ABSTRACT
The year 2020 will go down in history as the world’s largest work-from-home experiment. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home became the new normal for many. For freelancers, this was not a radical shift; working from home was already the default choice for the majority. For those less keen on having their work and home life completely merge, there is a middle ground to be found. As the case study Garden House shows, a co-working area can just be an extra living space in the home, used for work by day and other activities in the evenings. There are a number of co-live/co-work models designed specifically with the digital nomad in mind, like the case studies Outpost and Mokrin House. There are examples of co-living in rural locations and holiday destinations, selling the concept of the ‘workation’.
