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Capsule Hotel – 9 Hours from Christoph on Vimeo . In Walden , Thoreau, upon seeing a tool shed measuring 6-by-3 feet, mused that a man could live comfortably in such capsule-like quarters, which offered freedom through economy (“economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it could hardly be disposed of.”) Now, most of us can hardly gauge the possibility of spending one night in such a box, let alone maintaining permanent residence in it. That is, unless you live in Tokyo. Capsule hotels have existed in Japan for the past thirty years, but the 9 Hours “hotel” is distinguished by its minimalist design, characterized by clean lines and simple graphics. Designed by Cubic Corp. in collaboration with Studio S, the hotel experience is distilled down to the essential services one expects from a hotel which are then related across a time schedule: 1 hour to shower + seven hours to sleep + 1 hour to rest = 9 hours.
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Springwise writes about the Amsterdam’s CityHub hotel, that will be able to offer rooms for a mere €20 by rethinking the entire concept of a hotel. Within large empty buildings, small cabins will appear that’ll offer basic amenities such as a double bed, a plank for your suitcase, lighting, windows and a lockable door. Bathrooms are shared facilities, and to achieve this low price, services have been outsourced to create an ‘as-and-when-needed’ workforce. Sure to attract all types of crowd, it promises the cheapest accommodation in the centre of the city with more planned across the world.
CityHub Hotel — The Pop-Up City
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ECObitat: Lush Modular Prefab With Living Green Walls | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World
Felipe Campolina ‘s ECObitat is a modular housing system designed specifically to provide emergency or disaster relief housing. Easily transported and made of off-the-shelf materials, the one-bedroom home can be constructed easily and delivered to wherever it is needed. We especially dig ECObitat’s modular living wall and green roof system that gives the prefab a lush, organic exterior. ECObitat is constructed using standard OSB sheets, and everything is scaled using 1.22 m x 2.44 m dimensions. A steel frame makes up the structure, while SIP panels are used for the walls and floor to define the rooms and provide support and insulation. The resulting modular system has dimensions of 2.44 m x 3.10 m x 12.20 — roughly the size of a standard 40′ shipping container .Q : I'm a San Franciscan, currently in exile this year, for a grad program in Holland. My student housing is a 16 square meter "spacebox," and I'm going a little insane trying to figure out how to make it liveable. I lived in a teeny studio in SF, and Apartment Therapy's site was *great* for making it feel big and airy. As a student renter here, though, I'm not allowed to alter anything significantly: no nails/screws, no wallpaper, and not even things taped to the wall. Since I am also poor and can't afford the Ikea shopping spree of my dreams, my options are more or less limited to rearranging the existing furniture, which is alternately oversized (gigantic desk), and undersized (teensy twin bed). I had to move the bed, since the bathroom door was practically its headboard.
Ideas for Making My "Spacebox" in Holland More Livable? Good Questions | Apartment Therapy San Francisco
Comme si c’était pour une compétition, les designers cherchent toujours à créer des constructions insolites dans un minimum d’espace, parfois même avec plusieurs meubles. Le Français Paul Coudamy est spécialiste dans les systèmes de stockage supercompacts, qu’il implante même dans des locaux « inconfortables ». Son nouveau projet, réalisé dans un appartement parisien de 23 m², se distingue par l’esprit d’invention, le soin permanent des détails et une extravagance particulière. La partie centrale de l’appartement est un système mobile rouge éclatant. Il comprend un bureau, un lit et une penderie. Les étagères mobiles pour les livres – U-système mobile – découvre ou cache (au besoin) une partie de la pièce destinée au repos, ainsi qu’un espace de travail et une garde-robe.