August 10, 2016

Here is another take on a tiny NY apartment,  this time in Paris. When architect Julie Nabucet was asked to fit the rooms of a full-sized apartment in a 129-square-foot (12 m2) flat in the center of Paris (Montorgueil quarter), she stacked functions: she elevated the kitchen and rolled a bed-slash-sofa underneath (pulled out halfway, it’s a couch; pulled out fully, it’s a bed). To separate the cooking area from the sleeping/living room she used plywood boxes stacked as a wall. The boxes facing the kitchen are used as cabinets; those facing the bedroom are used as bookshelves.

In the two-square-meter bathroom (21-square-feet), she squeezed an “Italian shower” (wet bath). There wasn’t enough space for a sink so she placed this outside the bathroom. To separate it from the kitchen she created a wooden netting that gives a sense of isolation, but allows light to pass through.

https://youtu.be/vuLJLJZ69zI

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I like writing about tiny homes and alternative housing,  this is an interesting look at how some people live in South Korea, coming in at 130 square feet,  this is tiny, barely enough room for any furniture, but having everything one would need to live.

I like the bathroom,  being a “wet” bathroom, meaning you take a shower in the middle of the bathroom, no separate shower stall or tub.

The price seems high for what he is getting,  $500 a month,  he explains how rent works there,  the bigger the deposit you can put down (which apparently you get back)  the cheaper your monthly rent is,  he was throwing around numbers in the tens of thousands of dollars, but you can do it with less deposit and pay more rent.

Enjoy this peek into S Korean apartment living.

https://youtu.be/LjTOtO474dI

https://youtu.be/LjTOtO474dI…