I would never want a house designed that way except as a secondary property as a retreat somewhere, which is perfectly fine to me.
But if people want to live in those...who am I to say no?
What I am concerned about is THOSE people saying to US: “We are pushing for legislation to REQUIRE all domociles to be “Open Concept” because nobody needs a house with all that space, rooms with a single purpose...we need to save the Earth.”
I’m right on the page with you there.
As an aesthetic choice people should be free to choose what suits them. No way does Gv’t get to take over freedom of design other than saftey codes (which are IMO often arbitrary as well). I don’t believe in the whole “Save the Planet” gig.
It maybe that people are thinking black & white. Open space or all rooms with doors.
Open space as a design concept is just as likely to be a series of spaces that flow into one another with archways or a missing wall. Line of sight does not need to be the whole space but can be eat in kitchen with a dining alcove on the way the to the family room and on the other side of the kitchen a multipurpose room (playroom, craft room, storage space, den). Less walls but not no internal walls.