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8/25 You too can have 250 sq feet for only $280K
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/08/24/BUTM12GQMI.DTL
\_ Totally, utterly ridiculous. It didn't work for the tiny little
Japanese many years ago, it's not going to work for Amerikanjins.
\_ What do you mean it didn't work for the Japanese? I thought
that this was a normal size for a Tokyo studio.
\_ They tried in 1970-1972. Look up the Nakagin capsule. It's
a tiny little studio capsule project that failed miserably:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/esthet/3753156
http://ereview.com/pix/places/Japan_Nakagin
\_ Those rooms are less than half of the size of the SF
project. -tom
\_ Yes but 1970 Japanese men were less than 1/2 the
size of 2008 American men.
\_ Your information is interesting but irrelevant to the
apartments being listed above. There are tons of these
1DKs in Japan. I have friends who live in them. They're
the only apartments that starving students can afford.
\_ It's called a 1DK (one bedroom, one dining room/kitchen), and
there are plenty of them in Tokyo and Osaka, not to mention many
other smaller cities. They're generally meant to be apartments,
not condos, but hey, to each their own. You can get a bigger
condo in Oakland for ~$300k according to http://Zillow.com.
\_ They aren't supposed to be full time residences.
\_ rabu hoteru!
\_ Ever seen a Parisian apartment? That is on the big side.
\_ Totally, utterly ridiculous. It didn't work for the tiny little
Japanese many years ago, it's not going to work for Amerikanjins. |
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| www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/08/24/BUTM12GQMI.DTL Home, small home: 250 square feet in SoMa / New condo development targets young first-time buyers without too much stuff This drawing shows a typical studio's floor plan at Cubix Yerba Buena and highlights a few amenities. |
| www.flickr.com/photos/esthet/3753156 Pro User says: I thought this is the only capsule building that is not a hotel, but home/"mansion". Although, there is one "flat" on the ground level that you can have a peep inside. Pro User says: I've stayed in capsule hotels and love them. In several they took my street clothes and gave me a Hawaiian shirt and shorts. Then there are these common rooms where you lounge around with all these Japanese guys lying around on mats watching big screen TVs in their matching Hawaiian shirts. I think the original flickr blog caption led me astray... ah well, interesting place either way Posted 43 months ago. Capsule hotels are actually hotels, and you sleep in a capsule. Even though they refer to themselves as "capsule architecture", I wouldn't really say it's similar to capsule hotels, because many apartments in Tokyo are actually this size (a few square meters). I believe what made this building special is that (theoretically) you could add more "pods" to the building, just like lego blocks. well, i sit in the office of the man who designed it as we speak. it is in fact under much attention at present as to what to do with the tower. jp there will be an exhibition at the new national gallery of kurokawas work in january 2007. check the latest ga document if you want to see the national gallery. McGill) was such that every apartment had a great and unique view of some sort, quite different I think from the relatively ordered/efficient Japanese capsules. Interestingly a relatively-boring looking apartment building popped up next door inside of which they built a tropical rain forest on the inside of the building so the inside apartments have equally great (although the polar opposite of) views as those on the outside looking across the harbour onto downtown Montreal. It's worth mentioning that the weather of harsh winter weather of Montreal made the open conduits throughout the structure of Habitat a little inhospitable, but in the summer it's fantastic. sorry that got to be a little lengthy, it's just what first hit me when I saw this .. Guest Passes let you share your photos that aren't public. Anyone can see your public photos anytime, whether they're a Flickr member or not. If you want to share photos marked as friends, family or private, use a Guest Pass. If you're sharing photos from a set, you can create a Guest Pass that includes any of your photos marked as friends, family, or private. If you're sharing your entire photostream, you can create a Guest Pass that includes photos marked as friends or family (but not your private photos). |
| ereview.com/pix/places/Japan_Nakagin -> ereview.com/pix/places/Japan_Nakagin/ home: places:Japan_Nakagin Search ... 2nagasinj.. 32KB 285x380 30.jpg 263KB 630x630 450px-Naka... 35KB 450x600 686.gif 972KB 1431x1183 687.gif 1336KB 1474x1494 688.gif 674KB 1697x963 691.gif 838KB 1052x1182 6nagasinj.. 10KB 252x380 Juergen_Sp... 23KB 425x283 Juergen_Sp... 35KB 425x283 Juergen_Sp... 36KB 425x283 Nakagin_Ca... 415KB 1024x1298 Nakagin_Ca... 331KB 1200x1600 |
| Zillow.com -> www.zillow.com/ New 3D-like images let buyers examine homes at an angle. You can see all sides of the home up close, and tell how it is positioned on the lot. |