Applied to the societal subject matter of habitation, that entails an increasing need for living space, since people are demanding ever more space, in order to be able to live independently, freely and without being subject to any dictates from outside – they march forward on their own, each one for himself. The tendency towards the one-person household is increasing. Perhaps in future each person will only need his own spacesuit, which at the press of a button regulates temperature, food and entertainment, or is virtually feeding in only pleasant images of people and nature, simply dispensing all unpleasant confl icts and everything that offends the eye. How is living characterised, how will our future habitation be defined?