Check Out the Skinniest House in the World

[Hot Mega]

Nice bit of architecture. Might be a tight squeeze if you happened to wake up in the middle of the night with an urgent need to relieve yourself of a number 2 butt have to climb down a latter though.

There are skinny houses. And then there is Jakub Szczęsny's Keret House, which could make Calista Flockhart look like a fatty. At its most generous, the proposed place, in Warsaw, Poland, will clock in at 4 feet wide. At its narrowest, it'll be just 28 inches wide -- thinner than the average doorway. And we complain about our sardine can in New York...

The house (officially an "art installation," because it doesn't meet Polish building code) is slated to fill a crack between a pair of buildings in Warsaw's Wola district. When construction's finished in December, it'll be the thinnest house in Warsaw and possibly the whole world. We did a quick Google search and couldn't find anything leaner.

Szczęsny designed the house to be a work space and home for Israeli writer Etgar Keret. It'll also be a "studio for invited guests -- young creators and intellectualists from all over the world." If, that is, they're willing to drop half their body weight to fit inside.

Kidding, kidding. In all seriousness, though, the house is a pretty remarkable feat of architecture. If everything goes according to plan, Szczęsny will manage to squeeze in designated rooms for sleeping, eating, and working. The place will have off-grid plumbing inspired by boat sewage technology and electricity lifted from a neighbor. To save space, the entry stairs will fold up at the press of a button and become part of the first floor.

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http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/113203/worlds-skinniest-house-fastcompany

 

[Member442]

A house of nothing but wasted space. I don't get it. Looks kinda cool though.

 

[Petra]

Wow...and the architect isn't dutch. Amazing.

 

[Vanilla Bear]

Hehe Makes Calista Flockhart look like a fatty! :thumbsup:

 

[StanScratch]

Not done very practically, actually.
Too much wasted space with the stair opening (and I'm not sure how we are supposed to get access to that little area where the bean bag is at). Either a ladder should also be used at the bottom, or the stairs need to start further to the right. Unless there is a sliding floor that closes off the stair opening...but if there is, it is not clearly shown.
There is also a lot of wasted space on the second floor, in the area where the ladder comes through. Again, were the bottom stairs moved down to our right, the ladder could be moved to the right - and less space would be wasted.
Where does the rest of the ladder lead off to? The roof?
And a related question, how does one have access to the room at the very top? Certainly not the ladder...it is too far to the right.
Too much space wasted on nothing, even for a small place.

 

[Hot Mega]

Not done very practically, actually.
Too much wasted space with the stair opening (and I'm not sure how we are supposed to get access to that little area where the bean bag is at).

Stopped reading for laughing at this part. That's the same thing I thought when I looked at it...as a matter of fact once you do shimmy your way over to the bean bag...what they hell are you going to do there that you couldn't use the bed for...(sitting and looking at the wall).....

Interesting place but still leaves a bit to be desired...:o

 

[LukeEl]

No shower WTF am I supposed to wash myself in the sink or toilet bowl?

 

[Hot Mega]

No shower WTF am I supposed to wash myself in the sink or toilet bowl?

Seems like there's a shower head where the toilet is. I guess you get a chance wash your toilet every time you shower..:dunno:

Besides that small man, you could just climb over into the toilet, flush it and as long as you squirted some softsoap on yourself beforehand...you should be good to go by the time the flush is over..