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  • They should make houses like this in america.

  • I'd rather live in that than a mansion any day!

  • im very interesting with the penguin house

  • "Hey honey pass me the kitchen knife- aw shit... it fell down the stairs again..."

    haha I'm so clumsy that would happen to me daily, but that is awesome, I'd love to live there haha

  • wow

  • nice

  • when i build my home im getting a jap dude to design it the way they are able to use space is amazing

  • I wonder if BatMan knows where this penguin house is located!

  • I quess the problem with glass window is you have continue to clean it from time to time. (I mean any dirty/spot outside the glass).

  • @harzan1 We`ve got ``selfcleaning`` glass nowadays . ; ))

  • Thats amazing

  • Pure genious

  • @ChunkyLova53 There was a 9.0 Earthquake in japan 2 weeks ago lol...

  • he can use magic

  • skip ad. 0:01

  • 240p, all right. Loving the high definition, Nat Geo!

  • Anyone know where I can watch the whole documentary? I watched this about 2 years ago but I've been wanting to watch it again ever since. Any help?

  • Are the plans available to purchase? I would love to build a replica in Canada, surrounded by tall trees. A wonderful design; genius

  • Bad place to be in in an major earthquake.

  • thetinybungalow

    that is

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    thetinybunglow

    my tiny bungalow is one seventh the sq ft and at 130sq ft plus a 56 sq ft loft is roomy and cozy. Someday when I put it on 10 acres I will be the ruler of my own kingdom !

  • looks like earthquake would knock it over

  • This is one of my fav houses in the world! i got to visit it when i went to Japan!! only the outside of course, someone definitely lives there. i wish i could have one built to live in. 

  • Totally private yet totally light. A total delight!

  • America would be wise to adopt a downsizing mentality. We are so wasteful with our "gotta be big, bigger, biggest" mentality and it's a mentality that will spell our doom on this finite planet with finite, dwindling resources. America will soon be left in the dark if we don't grow up and start being more environmentally conscious. McMansions and Hummers are a sad commentary on our values system.

  • @earlymusicus People should be able to buy and build whatever they want and can afford. I hate these apocalypse prophets who try to preach how everyone else should run for the mountains, live without cars, without international travel ("just stay in your county exploring things you don't know yet") on vacations and so on. They are the prophets of boring life.

  • @lotwyo i wouldn't call them prophets, but scientist. And they use numbers and values every single day to prove there is soon going to be a lack of basic resources in our planet. Maybe in 50 or 100 years there will be no more fuel, and that is very soon. We must start to think about new renewal technologies, and of course less contamination in the atmosphere. It's completely stupid to think that people should buy what they can afford, as they are maybe damaging their own planet and other people.

  • it's mind bending..

  • What is wrong with small? I wish my home was much smaller.

  • Living in London this doesnt seem so small

  • I'd rather use the first floor as kitchen & studio area and take out the doors of the entrance of the music studio in that way it will look even bigger

  • This design looks great for a play house for kids. Its about the right size.

  • Think Different!

  • Dude ask fo a machinima spot!!!!!!!!!

  • i love this house im probably am going to get one built for me for real.lo

  • If he were to allow the walls to shift by using tracks like Gary Chang, a Hong Kong architect who transformed his living space — a 330-square foot apartment — into a super-efficient, 24-room bachelor pad with the help of an of sliding walls, panels, et al gadgets. Then the space would even be better.

  • @lovecritters2: I thought of the same thing!

    Wouldn't it be awesome if an architect could come up with a house similar in structure to Yamashita's Penguin House, with Chang's Domestic Transformer walls, but this time with traditional architectural details -- for example, Greek Mediterranean stucco walls, old-fashioned wooden doors, windows and tiled roof, alongside those expansive glass windows? I'd move right in!

  • @TachieBillano: I totally agree. The features you mentioned would give the structure more of a "homey atmosphere". Especially, the white outside exterior of the Penguin Home's architeturet looks plastic and not natural: like an oversized milk carton. I'm referring to the color not the shape.

  • @lovecritters2 or if both of them formed an architecture team and designed houses in america where they have a lot more space. imagine what they could do with the average plot of land in the US.

