@Anti-Burnout is a proposal for a living community near Palmdale, California. The community is built to help micro influencer, TikTokers, combat high burnout rates through a strict separation between online and offline.
Through the utilization of the Communal Care Income Act, residents can make a living wage caring for those around them. Since creators are earning money by completing community chores and helping each other, there is no dependency on constant social media posting for money. By earning income this way, the time and life of influencers is no longer monetized and they are free to balance meaningful content creation and daily life.
A Micro influencer is an individual who has a following of 1,000 to 1 million on social media. They gain followers by consistently creating valuable, relatable, or interesting content within their niche, and spend time building relationships with followers.
Burnout can be defined as a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive prolonged stress. It happens when one feels overwhelmed, drained, and unable to meet constant demands.
Burnout has affected generations of social media stars and is endemic in the creator community. @Anti_Burnout is a community built to support and alleviate this issue through a balance of offline and online living.
The Workaholic spends most of their time in the Studio creating content. When they do venture into the living portion of the site, it is usually for necessities (sleeping, eating, etc.) that require efficient use of time.
The Work-Life Balancer splits their time evenly between creation and their desired lifestyle. The time spent within the site is usually filled with planned tasks that have no specific time frames.
The Wonderer creates new content sporadically. Most of their day is unplanned and filled with unstructured tasks. For this person time is not a constraint. They takes advantage of the community by slowly exploring everything the living area offers
The site layout of the offline portion is created by scaling up common home programming and moving it into the landscape. Instead of going from work, to home, to couch, community members are encouraged to enjoy their time offline and outside. This is done through diverse outdoor programming and minimal indoor living areas. The online portion is located at the end of the site in the form of a large warehouse dedicated to influencer content creation time.
Between each large area of programming are small mazes. The purpose of these spaces are to allow people alternative routes which promote unproductiveness, allowing spontaneous meetings with others and self-reflection.
Programming Plans
Plan of public bedrooms
Plan of secluded bedrooms
