World's Thinnest House is only 4 ft wide(archdaily.com)
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World's Thinnest House is only 4 ft wide
http://www.archdaily.com/152505/keret-house-centrala/
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Not 1 closet. That's not a house.
... and just a proposal/graphics render at this stage?
"The house upon completion shall become the narrowest house in Warsaw, measuring an interior that will vary between 122 centimeters and 72 centimeters in its narrowest spot."
Key phrase: "In Warsaw." Was there any discussion of it being the narrowest in the world? Or did I miss something?
Key phrase: "In Warsaw." Was there any discussion of it being the narrowest in the world? Or did I miss something?
For "in the world" it may be between Vancouver's Sam Kee building http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kee_Building and Pittsburgh's Skinny Building. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04151/322795.stm
Vancouver's building is thinner at the first floor, but has overhangs on the second which increases its width.
Edit: Hmm this is for "commercial" properties so there may be thinner houses.
Vancouver's building is thinner at the first floor, but has overhangs on the second which increases its width.
Edit: Hmm this is for "commercial" properties so there may be thinner houses.
Vancouver Chinatown buildings are pretty interesting. There's also a number of buildings with 1/2 floors.
http://scoutmagazine.ca/2011/07/21/secret-city-on-buildings-...
Other key phrase: "upon completion" -- the project date is listed as December 2011 and often these artist concepts don't see the light of day.
Apparently the world's current official narrowest house is narrower at the front (47 inches) but expands to 22 feet. This one will be a bit under 60 inches the whole way through. By average width, this will be the narrowest in the world, not just Warsaw.
I love seeing things like this. It's too bad it's just a concept for now.
It reminds me of the Boeing 727 house (http://www.costaverde.com/727.html) or the modular apartment in Japan (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/garden/15hongkong.html?_r=...)
It reminds me of the Boeing 727 house (http://www.costaverde.com/727.html) or the modular apartment in Japan (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/garden/15hongkong.html?_r=...)
That house makes me think of this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/ ;p
I love creativity like this. The whole stairs into the bottom with a ladder between floors is pretty cool too. Presumably you could make a one-motorcycle garage underneath.
If you lined a number of these up, how would the noise be?
This reminds me of the Richardson Spite House, which was 5 feet wide and built to block the windows of another property.
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON005.htm
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON005.htm
Interesting. I live a short walk from what I believe is the narrowest current spite house in the US, in Old Town Alexandria, Washington DC. 7 feet wide and still proudly lived in. Nearby is +another+ spite house of the same period (post-federal).
This reminds me of Flatland
It personally reminds me of 2d side-view games (like later castlevanias) where you can't walk around objects like tables or boxes (you have to jump over them to progress). Perhaps level designers for these sorts of games will become architectural consultants when super-thin houses start springing up in other places?
Yes, there's another similar book called The Planiverse by A.K. Dewdney that demonstrates a vertical plane-world with a host of 2d innovations necessary for working mechanics and biology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planiverse
I feel claustrophobic just looking at the rendering!
It's not clear to me how one is meant to reach that beanbag.
Easy, the stairs pull up.
http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/13112565...
http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/13112565...
It seems possible once the stars are up, though I'm not sure how well I would trust using a transformable stair as a floor.
place the blue portal here, and an orange portal...
I like that Etgar Keret is going to be the first resident.
One of his stories is called Malffunction, it's about a keyboard with a stuck "F" key.
http://books.google.com/books?id=un6rKAjevT4C&pg=PA87...
One of his stories is called Malffunction, it's about a keyboard with a stuck "F" key.
http://books.google.com/books?id=un6rKAjevT4C&pg=PA87...
He never mentioned the width. I ffound this house in the paper, it looks ffine, it looked good. Now I have a broken keyboard and a ffour ffoot house.
I once considered building a lakefront house limited to 6 feet wide by zoning restrictions. I'm delighted to see someone is implementing such a design.
The ladder in the house reminds me of Super Mario. Great concept, but I would go insane living in such a 2D world over time.