  • I love it !!!!!!!! Better and wayyyyyyyyyyyy cheaper than living in some castle.

  • Small houses work there because they're all midgets

  • @dumnuts1: Yeah, sure..."Midgets" need the 9-foot or 11-foot high ceilings of this Penguin House. LOL.

  • Who's house is this?! Looks like a percussionists lives there judging from the timps and marimba at 2:25.

  • Thank you, lovely!

  • @theseeker2k5

    How does your spamming here relate to this video? This is NOT THE PLACE for posts like yours. Beat it and seek somewhere else.

  • privacy?

  • lol what if you drop something from the kitchen.....

  • I'd love to live in that house. :D

  • it's wonderful~!

  • this is awsome but would not work with people who have weight problems.

  • @inachu good thing japan is one of the healthiest countries in the world

  • we're taught in architecture school that a good architect can make a tiny house feel large and roomy with the use of what is shown here.

    any architect can make a big house.

  • First off some of these posters need to get a life.

    Japan has its own set of issues but they are geniuses. This house was designed for its owner not for any of us. And it wouldn't work for everyone. I personally would love to live in it... with a few mods to suit me. (The guy IS a genius.) I'm from Europe but been living in the US for over 20 years and I'm here to tell you that most Americans have fucked up priorities. For one thing... it's about less, not more. There, I've said it!

  • I love it!! Beautifull i would like to see such houses in holland

  • This is the sort of house I'd like to have in the UK. Modern, affordable and the size is no problem, not like I'm ever going to have any family.

  • Japan Rules.

  • doesn't sound so small, 200 square foot room? that's 10 by 20, you could park 3 cars in there

  • Now for some privacy enhancements.

  • No le parecerá pequeño a él que ye un enano, pero esa casa ye un zulo. Contactad con ese tipo si queréis distribuir Mr. Crocket en vuestra prefectura local!

  • I would want to live i that house. Wonder how much would it cost? Maybe less than regular houses since its small

  • damn...

    that is a masterpiece.

    smart guy

  • woah.. these kind of house is my dream house xD... i dont care how tiny it is!!

    as long as i got my basic needs :P

  • Interesting concept, I wonder if I could incorporate that, into a semi-earth sheltered design but less square footage?

  • I guess it would work fine with an earth sheltered design, as long as you let in a lot of light.

  • such a nice house

  • imagine what he could do with a LOT of space.. haha

  • he could probably turn a regular american home into a mansion!!

  • i love this documentary and have been looking to download it but havent had any luck find it. doesnt anyone have a torrent or any kind of download?

  • genial, desmaterializo los limites de la casa para que luzca mas grande :)

  • Wow, beautiful house and did anyone notice the editing in this video? It's so cool the way when he's drawing, a digital version of the house pops up well, anyway 5 stars :-)

  • Not the best house to throw a wicked party but...WOW. I would love that house!! ;D

  • @NaturallyEarth3112 But all those stair steps would ensure no fat americans!

  • just keep the party in the yard wich you will have lots of cus of the small house !! hahaha

  • @NaturallyEarth3112 I know you'd be falling right under the kitchen table and down all the stairs. Definitely not for children!

  • i want....

  • This is VERY COOL! I would love this house, but my concern is how would I heat it for cold Michigan winters?

  • Wow... Can I buy this for $80,000?

    Small houses packed with goodies FTW!

  • haha FTW my friend got that tattooed on her inner lip. i love this house, i doubt this house would sale for 80,000 but who knows. man it is like heaven there!

  • @looneypride she a dumb shit then ...

  • @looneypride this is an awesome house i went to visit it when i was in Japan. Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world, so it would cost way more than 80k. in the city i live in there is a house similar to it in a way and cost about 250k. its called the harpoon house. :)

  • wow this was so amazing, i dont know about the floating sink though where would you store all the cleaning product?

  • True...I guess you would have to do what they do and just cram it all on the sink! haha, or you could neatly place them on the sink or below it.

    That house is all I need.

    The second room would be just for video games! haha, yes I am a gamer!

  • yeah i mean i would love that house! it is so nice! i would make due with the space i had! it may be dangerous for small children though! :) i would like to be a gamer, i have no game systems at all. i guess i could play something online! haha

  • You should get a wii!

