What is a house really for?

How will the way we use our homes change over the 21st Century?

That was the theme of an architecture event held at DCA this week chaired by architecture expert Penny Lewis.

What is the Future of Domestic Life was put together by the British Council, Creative Dundee and The Architecture Fringe.

Brazillian film maker Sam Gonçalves talked about his documentary on the demolition of the Alexander Street multis and spoke passionately about how those residents felt disconnected from Dundee’s cultural renaissance.

Shumi Bose talked about her exhibition Home Economics, which was presented at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.

She and a team looked at what houses mean in terms of hours, days, months, years and decades.

It looked at issues like shared ownership, the importance of wi-fi, the bed being used more than the sofa during waking hours and how to avoid housework.

Author Gerry Hassan, freshly returned from the US campaign trail, spoke on changing culture, while Duncan of Jordanstone lecturer Andy Milligan targeted the academic thinkers in the audience of around 50.