Inspiration: Small Parisian Garden Shed Apartment

This dwelling was created in a backyard shed for use by a teenager. The structure, divided into four stories, is both extremely small and undeniably cool. Made entirely of birch plywood, the interior is unified while still creating unique spaces for sleeping, living, and studying (and there's a bathroom, too!)...

Designed by H2O Architects, almost everything is built-in — storage, seating and work surfaces. In a space this small and intimate, the great number of open stairs double as seating! We thought the models and diagrams best described the space, but for more pictures, see materialicio.us and the photography portfolio of Stephane Chalmeau. When can we move in? Via: materialicio.us.

(Pics: Stephane Chalmeau)

Comments (14)

Wow. I would have loved this as a teenager. I was lucky enough to occupy the top half of our house, but my own separate apartment would have been better.

posted by first5times on April 25th 2008 at 7:08am
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OMG... I want this as an adult! As a kid I had the loft of a barn and a rickety and potentially deadly tree house - nothing this amazing.

posted by Modfan on April 25th 2008 at 7:44am
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cute but where is the toilet and the shower? kind of essential in an apartment.

posted by Oneformybaby on April 25th 2008 at 7:48am
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It looks like there might be a narrow bathroom, at least for a toilet, next to the sink in the middle level, in the last set of pictures.

Looks neat; I want one!

posted by randomname on April 25th 2008 at 7:55am
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wow, What a great idea for a guest or inlaw house on a small footprint.

posted by Enamorada on April 25th 2008 at 7:59am
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An inlaw house with lots of stairs? I like the idea....

posted by coyotejed on April 25th 2008 at 8:12am
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I see a able and chairs, but not a kitchen/cooking space?

posted by bepsf on April 25th 2008 at 8:17am
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Man, that is one lucky teenager!

posted by jennifer in sf on April 25th 2008 at 8:35am
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I would love to live there as an adult!

posted by Monica G on April 25th 2008 at 8:40am
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I can feel that my eyes all get itchy and watery just like walking in home depot.

posted by giggleuma on April 25th 2008 at 8:42am
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It is a shed for a teenager to hang out in like a fancy treehouse - thus no kitchen or bathroom. Dang, I would never have gone home.

posted by alexis on April 25th 2008 at 10:04am
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Just to clarify: the bathroom (toilet and shower is in the closet on the second landing. See the sink w/ faucet? Behind that. On my site there is a floorplan. No kitchen is necessary, because the kid *lives in the backyard* behind the house. Capisce? :)

posted by Justin (the first one) on April 25th 2008 at 11:43am
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Wow, what a lovely solution for parent and child.

with a kitchen i'd live there, but its a great transitional space for a young adult.

posted by DahliaCactus on April 25th 2008 at 1:02pm
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Crazy cool! I can't help think'N that a cat would love this place w/all it's perching spots.

posted by MoJonson on April 25th 2008 at 2:32pm
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