Cramped Hong Kong apartments from above

[Moliere]

I lived in Paris for two months (like, actually inside Paris and not the banlieue. My Paris apartment was pretty small. One person could fit in the kitchen at a time, we had a futon downstairs and basically a ladder to get to the bunk beds upstairs (which upstairs only had room for bunk beds and a nightstand). I once visited a member (in Versailles) that basically lived in an apartment the size of a small bedroom (like a dormitory). He was a student and was fine with the small apartment.

In any case, none of those compare to this:

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/02/cra...ts-from-above/

[LiveCoug]

I lived in Paris for two months (like, actually inside Paris and not the banlieue. My Paris apartment was pretty small. One person could fit in the kitchen at a time, we had a futon downstairs and basically a ladder to get to the bunk beds upstairs (which upstairs only had room for bunk beds and a nightstand). I once visited a member (in Versailles) that basically lived in an apartment the size of a small bedroom (like a dormitory). He was a student and was fine with the small apartment.

In any case, none of those compare to this:

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/02/cra...ts-from-above/

Pretty nuts. The Kowloon Walled City that is referenced in that article has always fascinated me.

[Harry Tic]

I lived in Paris for two months (like, actually inside Paris and not the banlieue. My Paris apartment was pretty small. One person could fit in the kitchen at a time, we had a futon downstairs and basically a ladder to get to the bunk beds upstairs (which upstairs only had room for bunk beds and a nightstand). I once visited a member (in Versailles) that basically lived in an apartment the size of a small bedroom (like a dormitory). He was a student and was fine with the small apartment.

In any case, none of those compare to this:

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/02/cra...ts-from-above/

I kind of get in moods where the small house aesthetic really appeals to me. Very zen, very minimalistic, etc. Then I see pics like that and I think, maybe not.

[Mrs. Funk]

I lived in Paris for two months (like, actually inside Paris and not the banlieue. My Paris apartment was pretty small. One person could fit in the kitchen at a time, we had a futon downstairs and basically a ladder to get to the bunk beds upstairs (which upstairs only had room for bunk beds and a nightstand). I once visited a member (in Versailles) that basically lived in an apartment the size of a small bedroom (like a dormitory). He was a student and was fine with the small apartment.

In any case, none of those compare to this:

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/02/cra...ts-from-above/

Yikes. Yeah. My Paris apartment was palatial compared to these (I lived in the 3rd and it was tiny). It's hard to imagine that people live like this.

[Katy Lied]

I kind of get in moods where the small house aesthetic really appeals to me. Very zen, very minimalistic, etc. Then I see pics like that and I think, maybe not.

I have been involved in the small house movement, epitomized by Susanka's The Not So Big House. I met her in an elevator once in San Francisco, at PCBC one year.

I think that there exists a segment of the market that prefers small housing. The only problem is where to put their stuff. If I ever get back into building, I'd like to make studio homes, with community storage spaces. People don't need very much space when they can store their gear elsewhere. I'd also like to make flex homes for divorced dads with weekend kids, or families with grandpa staying ocassionally, or single parents with a college kid who comes home on the weekends.

www.susanka.com