Hey, Mayor Bloomberg, you and your new NYC "micro houses" (and
other similarly sized 250- to 300-square-foot mansions) can step
aside: There now exists in the world a house that measures one
square meter.
The aptly named One-Sqm-House was designed and conceived by
Berlin-based architect Van Bo Le-Mentzel as a place where "no one
other than I, myself, can decide what happens with this one square
meter of mine in the world. It's the only square meter in the world
where I can decide what direction the window looks in, what
direction the door opens in, what neighbors I have."
It is no wonder that Le-Mentzel has become obsessed with the
concept of home: He fled his homeland of Laos as a refugee and has
spent his career exploring the topic.
Now, thanks to the BMW Guggenheim Lab, the young architect,
budding furniture designer and tiny-home aficionado can share his
vision with the world. In conjunction with the BMW Guggenheim,
Le-Mentzel invited Berliners to come and help build as many
One-Sqm-Houses as possible, offering to cover the cost of materials
for those who couldn't afford it, so long as they allowed the Lab
to rent them out until the end of July.
For those who would like to rent one out, One-Sqm-House is
currently listed on Airbnb for €1 (S$1.52) a night, but when the
experiment closes July 29, the builders can come back and retrieve
their creations.
Watch Video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Okqa7qdAPbo
