The Tiny Transforming Apartment
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- čas přidán 15. 02. 2015
- Living in New York City isn't all adventure and dynamism. Unless you are wealthy the way no real person is, you probably have to settle for a living space that is cramped and cluttered. It is the project of Graham Hill, entrepreneur and treehugger.com founder, to come up with an ideal New York apartment-one with a small footprint, both physically and environmentally, and one that offers just as much beauty and functionality as a pad multiple times its size.
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Imagine coming home super drunk and trying to get around this place and into bed...
+Alissa Lyn that will never happen P.S. MY NAME IS ALYSSA,TOO
Or you could just sleep on the couch...
+Alissa Lyn I'll just pass out on the floor. That way, when I wake up, I'm sober enough to remember where everything is!
+Alissa Lyn drinking is bad for you, but I think if you that drunk that can't handle this house, then you probably don't really care where you sleep that night anyway:)
+largol33t1 Or just don't drink like casey and do your work and have family. Haha
I love it! However many people live in a small space, because they dont have money... this seems expensive :/ but a very nice inspiration nevertheless!
Jacox I completely agree. My company has built a lot of these elements and we have used some of this hardware. Beyond that, I know where a lot of the other hardware comes from and how much work has to go into this. It is a very expensive space. That said, in New York it might be worth it.
Idk but has anyone noticed that if you forward 25sec into the video you can see a book with a title "how to be black" 😂😂
It's in NY. It's probably 200k for that closet apartment.
This would work in Manhattan, it’s 2k/mo for a studio around that size anyways
LIC is up and coming too with loads of new units wip- so I think this could work
sam M Could work except by a few estimates on this videos these designs and install are brining the cost to anywhere from $45,000 on up... Kind of stupid.
Sure small apartment = low rent, but to buy and install of these gadgets would cost me a fortune!
+New York Discoveries It might be a condo and not actually an apartment. It seems many people from NYC call condo apartments. To install the gadgets it probably only costs 25k-30k.
ONLY 20-30k?!
With that kinda cash one could buy a home in Greece and enjoy a 300 square meter castle with Acropolis view in Athens.
You obviously know nothing about Athens.
The riots have never been in the Plaka (acropolis) area but on Syntagma square, a couple kilometers away. You can't even see them from Plaka.
***** It makes a lot of sense. The average price of a square foot in new york city is over $1000. For 30k, you can probably at best get a 6 x 5 closet. The gadgets allow much more utility than a 6x5 piece of space added.
Appearantly "new York" means MANHATTAN these days, no one's heard of Brooklyn or Queens affordable apartments before.
Or they know but can't afford a 15 minute train ride to their hectic jobs. sad.
I pity New Yorkers that need six cups of coffee just to get through the day.
For the amount of money you spend for all that extra custom-made stuff you could have just gotten a bigger place.
Ballwiz 23 With lawn and more free space
Plus think of all the busy work it takes to put things away and prep the space for what you want.
i think he said the main reason was about being eco friendly so he likes using as little space as possibe
@@williamcrozier5004
How do those 2 compete?
Some people prefer smaller places, and will pay more for smaller places. It's not all about the money.
All of this looks cute and functional but when you start living you'll get tired of constantly shuffling walls, and cabinets, beds and tables. The kitchen is functional only for a yuppie who will be eating out and not cooking in the apartment. Anyone who has even done light cooking will know how the heat and smells of fried oils can overwhelm a room. And that flip down bed will fall apart if you try to hook up on it.
+etamlous agreed. maybe for a short term stay/visit deal
+etamlous Annnnnd he pays $5,000/mo.
+etamlous It's not like you need to be constantly pulling and pushing, though. I guess the stuff one would use most are the 'office' and obviously the bed. The office only takes such a small amount of space that you would probably have set it up all day anyway. The only downside truly is the bed, but you could also spread your sheets, pillows and blankets over the sofa. As for the rest of the stuff, such as the guest room or the goliath table - that's only something you would use if you get lots of visits. And pulling and pushing 'the guestroom' out once or twice in a year is not such a big deal in my opinion. All in all I think this transforming apartment really uses the available space in a clever way. Especially in NYC, where most of the time you get small apartments for a ridiculously high monthly rent, this might be a way to at least enjoy the tiny room.
