In 2010, we met Graham Hill- the founder of treehugger.com and a serial entrepreneur. He had just bought two tiny apartments in a century-old tenement building in Soho and he had plans to turn them into laboratories, and showcases, for tiny living. He'd spent most of the past year living in tiny spaces- "a tiny trailer, a tent, and then a boat" and he was convinced others would love it as much if small spaces could be designed right. He wanted a tiny space that didn't sacrifice function, but instead that would expand to provide a wish list including dinner parties for 12, accommodations for 2 overnight guests, a home office and a home theater with digital projector. Not wanting to limit himself to local architects, he crowdsourced the design as a competition and received 300 entries from all over the world. Two Romanian architecture students won with their design "One Size Fits All". Completed in 2012, his LifeEdited apartment doesn't resemble the cramped space we saw in 2010. Today the 420-square-foot space can be expanded to include the functionality of 1,100 square feet: walls, drawers and beds move and unfold to create 6 rooms: living room, dining room, office, guest office, master bedroom and guest bedroom. If you include the kitchen and the bathroom which morphs into a phone booth or meditation room, the apartment includes 10 total rooms. More info on original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/6-rooms-into-1-morphing-apartment-packs-1100-sq-ft-into-420/ LifeEdited: http://www.lifeedited.com/

Comments

1. That's a bigger shower than I've seen in a lot of much larger houses. Fuck, that's a bigger shower than I use regularly.
2. Money is Life and Life is Money.......end of the story
3. can you get out of the bathroom i need to get to the fridge. can you stop washing dishes i need to goto bed.
4. Tiny houses, tiny apartments. What should be a way to find homes for the lower income and homeless are now just toys for the wealthy. As much as I love the idea, the more videos I watch the more I realize it is just one more thing I am too poor to have. Trendy rich people are the only ones who can pat themselves on the back about their "small footprint".
5. Coming to a New World Order Megacity near you
6. Id want more art work and photos. It doesnt feel like someones home.
7. me encanto 🌟🌟🌟
8. great space, what it cost a million or so???? It sure was not cheap for that much square footage in soho......must be nice to be rich
9. awesome
10. Noticed how many times he said the word "lazy" ? ^^
11. How to prepare food for 10 people without a real burner? ??? The food probably taste the same as the apartment, livable but not pleasant.
12. Awesome .................. !!!!!!!!!!
13. Muito bom
14. super like this vid. wish i can get this
15. I didn't see a washing machine??
16. Really cool !!!!!!!!!!
17. đau đầu chóng mặt sau khi xem hết căn nhà này
18. I would've kept some of the exposed brick wall. Gives it a touch of class. This style reminds me of a hospital room. I really hate it.
19. Let's put five 5-year olds and see how long it takes for them to get hurt... In all seriousness, I think this is a great idea for someone in their 20's/early 30's living alone in the big city.
20. I wana live here