This apartment in Madrid is so narrow that it measures less than seven-feet-wide, which is smaller than a parking space. Most people would eschew at the thought of living in such a tiny space but a team of architects from MYCC has managed to make it surprisingly livable by taking inspiration from vertical layouts of old video games.
Its extremely tall walls measuring over 16 feet meant the interior had to be designed around the unusual dimensions, resulting in a vertical view.
Upon entering, visitors walk into the kitchen and down some stairs into the living room. A ladder leads to the study area, and a separate set of stairs leads to the bedroom. The bathroom is accessed through a third and final set of stairs.
All that climbing up and down makes the apartment feel more spacious than it actually is. According to Marcos Gonzalez, one of the founders of MYCC, “The space is bigger because you need to go up and down to change ‘rooms’. Instead of corridors, there’s a kind of physical effort to go from one place to another. Everything is so close, every room can be seen from each other, but at the same time, somehow it’s physically far away.”
In densely-populated cities, like Madrid, where space is at a premium, tiny apartments offer a chance to live in a great neighborhood that would otherwise be too costly.
Do you think you could live in a similar tiny apartment with a lower rent or mortgage, if it meant you could live in your ideal but expensive neighborhood?
[via Fast Company]