+etamlous Yeah, basically having one room consisting of a kitchen, a bedroom and guest rooms is going to stink up the entire place.
+159SG it looks like a very decent short term stay on airbnb.
I love how the shiiter becomes a 'private room'!
That Goliath table is a brilliant idea. Simple&efficient. Love that.
+Ivana Vujanovic Goliath Table costs $1,200.
+etamlous its 3500-4000$ :)
+etamlous well, is it worth it - that's another question :)
If you are buying plastic crap then it can be that price, but this table is 230cm x 78cm tall x 87cm wide. So no way that is the price of a table that has metal construction and wooden parts.
Oh man i feel so sorry for your bank. Butt i guess they need fill their space in some of their cubicles for people who cant see or feel the deference from a fiber board and oak tree. Even to see the product details and see that is made of inferior materials and smaller size then from original Goliath table that was made and designed in Italy.
And i never said that the table was from US and how did you came out with that? Again table is made in Italy and your friends Chinese have stolen the design and made their own inferior copy.
If you knew a bit about this product and a bit of knowledge of the industry you could put another thing why is it expensive in US and it is because of shipping from Italy and that in the begging a third party was selling them so they had to put their price to, but you are to occupied sucking at everything that you do and knowing nothing at all about value and commitment of others people hard work.
The point of living in a tiny apartment is to live cheap, the way to make that work is by applying minimalism to the way you use the space, not by tucking everything away. This apartment cancels out both of those means/ends, since it isn't a tiny apartment compared to others in NYC and it isn't minimal
+TeenWitch1996 Given the diversity in the world, I'm pretty sure there are multiple reasons to live in a tiny apartment. In addition to minimalism, borrowing fold-out solutions from boat design is a good idea. This one apt happens to showcase a dozen ideas in one place. I wouldn't build them all, e.g., I have another place for my bike and would never have a microwave, but am going to try the solar battery and standing desk/office, which would be good anywhere. I imagine the dining table is superexpensive, but it's definitely a good solution to nest it under the kitchen work surface.
Alice Tremain I guess this house works better as an expensive showcase/something to draw ideas from than an actual tiny home
Minimalization of items to the extreme could only cause more expenses in the end as an outcome.
KARIケントル how so?
Even though im 100% onboard with this. Truth is its way more confortable living in a large space where everything is at hand and all you have to do is walk there, not make it.
You just have to waste at least 30 minutes - cleaning, putting things away, unprepping and then prepping each room "mode" any time you need to do anything you weren't doing previously. This looks great on camera but you would burn out on it within a year. Just because you can squeeze a lot of functions into a small living space doesn't make it automatically more functional if you constantly have to do more busy work besides regular chores. It ceases to function as a LIVING space and you will pay throught the nose for this.
Well the floor always stays the same! So you don't have to clean as much ground every week!
True. But imagine the calories you would burn! This teeny home idea would be applicable for 20-40 ft RVs.
The only thing you really need to do is take your bed down and put it back up. Unless you have guests over. The cooking things you can leave on the counter, you don't have to put them back in the drawer. Technically you can just leave the bed down as well. The wall sliding was only to access the guest room. You technically don't have to do anything if you don't care about it looking neat
Anyone else think this is actually a huge apartment? Like come on America
Sorry we couldn't make a 4x4 apartment for you to spend the rest of your life in this dude literally has a 1 room apartment like common bruh there's always a critic
I am not amarican but I agree with you so I liked your comment
Ikr. I can put like 10 people to sleep on the floor
Hazel Margerison , it's not small, that's for sure.
What does american have anything to do with it?
I like it but the bathroom makes me claustrophobic :(
There should be a sign
NO fat people.
This guy's racist towards fat people. A Samoan couldn't walk around in there. In fact when he goes to advertise this apartment to sell he should say fat people do not apply.
Rxonmymind fat people isn’t a race dumbass.
Jean Carlos Uzcategui nobody cares what makes you claustrophobic.
I like the bathroom XDD, I like enclosed spaces (sometimes)
I'm the same as you. It's pretty cramp and it feels like you can't even breathe in there but I guess it's not for people who can't handle very small spaces(I'm referring to the bathroom)
“I love the stand up desk.”
*immediately grabs a chair next scene
I love the apartment but this music is so annoying
This is probably the best tiny apartment Ive seen so far. There is no detail missing. Just love it.
