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Yea or Nay: Would You Want to Live in a House with No Conventional Storeys, But 16 Micro-Levels?
Dear Knees,
Hmmm, I have a 1 year old son. That place is freaking me out
What a misanthrope. Yes, I’d love to walk on the same surfaces I eat and work on. Sure, I want a defacto hallway through the middle of each triangular room. Of course, I’d love to have as many rail-less, unfixed stairs to walk on as I get older. Japan is one of those countries where the building code doesn’t require rails on stairs, and so you see this architectural purity, which is surprising considering their aging population.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W62JTgPe9A&feature=emb_logo
I once lived in a 900 sqft house divided into 6 levels., like a split level townhouse. There were two stacks of three levels with a 10x15 pad at each level and a 4ft wide stair case down the center dividing the two stacks. It was so tight that I did custom built ins on almost every level to maximize storage while minimizing floor square footage. It was always tricky. Dealing with the clutter of life was always an issue because nothing fit there. I ended up carving storage nooks out of every dead space imaginable. I don't see a single functional kitchen in any of these pictures, much less places for all the random thing you need in a house. Where do you put the Broom, the vacuum, spare towels...
I grew up in a house with 7 or 8 levels on a 2-story house, guess it was the trend or the architect. You get used to it, but are always going up or down something. These homes look 82% dangerous and 18% exciting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQyXeLSL0II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQyXeLSL0II