I'm not liking the echo. There is too many solid surfaces and not enough sound supression.
[QUOTE=pentium;42408437]I'm not liking the echo. There is too many solid surfaces and not enough sound supression.[/QUOTE]
Just staple a bunch of eggboxes onto the walls. :v:
That is amazing. As a student looking for student accommodation, I would be completely fine with living in a place like that for a 9 month span.
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That bathroom was top-tier.
This kinda place would be perfect for me.
I love small apartments. If done right they can be pretty damn comfortable even with very little space.
Looks interesting, but I would find it so depressing to live in. It reminds me of one those little "cat homes"
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I love this style of design. I've always been fascinated with highly efficient living spaces, because they allow you to make the absolute most out of a small space, which could theoretically allow folks with very little money to live comfortably in very expensive areas, or to live in a moderately priced area and have a ton of income left over in their budget for savings or travel or entertainment. As somebody with very little money, that's attractive to me.
[editline]4th October 2013[/editline]
Now I have to spend the next six hours in Sketchup designing one of my own.
It's beautiful
They should build a shitton of these in dense cities like NY, Chicago, LA, etc. For people short on money.
Smell could be a problem, but I guess you could open a window, that goes for cooking food, the bathroom, and morning after a nightout smell. Condensation/mold could also be a problem both from the bathroom shower and just general living, so yeah, really good ventilation is a must.
[QUOTE=LoganIsAwesome;42409153]They should build a shitton of these in dense cities like NY, Chicago, LA, etc. For people short on money.[/QUOTE]
It's not really to code, you'd have to make it a little larger probably, as he said.
Pretty sure I saw this on HGTV? I recall that table with the chain. I'd love a place like this, probably larger because I'm 6 foot 4. I wonder how you find these little afterthought places for sale. It'd be cool to have a place in the city to sleep if I don't feel like taking an hour commute home.
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[QUOTE=Mabus;42409235]Smell could be a problem, but I guess you could open a window, that goes for cooking food, the bathroom, and morning after a nightout smell. Condensation/mold could also be a problem both from the bathroom shower and just general living, so yeah, really good ventilation is a must.[/QUOTE]
not really, the volume is so small that you'd need hardly any ventilation. He has a window and the range hood.
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not really, the volume is so small that you'd need hardly any ventilation. He has a window and the range hood.[/QUOTE]
The fact that it's small is the reason good ventilation is a must, I've spent the last 4 years in small rooms, sleeping in them causes the windows to fog and then condensation forms, then black mold. In a small room with a connecting bathroom and a Kitchen? Oh man that's a recipe for disaster without good ventilation.
And not to forget the other popular videos posted before:
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQM7a5Yjp9g[/media]
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;42408973]I love this style of design. I've always been fascinated with highly efficient living spaces, because they allow you to make the absolute most out of a small space, which could theoretically allow folks with very little money to live comfortably in very expensive areas, or to live in a moderately priced area and have a ton of income left over in their budget for savings or travel or entertainment. As somebody with very little money, that's attractive to me.
[editline]4th October 2013[/editline]
Now I have to spend the next six hours in Sketchup designing one of my own.[/QUOTE]
Not to forget the key point he made: due to the space being so small, he could throw money at the things that really matter like furnishings and kitchen equipment etc etc
Which is pretty damn brilliant. Would let you live really comfortably, really cosy and at an affordable price.
it is made for a single
this is fucking amazing
I love it. I'm fascinated by space-efficient solutions for small living spaces. I like his idea of how working with a very small space and doing things by hand allowed him to go all-out with high-quality material selection. I must also second his comment about boats; If you want to see space-efficiency in its ultimate form, check out boats/yachts (sailing boats in particular). To maintain good handling and performance the hulls need to be long, narrow and shallow, but the boats cost a fortune and they're owned mostly by rich people who are used to comfortable living spaces. So, a massive amount of work is spent on working out means of filling these compartments with utilities and storage space in the most cozy, classy and efficient ways.
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[T]http://www.bareboat.com/brochure/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/003salon1.jpg[/T]
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[QUOTE=Cuel;42409980]it is made for a single[/QUOTE]
"twin bed", mentions it's a bit tight for two. However he also mentions that there was another smaller bedspace he made for his daughter (that's too small to accomodate anybody bigger than a 6 year old). He's been there since he was 22, so I can assume he had a full family in there for (wild guess) 6+ years. The way he was talking during the vid kind of implies he has a lot of free time to sit around by himself, I wonder if the tight quarters and lack of privacy caused too much stress
Man, I don't understand why people love huge homes. I would love to live in a small flat, maybe not quite as small as that, but I definitely have an aversion to the large open spaces
[QUOTE=daijitsu;42410234]"twin bed", mentions it's a bit tight for two. However he also mentions that there was another smaller bedspace he made for his daughter (that's too small to accomodate anybody bigger than a 6 year old). He's been there since he was 22, so I can assume he had a full family in there for (wild guess) 6+ years. The way he was talking during the vid kind of implies he has a lot of free time to sit around by himself, I wonder if the tight quarters and lack of privacy caused too much stress[/QUOTE]
it's pretty easy to imagine living with another person in such quarters and how long it would last
Its a really cool idea - but that stool thing to get to the mid level looks wonky. It would look so much nicer with a little vertical ladder instead.
[QUOTE=M2k3;42412258]Its a really cool idea - but that stool thing to get to the mid level looks wonky. It would look so much nicer with a little vertical ladder instead.[/QUOTE]
i actually thought "wow this looks so much more practical than a ladder would be" when i saw it
a ladder would also kinda block the little TV area he has down there
[QUOTE=pentium;42408437]I'm not liking the echo. There is too many solid surfaces and not enough sound supression.[/QUOTE]
It's not going to be as echoy in person. Echo's are more noticeable in video.
This would be perfect for me; I'm mostly either at work, or on my computer anyways, so why require a huge living space? Unless, you know, situations for women..
Boeing Engineers: Building tiny apartments when they aren't getting buttrammed by horsecocks
The main thing about these small spaces is that they generally are designed by people who know themselves well or know what they want to focus on. Like they really want a good kitchen a build around that.
I'd probably build around my Desktop Computer and Kitchen if I did this.
[QUOTE=FFStudios;42410506]Man, I don't understand why people love huge homes. I would love to live in a small flat, maybe not quite as small as that, but I definitely have an aversion to the large open spaces[/QUOTE]
Families and pets, privacy (Would you want a person directly below you watching a movie while you're trying to read a book?), people like dedicated rooms (entertainment room, kitchen, bedroom, etc.), and people like yards (pools, etc.). There's more to it than that but it's not hard to see why people want a large house.
Of course for a single person a small flat would be perfect, but once you're talking about multiple people the house needs to be bigger.
Dude that's smaller than my room.
This may sound pretty funny, but since I have two closets I was bored one winter and emptied out one, padded it up, put a small table in there with a beanbag, setup my laptop in it, put a curtain style sheet up for the "door", and just got cozy as fuck and watched shows in there. I found it a lot more relaxing and comfortable than sitting in my open room to watch TV/netflix etc etc.
This kind of place would be amazing to stay in for short periods of time.
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