It is a prototype. If it were produced in mass certainly the cost of all the ingenius but expensive gadgets may become more affordable.
1:18 he has a book called how to be black
Rick Owens lol!
Man .... you seriously lookesd at the details
I saw that beat me to it wtf though🤣
I thought it was how to do dishes.
😂😂i thought i was the only one who saw the book
Saw that book! " how to be black"
lol. I think we were intended to catch that
Appears very cold and souless--its like you pack up everything and live in exam room , give me cozy and comfy any day!!
"You can see behind closed doors I'm a bit of a mess"
*opens a cabinet door to reveal a cabinet more organized than than anything I've owned in my life*
Great idea!
if you have 2 mil lying around
Lol this is probably for when millionaire hipsters decide to go slumming. I'll bet the cost would be prohibitive for anyone who is actually on a budget.
+santonegra Not if you're a carpenter .... you could easily build all this yourself .... But then again I'm a home depot freak who even makes his own furniture from cheap products on discount
i think what he's showing here is a demo or a preview of the micro apartments opening up here soon. which means they'll be like this automatically when you rent. (not everything obviously) but maybe the way the furniture works, storage etc. Ikea is a great place to look its actually not that expensive. I agree with the price tag of those apartments I think they'll go for 2k a month :s
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This is like a dream to me, i would LOVE to have this when I’m ready to move out and live on my own.
i love tiny spaces! everything small is adorable! i wanna live there :(
This guy just spent a million dollars for an apartment that's smaller than my daughter's bedroom -_- ...
Soho is a very expensive neighborhood.
its really not.
PEN15 it's the fashion district of New York, it's most definitely expensive. Real estate is all about the location, anyways.
And I'm just over here wondering how damn huge this person's daughter's bedroom must be
BigboyDownStairs I don't know how big his daughter's bedroom is but 400 square feet would be 10 x 40 go check out a 40 foot mobile home see how big that is that's how big the apartment is his daughter's bedroom is bigger than that
this is a lovely apartment in a great neighborhood with remarkable work done.
but holy shit take that carpet away.
id love this place. small, simple and cosy!!!
This is epic! But... I could see myself forgetting where something is, and opening EVERYTHING to find it
Loved it great architecture hope i could buy :')
It's small like a brain, but compacted with efficient functionality. Great job!
Absolutely amazing!!!
I live in Japan and this is twice the size of my apartment. My cat and I enjoy our space together, even though it's small. I've been living here long enough to start questioning why North Americans think they need such large places to live.
it's because we think that bigger spaces will make us look less fat.
Dude what's with the music???
"how can convince poor people to live in a cage?"
"we'll give them transforming apartments"
the future comes, there ' re much people in the big city....is just a solution for live confortable ... a solution for a very big problem!!! u can live anywere u want!!!
Haha I'm guessing you've never seen what they have in japan.
this is 100% for rich people, you can't be poor and live in soho no matter how little space you try to buy. It's the most expensive area of NYC
Everyone wants this beautiful house 😍💓
Ok, I want this house now. Brilliant!
I like the idea, I just don't like the fact that everything is white.
Look at the dude.
Look at the dude.
+DullardGuy the apartment is probably white because its such a small space. It makes it look bigger. If you would use darker colours then it would end up looking like a cave.
+DullardGuy Racist.
+HatredPrime i think he meant cause the guy looks like a total dingus. he has no swag or emotion just function and money
wow it looks awesome but he never mentioned how much it costs and also pulling up up and down the walls and furniture can be tiring after a hard day's work
True. Now if it had smart features and it started to learn your patterns does opening and closing places like a nest thermostat that would be cool. Better yet voice commands.
I lived in a 400 sf studio apartment( 11th and Broadway) with a traditional galley kitchen (unusual in NYC studio) for eight years as a renter. I did as many build in as I could legally do with built in banquette with storage underneath and a Murphy bed - it expanded the functionality and the Murphy bed was comfortable and practical...also at the time (1980's) my rent was
$482 .Last year the same apartment (new stove) sold for $435,000.00 with monthly fees of 1100.00. So even a studio in Manhattan is far removed from the reach of the average wage earner...
My bucket list apartment! 😍
This is small?
ooooooookay, then.
