A Tiny Apartment Transforms Into 24 Rooms

http://www.flixxy.com/apartment-transformation.htm

by jeffreyg • 16 years ago

47 13 16 years ago

This is the future for non-rich people living in congested cities. I can even see units constituting a room being shared between neighbors, assuming the robots will clean it in between uses.

barrkel• 16 years ago

Good for people not sharing the space. Rather inconvenient otherwise.

duck2• 16 years ago

Already posted a couple months ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1294480

stcredzero• 16 years ago

Something bothered me about it when I saw it. Now I know -- it looks lonesome. It's perfectly optimized for the stylish modern lifestyle of one single guy. It reminds me too much of my own place. (Except mine's not nearly that stylish.)

tzury• 16 years ago

That's right, however I think it is worth watching again, especially when in this time he gets more screen time explaining more about it.

I think submarines designers should see this as well.

foomarks• 16 years ago

It's good to read this again because I couldn't put my finger on it before: despite the ingenuity of the storage system, this guy is living with so much stuff that it feels claustrophobic.

jpcx01• 16 years ago

Wow, I'm going to have bad dreams about that place.

redfiche• 16 years ago

It has a bathtub, but you have to move three walls to get to it. How long before that gets old?

chrischen• 16 years ago

Just make it motorized and automatic for the Americans.

tansey• 16 years ago

Also, how long until mold growth sets in with no air circulation for that tub.

dkokelley• 16 years ago

Could this be done effectively in an RV?

duck2• 16 years ago

No, an RV's interior is about using lightweight materials and a design that can "flex" with the vehicle. Something like this would add too much weight, thus making it more of a R (ie it wouldn't be able to move).

JeffL• 16 years ago

Same sort of thing in the 5th Element.

A Tiny Apartment Transforms Into 24 Rooms

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