Timescape Switches

Timescape is a research project investigating how design structures temporal experience within everyday life. Drawing on the concept of timescapes developed by sociologist Barbara Adam, the study examines how objects, technologies, and domestic infrastructures shape rhythms, durations, and transitions in daily routines.

Through a case study focused on Shabbat, the project explores how material arrangements, such as timers, switches, and domestic devices, organise time by regulating when actions are possible, postponed, or intentionally restricted. Rather than treating time as a neutral background, the research approaches it as a condition actively shaped through design.