INTELLIGENT LIVING SPACE

UK
347 sq. ft.
Abito

Driven by a purity of thought; abito is dedicated to the elimination of dead space.  The central pod becomes the hub of the apartment, housing and hiding all the utilities to liberate space and create a circular walk that makes the flat live and breath every one of its 347 square feet. Physically there is a freedom of movement.  Visually there are unhindered views in every direction.  And the sturdy walls ensure that your freedom is private freedom.  abito is about creating a living environment that is multifunctional, inventive and easy to live in.  It’s about quality not quantity.

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Comments

[posturepedic]

Great way to conserve space.

[Blowden]

Having the front door opening towards the stove is bad?
Society looks at the past as if people back then were idiots, but it seems we just trade in burning witches and knocking on wood for things like feng shui and the v power.

[Mark]

Feng shui is only semi-BS. It doesn't bring you luck and prosperity but it does make a room look a bit better.

[benh42]

I agree that the bathroom in the middle of the place seems a bit counter-intuitive, but the rest is very cool. And btw, Feng Shui is bullshit. Look up the research. There may in fact be some functional issues with those design characteristics Hsiaokuo62 pointed out, but if they're bad designs it's certainly not because the tenants of Feng Shui state they are.

Otherwise, very interesting stuff. I certainly wouldn't mind living in smaller digs if they're intuitively designed.

[LiiBot]

the aspect of living in such as small apartment with the future of high rent, why not? its a fantastic start and with more progress i would love to live and sleep in these rooms

[Hsiaokuo62]

There are some Feng Shui problems here. Putting the bathroom in the center of a house is a no-no. The front door appears to open directly opposite the stove, also bad. And, a fold down "Murphy" bed is bad Feng Shui, and may lead the sleeper to feel miserable. Might be fun to try to make a minimalist, good Feng Shui home! I'm no architect, so to those of you who are, here is the challenge!

[Hsiaokuo62]

There are some Feng Shui problems here. Putting the bathroom in the center of a house is a no-no. The front door appears to open directly opposite the stove, also bad. And, a fold down "Murphy" bed is bad Feng Shui, and may lead the sleeper to feel miserable. Might be fun to try to make a minimalist, good Feng Shui home! I'm no architect, so to those of you who are, here is the challenge!

[Hsiaokuo62]

There are some Feng Shui problems here. Putting the bathroom in the center of a house is a no-no. The front door appears to open directly opposite the stove, also bad. And, a fold down "Murphy" bed is bad Feng Shui, and may lead the sleeper to feel miserable. Might be fun to try to make a minimalist, good Feng Shui home! I'm no architect, so to those of you who are, here is the challenge!

[Hsiaokuo62]

There are some Feng Shui problems here. Putting the bathroom in the center of a house is a no-no. The front door appears to open directly opposite the stove, also bad. And, a fold down "Murphy" bed is bad Feng Shui, and may lead the sleeper to feel miserable. Might be fun to try to make a minimalist, good Feng Shui home! I'm no architect, so to those of you who are, here is the challenge!

[Consumer]

Nice design, but where will I put all the crap I buy?

Sorry, had to make fun of the constant need for bigger housing, especially here in the states. I'm living in a studio right now, and I can imagine why people need more space than this. I will personally refuse to live in house any bigger than necessary, so this kind of design, with an eye to reasonably-sized homes, gets me excited.

[RumseyArchitect]

Hallways are the definition of dead space, and this design maximizes them by putting the bathroom in the middle of the space and giving us two small and useless hallways on each side. There are some good ideas here though, namely the loft space above the bathroom (really much more useful as storage than the silly depiction of people lounging on it).

I see no reason why you wouldn't just shove the bathroom into a corner, and get a decently sized studio out of it. The bathroom is pretty well designed though so we'll keep it as it is, just not where it is. I say push it into the front corner where the bedroom currently is. Put the lavatory and the kitchen sink in the same wall, build a loft over the kitchen, fridge, and bathroom, making sure to run the utility chase as close to the wall as possible. Then you build the bedroom cabinets and build in bed into one of the side walls, and all of a sudden you have an open, intelligent and functional living space.

[Amedeo Felix]

May be fine for student accommodation, but I hope no developer gets the idea that this kind of space is OK for people to live in long term...

[eric]

wow this is really cool. Something like this could really make it comfortable for 1 or 2 people in a small apartment. and with todays high population and crazy housing costs this is the kind of thinking we need. i would love a pad like this

[Emerald]

I looooove this! I am obsessed with small space living. I graduated to a 1 bedroom, and have since moved everything into the main room. The bedroom is empty, I gave it to my rabbits! If I can convince the boyfriend to build a house for us like this, I'll be thrilled :D

[steve]

Where do you put the keg??

[Electronic cigarettes]

Brilliant, i love this system

[Droqen]

This is so awesome <3 Moving into an apartment (a smaller space) I actually found the reduced space really nice. I want to live here.