One of the most interesting and talented architecture firms specializing in small space design is Spain’s PKMN (aka pacman). We looked at their “ALL I OWN” apartment–a budget conscious transforming space whose moving walls shifted throughout the day with its.
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Back in the day, at least in many industrialized nations, there was an expectation that children graduate from school, leave home to go to school or get a job. After that, maybe they’d live and work in the city for.
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While building new is nifty and all, there’s something very appealing about adaptive reuse. This is why projects like the Providence Arcade, which took an underused indoor shopping mall and converted it to a retail/micro-residential complex, are so appealing. Why.
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After the Spanish economy tanked several years ago, many Madrileños were forced to move out of fancy neighborhoods into the dustier parts of town. One of those neighborhoods was Lavapiés. Despite its central location, Lavapiés was–and is to a large extent–underdeveloped. But.
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Moveable walls are a familiar and useful tool in maximizing the function of a small space. We incorporated it into the LifeEdited Apartment, Gary Cheng did it, Clei Furniture used it in their Elastic Living concept, it was there in the Environmental Grantmakers Association office, and the.
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As we saw a couple weeks ago with Share House in Japan, shared housing can cut one’s spatial footprint as much or more than an single-occupant micro-apartment. And with the right design, shared living can provide a great, private living experience. We.
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While perusing the inter-webs the other day we came across several cool little apartments. After checking out their specs, we noticed that they had a common trait: they were all designed by the Spain’s Beriot, Bernardini Arquitectos. We’ve looked at BBA’s work.
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Multi-family housing and large buildings are, in most any possible scenario, going to be the most energy efficient form of housing out there. Multiple floors and dwelling units allow greater population density, reducing encroachment on nature and curbing sprawl and.
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This Didomestic apartment by Madrid’s Elii Architects has been making the blog rounds lately. There’s a lot going on in the 620 sq ft converted attic. Much of the apartment’s furnishings can fully concealed in floor and ceiling cavities. On.
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When conceiving a space, the ergonomics of living are very important–i.e. designing a layout and orientation of rooms that accords with the way we live. But design does not live in a bubble. Construction and engineering considerations and costs inform.
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