You can just never get sick or take a day off wok to stay home.

The problem is not parking, it's too many cars! Cars need lots of road space, and multiple parking spots - at home, at work, and at stores. Public transit, especially in big cities, is much more efficient & friendly to the environment. What we need is innovation there, & not for cars.

Nobody wants to live that close to where someone parks their car. Exhaust will build up on your walls. Overtime, your apartment will be effected.

I like your new rug.

That isn't a rug, that is transition fluid.

Great theory, but really horrible IRL. Kinda the modern home design equivalent of those "we'll all be eating our food in pill form in the future" theories so beloved of the mid-late 20th century.

It's not the most practical for many reasons already stated, but I think this type of innovative thinking is what leads to more practical advancement in design in the future. I admire people that develop these types of concepts because my pessimistic thinking always stops me in my tracks.

“As for the bed, they can use an air mattress or simply sleep on the floor,” he says.

Just what everybody is looking for... mmm... comfy

Yeah, this seems like futurist nonsense. In theory it could work, but what if you call in sick one day? You spend your sick day with a stranger's car?

Don't oversleep!

Interesting idea, but... Presumably these would have to be located near where people work, in which case, why not just live near your place of work? The real solution to parking problems in urban and suburban is to thoughtful design that encourages non-car transportation.

My employer has successfully discouraged parking at work for many people by charging stunningly high fees for parking passes, and paying for unlimited use of public transit by employees who don't bring cars to work. They will even pay for a cab ride home in an emergency. I happily pay an slightly higher rent so I can live on a transit live that takes me directly to work. I could live somewhere less expensive, but would lose any savings in parking fees and gas money.

Clearly ridiculous, yet it makes me so sad.

Ugh. How about some birth control or car control?

My home is not "empty space," even when I am elsewhere.

I don't know anyone who would consider this feasible.

Dystopian (no pun on Dyson intended).

I take that back. Dystopian is too nice a word.

Wouldn't it be even greener and more efficient if we just set up tents in parking spaces at night?

People dont get sick that often. 1 or 2 times a year. Or less.

But: What if one of the car owners has to work overtime? THAT happens frequently.

LOL KM355 and ANDREAS!!

Definitely a nominee for worst idea ever. Others said it above--people will get sick from this.

I think the logic is a bit flawed on this concept. To me, an empty parked car is just as "un-ocuppied" a space as an empty house. It's like putting an empty box in another empty box to save space, instead of getting rid of one of the boxes. I think, like other posters above, that reducing the amount of cars is the best solution. Also, ditto on being concerned about health risks of sharing living space with vehicles.

That carved frozen lake was pretty neat. I liked the fox hat.

Others have already mentioned the issues of sick days or the car owners leaving their cars later (overtime, car won't start, etc.)

What about pets? What happens if the mechanical part of the expanding apartment break? Will there be maintenance on call after normal business hours? What if they can't fix it for several days? Does the building owner put you up in a hotel?

And live tv on the go, why we're practically living like the Jetsons!

Good grief.

Just improve public transport, please.

So, during the day, when I am at the office, my car stays at home. And in the evening, when I come home, I send my car on a road trip so I can you the parking space to live?

In reality I use the car to go to the office, so neither my car nor me is at home. During the day the parking situation in residential areas is not he problem. Problem is starting when people are all at home.

I agree; this idea isn't fully cooked, and wouldn't be much use.

The only use I could see for this is as housing the homeless at night. Most shelters require that residents leave each day (taking everything with them) and return each evening for a bed. This prevents the homeless from establishing legal residence. If the fixed part of each apartment were entirely self-contained and easy to clean & sterilize each morning, homeless people could arrive each evening to sleep in the rooms. The parking fees would subsidize the housing.

I assume you're awakened by a severe electric shock to make sure you get moving. Enjoy your park bench nap.