Rental Elysium

It is the year 2052, and virtuality and reality are two inseparable halves of people’s life. In the past decade, most human activities including working, schooling and public services all shifted to online. Following estate crisis and rising of living cost, more and more people choose to live in mobile capsules instead of permanent houses, which provides the space only enough to fulfil the very basic needs in the real world. Problems arose after years of digital invasion, including a rising number of sensing disorder cases globally. People start to question the way humans utilise the digital world. #Back to earth, #Back to reality, #Severance, these concepts became viral on social media, once again. Answering to this demand, the concept of living compounds arose. These compounds provide additional rental space for to capsules inhabitants, providing them the opportunity to extend their regular houses once in a while and enjoy various richer living environment with their real senses in different places in the world.

Written, modelled, produced, edited by Cleo Zhang. With thanks to Ariel Li for providing the 3D scanning of Charleston House.