What is Comfort? A Manual to Disrupt the ‘Norm’ of Domestic Architecture Part 2 Project 2021 Joseph WilloughbyFelicity MorrisEmily Niven University of Liverpool | UK The research within this thesis project is timely, as in recent years collective programmes developed outside of the home have moved inside. Advances in technology have enabled the kitchen table to become the office, the bathroom to become the spa, and the living room to become the school. Modern housing has become its own micro-city. Our research by design approach disrupts the norm of domestic architecture through the creation of a dynamic manual, whereby changing parameters changes the hierarchy of comfort. Unfortunately, in our modern society the minimum standard also inversely becomes the maximum. Developers save money by designing more efficient spaces, with smaller façades and standardised, mass produced windows and materials. Whilst architects have a memory bank full of standard dimensions. The organisation of our modern homes is often dictated on paperbefore it even exists. Plans are submitted with standardised furniture placed precisely in accordancewith window or power outlet positions. We developed a methodology for challenging standards and creating a human-centred approach to designing domestic architecture rather than an economic model to be exploited. Following this manual with a different protagonist and location would uncover newdesign opportunities, furthering our understanding of human comfort. Joseph WilloughbyFelicity MorrisEmily Niven Tutor(s)