home.
On the website, users are invited to sign-up for a co-living space for the year 2030 and then proceed to a survey on 21 topics, from commuting, personality, furniture and pets.

"Our cities have never been more attractive to the many people," said Space10's Guillaume Charny-Brunet. "Yet in the context of booming urbanisation, rocketing housing prices, shrinking living spaces and increasing social disconnects, 'sharing' will be 'caring' more than ever."

"Co-living isn't new, but as both space and time are increasingly becoming a luxury, the concept needs a revamp," he continued. "Space10 is going on a journey to explore the poten...