smaller and smaller

Posted: February 25, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: architectural reviews, architecture, cities, design, internal building design, international reviews, local design and planning, small houses | Tags: , , , , , , | 2 Comments

I recently bought a book called ‘Houses for Small Spaces’ by Gary Takle.

This book provided examples of small inner city homes. Each of the case studies were interesting, well design residences however one that was completely out of the box was the Keret House by Centrala.

The Keret House is a 14.5m2 house which varies from 1.22m to .7m wide. This house is set to be the smallest house in Warsaw, Poland… and possibly the world!

The building includes retractable stairs which provide access, two floors of living spaces, a skylight and a window on the front facade.

It made me think about all the waste we have in society today (well i can speak for Australia at least) and the unsustainable trend for these terrible McMansions…

This design demostrates the small space required to create a home… im not sure if all my shoes and clothes would fit in it… but im still loving the idea!!!