I love all the movable contentsfeatures of the apartment, but small? Idk
cool, but yes a fortune. I would like to see this style of apartment as a norm in cities, rather than having to install it yourself. builders should be promoting this
Love it. The hidden spare room is ingenious.
The description is very well written. Props 👌
wheres the laundry
The table is very modern and elegant as well. Good job to the architects and industrial designers.
WOW. what a cool space!
Wow! Amazing! Love it!!
cool space but how much is rent in soho or is this a bought and payed for apartment??
Mike Dunkle the rent in soho Manhattan is 3k and up, he spent 28k to build it up like that.
I need that dining table. Where do I get one?
Kvmilla in the dining room store
Kvmilla it costs 3 grand.
Haveli pe aaja !
dinner table opening is so satisfying
Thanks for this video! I live in a 34 sq meters (366 sq feet) apartment i Uppsala, Sweden. I have most things I need (sofa/bed, office/library, kitchen and dining room) but I need a guest room and have not solved how yet. Even though I cannot afford a sliding wall (and it would be hard to fit in my apartment since one of the walls mostly consists of windows and the door to the balcony), I still think the video is great inspiration!
Cool ideas, but how much did you spend? This doesn’t seem practical for the normal person who only has maybe $500 to design and decorate their apartment.
have you seen a one person apartment in japan
So CLEVER bro. I love it. Well done. ,!!!
Amazingly creative. Bravo.
Some dude in hong kong already did this
Yeah, and he managed to pull it off in only 300sqft as opposed to 420.
+Brian Crowley 420 blaze
Is there a video about this HK dude?
yeah, I noticed this is just a copy of something else.
+XJLCA search transforming / transformer apartment or something like that
This feels so soulless and depressing
Ha! Finalul cireasa de pe tort! Adrian si Catalin, well played!
I love the design it’s really great it’s given me an idea to have a table that comes out or at least stays out In my kitchen / living room I could have an area to sit at
Dude, my apartment is like half of it and the only "designed" thing in it is my bed that I can "make in half" by making it into a couch...
I hope that's intelligible, English is not my first language >
I want a house like this.
+Akuma Nightmare
Yeah, a house- NOT a lil apartment thing.
You really thought this through. 👌
best design ever .....love it
This is a small apartment... In Dublin this would be conceded a studio penthouse and cost you 3000 a month...
Stephen Lowry No difference in New York...
Ok but how much does it cost?
A million dollars
I love this apartment! I’d be thrilled to live there
Awesome... Very logically designed
that isn't a small space.
Kind of somewhat really fucking jealous.
i like everything except the kitchen. ready stove and big fridge is a must for me.
Highly fascinating house not at all boring ..love it
but 400sq m is already big...i live in a 100sq m house and its enough
Yumina Ice its 400sq ft not m
What about if you get a chick and she comes over and she says “let’s go to the bedroom”,and he says”we’re in it”, it’s just a turn off and I think it’s a bit stupid to go to this extent, everything feels really cramped
genius!!!! im going to steal some ideas. thank you!!
that is AMAZING. first class!
Claustrophobia
I absolutely love this apartment. It's practical and ingenious
This is incredible!!!!!
this is truly imaginative. awesome ideas. however, it requires a lot of works. clearly not for a skinny person like me.
1.25 theres a book that says how to be black
lol i saw it
I am big fan of large houses but after watching that, i am just so impressed. Kudos to designers and everyone who effectively managed everything 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Wow, this is a fantastic use of space
I couldnt live anywhere that didnt have a bath tub. i would die.
I dont have a bath tub why would you even use one it takes so long to fill it with water
03:05 This apartment will cost 6000 per month etc etc....
No
CNN did the same video and He says $1 million for this space.
CNN did the same video and He says $1 million for this space.
Tom F Park
Amazing + creative + full of surprises 😇
This is very neat. Love the artistic side being done in such a small space.
i love the Goliath table! and the instant guest room haha voila!
That table was soo good i had to watch the unfolding again
Wow this is beautiful.
I really like it. looks very cool! great use of a small space
Amazing, thanks for sharing
Hey! This apartment is AMAZING and AWESOME. Its very nicely built and I imagine living in it means a lot of fun!
life goals!!!!
There are a lot of very useful ideas to implement into any living space. Dope!
Fantastic!
this is so cool, minimalism at its finest
Amazing use of space!
I love your apartment!