There is a desk, a door, a chair, kids running over, the constant rambling of neighbours, the rattling of vessels and I am sitting in one corner of the house thinking if it was better to be in the office working for hours together thinking of being at home. Or is it better here at home missing my workstation and its silence? There is always a retrospection, offices were made considering _ lighting, ventilation, ambient atmosphere, a place for two people, a place for eight people. On the other side, homes were designed for eating, sleeping, storing, relaxing. I am wondering if these norms are changing? In 2010 when I was an Architect fresher we had offices with NO OFFICE TIMINGS (or they were just numbers) endless laborious working hours. But soon after it went on to a trend of alternate weekends off to five days a week, this was

Author-Shlok Talati