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)
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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.
view first5times's profile
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.
view Modfan's profile
cute but where is the toilet and the shower? kind of essential in an apartment.
view Oneformybaby's profile
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!
view randomname's profile
wow, What a great idea for a guest or inlaw house on a small footprint.
view Enamorada's profile
An inlaw house with lots of stairs? I like the idea....
view coyotejed's profile
I see a able and chairs, but not a kitchen/cooking space?
view bepsf's profile
Man, that is one lucky teenager!
view jennifer in sf's profile
I would love to live there as an adult!
view Monica G's profile
I can feel that my eyes all get itchy and watery just like walking in home depot.
view giggleuma's profile
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.
view alexis's profile
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? :)
view Justin (the first one)'s profile
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.
view DahliaCactus's profile
Crazy cool! I can't help think'N that a cat would love this place w/all it's perching spots.
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