Live from MIPIM 2023:

Kristen Zupancic, Advisor at Co-Liv and Founder of Plot Twist Placemaking & Iñigo Unanue, Global Residential Lead at Salto Systems.

In this episode of the Future of Living podcast, Kristen Zupancic interviews Iñigo Unanue, the Global Residential Lead at Salto Systems. They discuss the impact of technology on streamlining operations within coliving communities and optimizing space and occupancy rates. Iñigo emphasizes the importance of providing access control solutions that enable operators to make their facilities more efficient, and he highlights the need to strike a balance between security and convenience. He also stresses the significance of designing living spaces that are purpose built for coliving, with the use cases of residents in mind, in order to provide better experiences in the future.

Notable Quotes:

Iñigo Unanue:

- "We are focused on providing software and hardware products, bundling and consolidating them into different solutions that we can offer to coliving operators, but also student housing operators or BTR operators."

- "We are truly believers that there is a balance between security and convenience."

- "I think if we can turn that into a more proactive attitude from the whole ecosystem stakeholders with architectures, with different consultancy companies, technology companies, everyone involved in the development of living spaces and coliving in general, I think we need to work more closely."

- "People tend to work and live more and more in the same environment, in the same building. How are the buildings designed to support those ways of living or not? I think as an industry, we really need to dive into that in order to provide those experiences in the future."