I hyperventilate even thinking about a space only 4 feet wide throughout. I'm small and even I couldn't even stretch both my arms out at the same time in that space. It's narrower than my small car.

God no! What a horrible idea! This is a gimmick that shouldn't be perpetuated!

The house wasn't actually commissioned by Keret - here is a more detailed account of the building's history:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/greathomesanddestinations/in-warsaw-a-creative-home-fills-a-void.html

The building, technically deemed an installation, is to be used as an artists' residence. The architect wanted to build something that would be architecturally correspond with Keret's short stories, "small, but complete". I think it's a beautiful idea!

I would try it out, if I wasn't married. That is not a place for two people... at all. lol

I think the shower head on the wall by the toilet would get to me. I saw pictures of it. There are no actual shower walls. You just stand by the toilet and turn the shower on. I would be obsessively disinfecting the floor before every shower!

I just saw the pictures, and it's actually not as bad as I thought it would be. But still, no! My one bedroom apt is 650 sq ft. and seems just about perfect!

It's common to have no shower walls and just a showerhead over the toilet in many European bathrooms. Generally there's a sloping floor with a drain to catch the water. Of course, it's not so common for said bathroom to be only 4 feet wide...

Uhmmmmm......let me sleep on it and get back with you....

Nope! I can't handle small spaces. But someone else might love it.

House tour!

I'm European and I've never seen this kind of "bathroom" in my whole life. And I'm a not very young woman. And I was born in a developing country in a middle-low class family.
So I don't believe is that common to have only a showerhead over the toilette:

the wet bathroom and the inability to store anything in the fridge would be the deal breakers for me. i can (and have) lived with just a minifridge, toaster oven, and hot plate, but i need somewhere to store perishable foods. and cleaning wet bathrooms is a nightmare. the size itself doesn't discourage me, but i love small spaces.

Yes, house tour please!!!

I would be rocking in the corner within 5 minutes of entering this joint....that's if there *is* a corner.

love it!

the only thing i am thinking, is if the stairs could be pulled up into the house, it would make it very zombie proof.

My family actually has one of these "wet bathrooms" at a vacation home on the Mediterranean. There is no shower stall, just a shower wand on the wall, and sloping floor with drain. You basically have to sit on the toilet to give yourself a shower. I always thought it was bizarre and a result of a builder trying to save money. I am surprised to hear that there are other bathrooms of this type!

as a permanent living space I say no but think of the possibilities this could have as a 1 room hotel!!

I don't know about Europe but "wet bathrooms" are extremely common is Israel. shower head, or more commonly a handheld shower head is attached to a wall, not over the toilet. I'm not overly fond of the setup but in a hot, dry country where cleaning of mostly tiled surfaces is done with a gadget that looks like a squeegee on a stick (the average Israeli is horrified by the idea of a mop--think its unsanitary), is not too hard to just squeegee down the walls and floor into the drain on the sloping floor that you mentioned. You just position towels and such away from the spray. Not sure how something like this would work in a cold, wet, wintry climate.