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Small Space Living Inside a Blob

The polyester skin 'blob VB3' is weird, wonderful and mobile, an experimental small space living solution created by architectural firm dmvA, with a space-optimal design that somehow fits the utility of a bathroom, kitchen, shelving/storage and sleeping quarters all within a 20 meters squared interior. The egg-shaped building even opens up to create a shaded porch for those days when you need to emerge from your eggs-ellent home for some fresh air.


 
 

[Photo by Vercruysse Frederik, via DesignBoom]

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architecture, egg, small space, mobile home, blob VB3

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Comments (18)

Nanoo, nanoo! I think it's cozy, adorable, and very Mork from Ork space vehicle-ish.

posted by Hollers on January 6th 2010 at 9:52pm
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wow! cool but certainly not for everybody

posted by cookiemonsta on January 6th 2010 at 10:16pm
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It's certainly beautiful, a window or two would be nice, but what is the point? Is it just an experiment in small living? If so there isn't anything new to this than what Airstream was doing in the 1950s. Or is this meant as a prototype for affordable housing? If so the radical design is a bit cost prohibitive.

posted by Comicgeek on January 6th 2010 at 11:04pm
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So what does it cost?

posted by mei-ling on January 6th 2010 at 11:28pm
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dmvA designed such an amazing thing. I really could see myself living in a space like this, regardless of the size! It has everything you need....and looks cool too!

posted by Ben Gebo Photography on January 7th 2010 at 1:11am
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This is actually pretty darn cool.

I like the design. Super 60s space-age but brought to life.

posted by thesamefire on January 7th 2010 at 2:04am
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cool, haha but it seems that i'll fall off when i turn in my sleep..:P

posted by thegingercatslair on January 7th 2010 at 2:17am
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Hope you don't want to snuggle in bed with your partner or sit up in bed without knocking yourself out. A futon on the floor that can be placed in the sleeping shelf demonstrated in the photos might be better.

posted by Donsie_Lass on January 7th 2010 at 8:35am
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Weird, but kind of cool at the same time.

posted by Krissy B on January 7th 2010 at 9:48am
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I'd move in there tomorrow--I love cozy, ultramodern spaces.

posted by rudebega on January 7th 2010 at 11:30am
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Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, egg to egg.

posted by rexrayfan on January 7th 2010 at 12:20pm
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where do you cook?

posted by sarahzmc on January 7th 2010 at 12:25pm
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In the future we won't have to cook. We'll just swallow nutritional supplements... and live in polyester eggs.

posted by Donsie_Lass on January 7th 2010 at 12:38pm
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Awesome, but the first thing I thought of when I saw that bed was, "Oh, like a futuristic concentration camp."

posted by mercedezzz on January 7th 2010 at 2:00pm
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Looks too much like the tail end of a C-17 for me.

posted by Trish1980 on January 7th 2010 at 3:28pm
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How much?

Can it be personalized/painted?

I want one.

posted by cherylopry on January 7th 2010 at 4:16pm
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very Japanese (Tokyo chamber sleeping style). the 'bathroom' is a hole in the floor? do i have that right? or is the girl in the pic sitting on the toilet in the shower? and, i agree with Donsie_Lass...i would imagine the floor to have more sleeping space. this place looks very cool but the way they have shown it...is very "cuddle prohibitive."

posted by Lizztopia on January 8th 2010 at 6:37pm
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Where is the kitchen?

And is there any seating?

i wonder if you couldn't install seating or sleeping that folds up from the floor space...

posted by yespositively on January 9th 2010 at 1:04pm
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