Posted on 04/19/2014 6:59:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The 3D printer has been revolutionizing everything from art to medicine to accessories, and its latest foray has been into the field of architecture. Peter Ebner, architect and UCLA professor, tasked his architecture students with a homework assignment for the ages: develop a 3D-printed apartment that’s easy to transport and manage.
The class rose to the challenge and then some, constructing mini mobile homes that measure 50 square feet and are equipped with thermal insulation, electricity, water, heating, and sewage systems (which are also 3D printed). The living area comes with a collapsible counter, a foldaway toilet, a pullout bed, and a wall-sized entertainment system.
UCLA architecture and urban design studio 3M futureLAB believes these abodes would best suit the lifestyles of 25-35 year-olds, and one Chinese corporation has already indicated an interest in producing several hundred of these contraptions over the next two years.
I know a bunch of people who live on boats that are on average 400 sq ft. Some more some less. They are perfectly happy and love their lifestyle.
1,000 sq, ft. Just a few decades ago the average American House was around 1,200 sq ft and that was for an entire family. In 1973 the average home was only only about 1,500 sq’.
Apartments in large cities are BIG if they are 1,000 q, ft. In Tokyo 1,000sq, ft is a huge apartment.
I grew up in a 2400 sq ft home in Los Angeles in the 1940s and have a 2400 sq ft home in Glendale.
Have a 1200 sq ft condo in Oceanside and can’t fathome anything smaller!
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I have a 2,100 SQ’ home now and have five sons. Plenty of room for all. I believe it will be tighter when they are older, but we have a finished rec room in the basement that we never use now. So we have plenty of room.
Room with a Loo.
I’m curious what production costs would run. There are all sorts of good and reasonable uses for shelters such as these.
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If it is only 50 sqft, it had better some with a BCI (Brain Computer Interface) and a virtual mansion to live in...
1,000 sq, ft. Just a few decades ago the average American House was around 1,200 sq ft and that was for an entire family.
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I grew up in the ‘40s-’50s in a new house that was built in ‘43. It was 800sq.ft., including hallways, and was home for five of us most of those years. Grandmother moved out after my little sister was old enough to sleep in a bed, rather than a crib/baby bed.
Excellent!
I can’t imagind any human living in such a piece of shit!
It should be illegal to build any living quarter of less than 1,000 sq, ft!
I slept in smaller spaces on deployments. If it’s a “mobile home” or something for travel it wouldn’t be bad. No sane person would make it their permanent residence.
These tiny turn around dumps are only suitable for those living in a communist country.....oh loops. never mind. ;)
The Japanese have “hotels” with “rooms” like this.
I believe prisoners by law must have 100 sf. This type of thinking is a mental illness encouraged by reporters who also suffer a mental illness.
these abodes would best suit the lifestyles of 25-35 year-olds
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So for nonbreeding pairs it’s OK.
A one way ticket to the future for American liberals? I like it.
If it is a requirement that they have 100 square feet why not give them 100 cubic feet. problem solved.
I lived on a boat for 4 years. Yes, indeed, I loved it. But you have to sort of double the square footage since you have the entire deck and the staterooms and cabins below deck. In addition, you have a significant amount of dock-space and ‘lake-front’ property, so-to-speak. All of which makes your effective living space feel much more expansive.
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