It’s a bird…it’s a plane…nope. It’s that new master bedroom you’ve been dying for.
I’m not sure how I feel about this. Looks great from the aerial photos.
Maybe if Manhattan developers stop razing the old apartments and building condos on the foundations, and start adding these wacky appendages to the existing structures, trust fund design students would be able to afford to rent on the island.
Or folks can learn to live with what they already have, which is like demanding the moon on a popsicle stick.
This “rucksack extension” may appear ridiculous, but it’s pretty inventive as far as saving space goes.
Fold down furnishings on the inside provide extra living space; sections of the walls unfold, with the help of hidden magnets, into a desk, shelves, and a platform for reading or sleeping. What a great way to expand any small space or compact home.
I guess it’s difficult for a small towner like myself – who does live within a small foot print – to consider the urban predicament of fitting a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, bookshelf and closet into about 10 square feet.
These photos were taken from busyboo.
4 Comments
October 6, 2008 at 11:59 pm
wow! It looks scary.
terri
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October 7, 2008 at 12:40 am
Urbanites have traffic, smog and high prices to deal with…now they’ve got cantilevered condos falling on their heads.
October 7, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Hello Andre,
I look at a lot of DIY housing failures and that one gives me pause. Masonry does not like lateral loads. Often (by no means always) there will be a fair amount of creep and tell-tale deformation before everything goes. That guy had better keep a sharp eye out for signs of stress/strain, especially up on the parapet.
October 9, 2008 at 3:33 am
Here’s the link for the architecture firm that designed the “Rucksack Extension.” I believe they’re called Convertible City. They say the structure “reactivates the idea of the self-built anarchistic tree house.” Awesome.
http://www.convertiblecity.de/projekte_projekt02_en.html