The way that housing works hasn’t kept up with the reality of how we might live. Our homes have tied us to living in one place even though we can connect with friends and colleagues all over the world. But it need not be this way. Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to be wealthy to have multiple homes around the world?

New Eelam is developing next-generation housing that can be accessed flexibly. We want to help democratize global mobility, so that more and more people can make the whole world their home.

As populations grow, we at New Eelam think that urbanization can become a force for good in the world. Connected cities and increasingly decarbonized transportation are bringing together new ideas and enabling collaboration. We believe that the way in which cities develop is important to everyone everywhere – not just to those who live in them – and we want to build stronger, more resilient and adaptable communities that are connected to each other around the world as much as to their own specific geographies.

Flexible housing is not for everyone. Many people will choose their record collection and DVDs over streaming music and movies; for some, no amount of e-books will compare to their bookshelf; and car sharing will never give them the joy of their own wheels. And that’s fine. But for those who value the freedom of mobility over the accumulation of things, New Eelam aims to make global living more accessible than ever before.

We believe that a greater wealth of experiences can be possible through owning less and doing more. So we’re rethinking how housing can work for a future in which more and more people could value relationships over possessions and express themselves by what they share in, rather than by what they own.