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[[File:SearsHouse115.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Plans for a detached [[house]] showing the social functions for each [[room]]]]
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A '''home''', or '''domicile''', is a [[space]] used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or more [[human]] occupants, and sometimes various [[pet|companion animals]]. Homes provide sheltered spaces, for instance [[rooms]], where domestic activity can be performed such as sleeping, preparing food, eating and hygiene as well as providing spaces for work and leisure such as remote working, studying and playing.

Physical forms of homes can be static such as a [[house]] or an [[apartment]], mobile such as a [[houseboat]], [[Trailer (vehicle)|trailer]] or [[yurt]] or digital such as virtual space.<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition: Home |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/home |website=Dictionary |access-date=29 October 2020 |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028105315/https://www.dictionary.com/browse/home |url-status=live}}</ref> The aspect of 'home' can be considered across scales; from the micro scale showcasing the most intimate spaces of the individual dwelling and direct surrounding area to the macro scale of the geographic area such as [[town]], [[village]], [[city]], [[country]] or [[planet]].

The concept of 'home' has been researched and theorized across disciplines – topics ranging from the idea of home, the interior, the psyche, liminal space, contested space to gender and politics.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Briganti and Mezei |first1=Chiara and Kathy |title=The Domestic Space Reader |date=2012 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Canada |isbn=978-0802099686}}</ref> The home as a concept expands beyond residence as contemporary lifestyles and technological advances redefine the way the global population lives and works. The concept and experience encompasses the likes of [[exile]], yearning, [[Belongingness|belonging]], homesickness and homelessness.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt2ttqbw |title=The Domestic Space Reader |date=2012 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-9664-7 |editor-last=Briganti |editor-first=Chiara |pages=6 |jstor=10.3138/j.ctt2ttqbw |editor-last2=Mezei |editor-first2=Kathy}}</ref>