  • yeah the wii is fun! ive played it a few times! haha :) i am more of a 60's hippie!! haha

  • I'd take that over a mansion!

  • Cool house, I've seen something like it in Germany, but It wasn't in a modern style like this.

  • Why do the japanese are leading of every invention? genius guy!

  • Genius...

  • That probably costs a fortune.

  • Oh, how I would love a place like this!

  • HOLOGRAMS FUCK YEAH

  • there's nothing better than natural light....

  • Wow.. arguments going on about whether or not other human beings poop or not.....

    Sometimes I feel as if thinking with common sense is ahead of are time.

  • wow! that was neat! very inteligent design. the video was editied very well!

  • I bet it costs just as much as a full size house.

  • I think that you're right... it MIGHT cost less, but it could even cost more - depending on whether or not builders are accustomed to using those materials and if special pieces need to be fabricated. For most homes, everything is usually available 'off the shelf' at the hardware store.

  • What the hell just happened to these comments? o~o

  • please speak japonese INTELIGENT topics more!. and the "transformers might just defeat the deceptacons" , please? o.k german and [not drunk] show actual hard ware in action [deceptacons processing] no tooth roting EYE CANDY.

    hanaseru iego? [text to verify]

    is privacy in japan [archI] post sociological zen?

  • wtf?

  • house of leaves?

  • Despite all the tricks the house is small... you will notice when you need space to store things or simply to move in it...

  • Nice, I'm sure it could be done even better but he made the concept work.

  • I want to live in a penguin house!

  • live in a little box with windows to see other little boxes... id rather live in a third world country with land and a tent then a city with boxes. i hope this isnt the future.

  • i cant stand listening to this guy mispronounce anything japanese D:

  • me either XD

  • i am known for being a terrible internet critic, but this house is perfect, more houses need to be constructed under these principals

  • You're not known for anything.

  • japanese are so awesome this will be the future u will see

  • If I had that house , I would be scared it would collapse ... and too many windows , what about weather being bad or something???

  • It's made out of concrete, it isn't going to collapse. It's probably under much less stress than the average skyscaper. I don't see how the windows would be a problem either, unless it's noise you are getting at, in which case I'd point out that the bedroom is tucked away from any windows exposed to the outside.

  • oh , well I would live in it ... but will have to big closet ...

  • and when you take a dump the whole house smells

  • LOL

  • LOL @ when you take a dump the whole house smells!!!

  • You think the architect failed to put an exhaust fan in the toilet room? Or do you think the toilet room is open to the rest of the house? Go to 4:01 and look at the wall below the window. That is the upper inside wall of the toilet room, you can see it is solid. Odors are not free to float into other parts of the house.

  • ehhhhhhhhhh, You forgot the fact that Japanese people don't poop.

  • well thats funny cause Ive sen ALOT of Japanese SCAT videos, they can crap ohright!

  • Musta been Koreans (they look identical) because I can say with scientific certainty (I have the news articles) that Japanese people do NOT poop.

  • That is just silly sir!

  • Ok, but when you see a Japanese person with no butt hole one day, you'll know why.

  • you sound so certain, this debate will be suspended for further research....

  • im japanese

    & i can poop

  • You must not be fully Japanese.

  • thank you.

  • ok, fine.

    im not fully japanese

    but my gramma is & she shits all the fucking time

    think of it like this,

    when people eat, they produce a waste product known as shit (leftover from the food that our body doesnt need)

    if japanese people dont have assholes where does it go

  • i think i know what you mean now.

  • Watch dropping a knife off the kitchen counter... OUCH... right down the stair case!

  • ugly house

  • The question remains: How much does it cost?

  • Housing in Japan is REALLY expensive. Toyota builds prefab homes there that (sadly) make ZERO sense in the US... just too expensive, and as I recall over $500K us -

  • Correction: housing in Tokyo is really expensive. House prices in Japan decreased substantially from 1991 to 2005, and then began to increase, but I'm pretty sure the recession put an end to that.

  • live in a small peice of shit house and it will cost you barely anything :p

  • das cool

  • shawna? seriously.

