Monday, May 16, 2011

My Apartment Dream

Friends! One of my many loves is architecture and design, specifically form and function in a livable space. This youtube video, from Christian Schallert in Barcelona, is practically the epitome of this design concept.




My ideal space: not too big, clean lines, open floorplan, design elements, multi-function furniture. He's lucky he's in Barcelona. He probably doesn't need much climate control and he gets plenty of air movement. I can see how the floor plan would be perfect for a single person. Neil and I couldn't cut it. We would be too messy. I do like the idea of being able to shut things away so quickly and how the small square footage discourages accumulation of unneeded stuff.

I would want to add more sustainability functions, like a rain water tank, windmill and/or solar panels. Maybe two rooms like this could work, with an outdoor living space slash garden? What do you think Neil? We could swing this in Manhattan. ;)

6 comments:

  1. Maybe 4 times the size..and a bigger bathroom.. I do like the idea of a roof deck garden though. :-)

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  2. Haha! you make me want to start designing it now! :P

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  3. I know I should be environmentally conscious as a biologist, but I'm still stuck with Frasier Crane's apartment as being my favorite (fictious) apartment...which makes me realize I'm also still stuck in the 90s...

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  4. yes, it was a nice apartment, but such a waste of space!! I guess it has to be that big if you want to film a sitcom in it. Haha!

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  5. I know right! I'm so jealous! I'd love to live there for a week.

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