August 20, 2005
Small is beautiful
For some reason I find this notion of a micro compact home wholly intriguing. 
Is it really possible to create a living space in a 2.6 metre cube?
The design of the micro compact home has been informed by the classic scale and order of a Japanese tea house, combined with advanced concepts and technologies in Europe.
The tiny cube provides a double bed on an upper level and working table and dining space for four or five people on a lower level. The kitchen bar is accordingly arranged to serve these two levels. The entrance lobby has triple use and functions as a bathroom and drying space for clothing. Storage is provided off each of these four functioning spaces.
To emphasize how small it really is, here's a picture of a unit being hauled by an SUV. There are more details at We-Make-Money-Not-Art (definitely worth a browse), and more pictures (with German text) at sueddeutsche.de. Apparently you can buy one for 50,000 Euros....
(Via BoingBoing, not surprisingly.)
Posted by geoff2 at August 20, 2005 09:38 AMIntriguing but a bit too cramped for me.
Posted by: Susan in St. Paul at August 20, 2005 11:28 PMHaving thought more about it, I have come to the conclusion that these would make great relationship testers.
They could be kind of like an outward bound thing, esp. if there was no tv, radio, computers, ipods, ect.. and only an emergency telephone access.
I would limit firearms as well.
I suspect 48 to 72 hours would work as a good test for most people, except for the extremely sex and sleep deprived.