Created for the annual exhibition House Vision, the prototype is a thought experiment in the way people live in super-dense cities. [...] It’s a common problem in big cities all over the world, and Hasegawa’s design is meant to balance space-saving with privacy, transforming a 1.5-story space (which are common across the city) into a usable space for four. — Fast Company
Highly-dense cities are common through out countries like China and Japan. Popular apparel and houseware brand, Muji, are taking creative steps in tackling long commutes and dense city living most employees face. Partnering with Japanese architect, Go Hasegawa, Muji's apartment prototype aims to turn a 1.5 story space into a cozy and functional live-work environment.
Equipped with an open communal space and kitchen, the Muji furnished apartment would have a balance of work functionality and privacy. The upper level of the space would mimic a lofted canopy design that would create a reimagined second story. Cities like Beijing continuously have increasingly high land prices which effect living costs. With this type of design concept, has Muji found a way to rethink shared co-working quarters?
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You need to read about "Behavioral sink". It's a phenomenon where as population density increases, deviant behavior also increases. It is measured and experienced. Eventually population crashes, even if aqueduct resources exist.
In other words... bad idea.
Right which is why Tokyo, one of the densest cities on the planet, is a hotbed of deviance, crime, and all sorts of urban horrors.
wait
evidence bares your thesis to be utter horseshit
That's not high density. High density would be 5-6 families - or more - living in that space.
If only they used shipping containers...
Kind of reminds me of a project I did in school, except I had a smaller alcove for sleeping.
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