Cohabitants, the second part to my Thesis, is looking at the relationship of people living together
in the domestic space. Not families or couples but rather young urban professionals and students
sharing an apartment or house together.

There are two layers to this particular study:

1. Outside the house/apartment looking for a new roommate,
    in the need for a new place.

     -How do you advertise or describe yourself and the place you are living in, for enough
      people to be attracted, allowing you to choose the best fit.

     -How do you know who is the best potential roommate, how do you decide? (by their
      Myspace page, how popular they are, by their looks, their carer, their age, gender,
      age.... all of these?)

I AM / YOU NEED TO BE

Is looking at craigslist classified posts "Los Angeles rooms / shared".
Each add is divided into two categories

I AM - the description of the person living in the space

YOU NEED TO BE - the description what characteristics the new potential
roommate needs to bring to the domestic space.

Click here to listen to a few of these adds.

It reminds of some sort of customization. Maybe a little inhuman like.

2. Inside the house/apartment, looking close at the communications
    and space division of people living together.

Is the situation just like it was described in the advertisement, or does human
customization have a few flaws to it?

My first round of interviews concentrated on how you divided the space. What things
you share, what things you keep private. Are there rules, to keep the domestic
atmosphere at ease? How far does the friendship go, or is it strictly just sharing a space.

In my second round of interviews I hope to capture much more of a privacy, maybe
even issues, and get closer to the communication within the domestic space,
the "unspoken". The "outside" is like a pretty painted picture where you have to
pick and choose, but what does reality look like within the space?