  • the idea is cute.. but is no good for a family of 3. is a single solution. nevertheless.. is a great idea when you want to get independent. one plants a house like that in the front house lawn and ...voilá! but then the parents won't say.. "go to your room.." they'll kick you out of their house ... into yours in just a second! :) ups! one problem.. since is everything about the light... what about planting the house in the overwhelming shaddow os the 5th avenue? "let there be light.."

  • if u examine the design very closely, you will find that if someone is using the toilet, and someone else is in the glass box, the person in the box can duck down, go to the wall, look down, and watch the other guy go.

  • really? I examined it closely, and I don't see a way for someone being able to see anyone using the toilet. The shark fin shaped panel in the balcony and one the one below it are translucent panels, not transparent. Hmm, would be interesting to actually find a flaw to the Penguin house, but I doubt he will make a restroom with a chance to make guests/owner convert to perverts.

  • wow it's SO tiny on the outside but the inside looks like a normal size house and normal sized rooms! This is so cool!

  • also does anyone know if the convexity of the windows on the top part of the house concentrates light, something like a magnifying glass? if thats true then that would help warm the house as well

  • amazing ! i would love to make him design a new house for me :P

  • 1 problem, how the fuck am I supposed to jerk it to internet porn? I'd have to put the computer in the bathroom.

  • shades.

  • Even with the shades, I'm talking if there are like other people in the house. The rooms are wide open.

  • they ideed make pretty good windows as stated.

    and it is much easyer to heat up a small space then it is a large space.

  • I wonder if he could help me out with my penis size hahahaha

  • Brilliant and beautiful.

  • It'd rather live in this house any day than living in a 10,000 sq ft. house or condo. 4 some reason ppl want more and more instead of better or efficiency. Not cool but that's what media did and do to ppl today.

  • I think its a wonderful house.

    I can see so many up sides to it.

    1. much easier to clean up & keep clean

    2. I'll be less likely to lose or misplace stuff there

    3. I like the cozy look of it

    Its just awesome

  • I really dunno anything about climate over there, but they make really good windows nowadays. But it costs. So if this is a small and cheap house, then i would really worry for winter. But if you put some money into insulated windows it isnt really a big problem

  • That is exactly the kind of house id like to build someday.

  • very interesting ideas in there, very modern, good solutions for creating seemingly space!

  • It is highly practical given the limits, the client obviously had restrictions on the site's size and looking at the local vernacular, nothing exceeds three stories either. The Japs are an intensely private people, so it came as no surprise to not see a lot of glass. Our western ideals are vastly different from those of our eastern counterparts, and judgement should not be made on personal preference. The house is a success, sure, because it does what's required, not because you like it or not.

  • I LIKE the house because it is a success, because it does what is required. If it didn't look like it did what I wanted it to, I wouldn't like it. This is a stupid comment.

    By the way, it's JAPANESE, thx.

  • wow i luv it..

    hes a genius.. how much is this house??

  • I'd like to live in one of these, if for a while... just to see.

  • your an immature idiot.

  • i hate how this haole guy says yamashita...

    did nobody tell him how to pronounce it???

  • Wow you are mighty observant I am overweight. It says on your cheap bio you are 19 well when I was 19 it was a pivotal year in my life I quit smoking and started working out. 145 to 185 in 6 weeks time inside 6 months I was 220 perfectly list in Greek. I have had a tornado flip the truck I was in broke my back I do more by noon than you do all day even with my disability. Given your level of respect you don't have a chance of making it to 40 and not have a criminal record/bad credit or/dead.

  • i'll win all the nobel prizes by 2050

  • that house looks confusing

  • oh life in a shoe box with open plan top flor, light gives u illusion, i dont see myself squeezed in there, very creative, for midgets tho !!

  • well, it's a good thing I'm so short..I like it

  • i totally want that house

  • The kitchen is on the top all groceries have to be carted up the stairs. Great way to insure you loose weight you have to work for every snack. You might say I will drink more water forget sodas too heavy to get up and down with.

    I intend to build a home that is handicap accesible you never know what might happen to cause you or a loved one to loose mobility even for a short time. This home is in an entirely dirrernt land where space is needed dearly. They would flip if they saw USA openess.

  • Cool ! very creative.