Would you live in a 9'x9' box?

[Sendok]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4394566.stm#

A "micro-house" created by British architect Richard Horden is being tested by students in Munich, Germany.

It has two bedrooms, a lounge, a dining room, a kitchen and a bathroom, and it is just 9ft by 9ft by 9ft.

The mini-home is already being looked at by a number of local authorities in Britain as way of dealing with short term shortages in accommodation.

It could also be a self-contained home for elderly relatives or teenagers and can be sited in a garden.

Inside the cube, the entrance lobby also doubles as a shower and a toilet.

A double bed folds down over the lounge area which within seconds can be turned into a dining room that can seat four people or even a spare bedroom.

The seats are also storage cupboards and can be cleared away to create a space in which three or four people can dance to the inbuilt surround sound system.

Small village

The structure has been designed around ideas from 200 architecture students and a small village is now being set up in the campus of Munich University.

The university is keen to test the idea as it has around 90,000 students and only around 10,000 apartments. It has already tried using sea containers as flats but the new micro-house is half their size.

The pods can be stacked on one another or laid out in small colonies.

The architects behind the scheme say they are perhaps too small to live in permanently but can offer everything someone would need for a few months before they find a permanent home.

The buildings can be carried on the back of a truck and it is hoped they will provide local authorities with a way of using plots of land that are vacant for a few years, especially those awaiting development.

The head of the university's student accommodation, Dieter Massberg, said: "I am sure I can live in this house, not for some years but for some months.

"It's very comfortable, a maximum of comfort in this minimal cube. It's a very intelligent construction."

[Dralor]

I don't think so my dorm rooms damn small and it's larger than that

[Mathx]

I wouldn't mind...though I would need enough room to store all of my crap...

[Omega]

I hope to God they don't charge those poor kids rent to stay in those things.

[Dralor]

That would suck

[OnBake Platinum]

If I was going to move into something smaller than a house, it would be an 1337 Diesel Pusher RV.

[Moses]

Fucking krauts.

[Boggy700]

That's so COOL!

I mean, I wouldn't live there.
But STILL!

[Spatula]

I'm quite depressed after reading that.

[Loc]

They should built a giant colony for all the homeless people like that. Then give me a top-down view on it and we have a real-life RTS. I call it, Sim City: Nano.

[Mathx]

I wonder how sturdy those buildings are as well...I wonder what kind of housing problem would occur if a Tornado or Hurricane hit those villages

[Moses]

Who cares, they will just be bums.

[Crow]

i doubt many people would bother, i mean people today have alot of shit...computers, tv's, clothes etc...not to mention a microwave

[Moses]

And a shower/toilet.

[Crow]

Originally Posted by Moses

And a shower/toilet.

"Inside the cube, the entrance lobby also doubles as a shower and a toilet."

[Jesus]

Thats bigger than my current room.

[Ravster]

effin hell no.


poopalot

[Harmony]

Lol when I read the title of this thread I totally just thought of an Xbox...

But yeah I might, if I was bored or something.

[Crow]

you know the xbox is way bigger than that dont you Christine?

[Harmony]

Oh yeah of course Macca, it just I guess popped into my head at the thought of living in a box...