Hong Kong architect turns shoebox apartment into 24 rooms

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A short feature on a Hong Kong architect who reworks his small apartment so it can be turned into many different rooms. Movable fittings change the space to suit what he needs at the time.

HN people like it as a very cool answer to tiny-apartment living, and it inspires ideas such as furniture hung from the ceiling.

“I agree that the Hong Kong solution is very cool (I love the hammock)”
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@GFischer2010 · in “In Japan, Living Large In Really Tiny Houses”
As I posted in that thread, I live in 150 square feet (by necessity). I agree that the Hong Kong solution is very cool (I love the hammock) (direct video link: ▶ this video ). My version is having to move the computer desk that's in front of the wardrobe, having a bunk bed that turns into a double bed, and moving the couch when I want to go to the bathroom (also very cramped with the toilet in the shower stall). Of the houses depicted in the article, I liked "Penguin House" the best - the others are just not sunny enough - what's with modern architects' disdain of large windows and balconies... I'm still amazed that the housing boom hasn't exploded in Uruguay (it's bizarre that housing is cheaper in most of the United States than in Montevideo - ok, NY and Silicon Valley excluded). The arcane government regulations and heavy taxing of for-profit development is really weighing us down (end rant).
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@newsit2010 · in “Hong Kong architect turns shoebox apartment into 24 rooms”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@vientspam2014 · in “Ask HN: You're building a new house. What tech features would you want in it?”
Not really techy but, inspired by ▶ this video I've always thought it would be interesting to suspend beds, tables and storage to the ceiling and then have a (rope+pullyy) system to only put the furniture in a room that you are actually using; freeing up the other space to walk/work/lie down. Plus it's probably real easy to keep clean.
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