Tiny Origami apartment in Manhattan unfolds into 4 rooms

[skateconnecticut]

All honesty, i wouldnt be mad to live here its sick as fuck

[StevenStearns]

Thanks for sharing your beautiful home, incredible design ideas, and logic for living within your available space. This was one of the best "home design" videos I have seen. It provides real information about your design choices and the reasons behind them. Is the main cabinet (the focus point of the space) completely custom? Is the sliding shelf in the kitchen custom too? If not, where can one find these things? Thanks. ;-)

[kirstendirksen]

@StevenStearns I just filmed the video and posted it. The architect behind it is Michael Chen. He did create this completely custom and he's done other similar custom work for NYC clients. His website is normalprojects . com

[AlirazaTRAVEL]

450 square feet is HUGE for manhattan. this guy is nuts thinking he's got a small place. i lived in 80 square feet for years of my life!

[MigDanskeren]

But how to play Kinect?

[MauryJohn]

It's beautiful. I'm curious what the design fees and construction costs were.

[btsy87]

gOOD IDEA..AND THE BEDROOM?

[eclclie]

how does he have $235,000 to spend working as a third grade teacher

[xe3tec]

@eclclie maybe privateschool..and besides, american people dont need money to buy a house, they just hav big debts *g*

[wordpimp2787]

i was watching south side 13 videos 10 minutes ago now im watching this hahaha....well played youtube well played

[billyfrmhill]

That cabinet is really designed well but the folding panel sounds sort of rickety.

[martyman5000]

Its odd to me that a giant box in your room gives you more room....

[djjdevos]

Love it. Needs soft rubber on the wheels that roll on the hard floor - sounded like it could annoy the apartment below if there is one.

[123123cruz]

Do you have a bathroom

[TKidSkidZ]

he spent $305,000 for a 450 square-foot studio??? wow thats nuts!!!

[the7xa]

@TKidSkidZ Wow for $305,000 here in Texas you could buy a 3000 sq ft two story home on 5 acres. One of the many reasons i will never live in new york, no matter how bad i hate Texas

[Dakhar]

@the7xa Of course the trade off here is that you live in TEXAS and he lives in MANHATTAN.

[ReviewCam]

I thought studios were supposed to be small?

[TheTroy103]

Wow what an amazing and inspiring use of space.. well done guys!

[trish788]

why he didn't used the living room space as his bedroom n used where he put his bed as his livingroom.. And he could of used a room divider funiture (tall one)with perhads some storage that can be use for bedroom side and livingroom side

[Lorelle1020]

This is so great, so much style in a little place. Great job!

[stackoleebillylions]

Great job fellas. 

[mumbles005]

"$235,000 for a 450-square-foot studio with a tiny kitchen. . . spent $70,000 total remodeling his new apartment." That remodel budget is 30% of the total purchase price. Wouldn't increasing his shopping price range 30% have resulted in more square footage and dramatically lower remodel costs? (235000/450 = $522.22 sq ft; 70000/522.22= 134 sq ft) So he could have afforded ~584 sq-ft; that is very livable for one person without needing a designer to make it all fit. It's a nice place though.

[yafola1]

Love it!

[notoriousnews]

@kirstendirksen when will we get the next minimalist video? Preferably from an apartment in NYC or Japan?

[tomperanteau]

Wonderful design!  As an engineer, I really respect the implementation, too!

Kirsten, keep up the great journalism. Perhaps one of these days we can talk about how we have compressed our lives onto a 36 foot sailboat.

[1gmarquez]

kOoL effort! .. critique: It seems like it could be designed better, couldn't the person just use a good sofa bed, he should really go through his linens/clothes & toss out what looks to be not used, dang that bed door opening was clunky but they were acting like it wasn't lol... from 6:33 to 6:45 seems so Will Farrell'ish with the piano playing...

[miroslavsafin]

good luck bringing a girl back to this place

[338888]

i like this design, but hiding the bed make it stink, esp if you have linen on it. i can't stand it when my blanket stink.

[AllenChildress3]

Maybe he could move to Texas where $235k can buy about 4,000 square feet with a big driveway.

But if you have to live jammed in with 9M other people then this looks like a clever way to go ;-)

[arcopia]

Thoughtful... design that isn't thought through becomes mundane. The American landscape is filled with mundanity and soulless clutter. this is beautiful... kudos!

[MooseheadDrinker]

lol is there a communal bathroom in the building???

[kirstendirksen]

@MooseheadDrinker If I had a nickle for every time someone has asked that... I just didn't bother to film his (private) bathroom. It was so conventional compared to the rest of the apartment I didn't think anyone would want to waste time watching it. I guess I was wrong.

[MooseheadDrinker]

@kirstendirksen well you should have filmed it. i can't understand why you would have ignored filming an important part of the apartment....makes no sense

[drackar]

@kirstendirksen It's not so much that people want to see it...it's just that no where in the video is it mentioned that it exists. We see every other aspect of the apartment...bathing facilities aren't even mentioned.

[treeoftears]

@kirstendirksen people always want to see the bathroom. It is odd. I guess it is because it is the room that we all visit first thing in the morning and the last thing at night.

[alanalee2005]

Love love love it!!



[jealousofmypuddin]

So, were the original closets utliized in the design or covered over?

[jessmiller99]

I really liked this. The only thing I didn't like was the sound the bed/closed door made when he opened it. It sounded like the door to the dungeon or something. To bad they couldn't make that a little smoother.

[Dianimalable]

@jessmiller99 WD40, baby. B-)

[CreativeChick8]

This is amazing. I love small spaces.



[1225455]

I love this.

[Quiddler]

Genius.

[Anyjupiter]

what the hell

[ESUTERURE]

Awesome hope I could live in 400 sqft or smaller.

[screaminsushi]

@sujisushi I was wondering the same thing!!

[jokiebird]

$235,000 for a suburban Chicago house doesn't do you much good if you live in New York.



[Search4diabetescure]

$235,000.00 is suburban Chicago can buy a 2 to 3 bedroom and 2 bathrooms and a basement house that is in a very good condition needing little or no rehabilitation, and ready for moving in.

[watchupclose]

This is better than Mtv Cribs!

[redmahmaa]

I just bought a 12x16 shed for my clutter-mess-junk-collectomani­a shite. Now I am thinking;giant yard sale;clear out the shed& learn to live large;in a small space!! Small living is our future. 

[DocWolph]

This would work in a larger home, too, allowing smaller rooms to do more. But more obviously, A first or small apartment would not be such a nightmare with this kind of setup.

[c0mm0on]

neat place, you just both seem so drab and dull and i would be curious of how much medication it takes to pretend living a pretentious boring life isn't a cab ride away from suicide

[redmahmaa]

@c0mm0on Trolls come in all different shapes& sizes.

[bunnyyummy123]

I WANT IT :D

[kanaltube]

awesome!!

[NobodysOffTheHook]

Amazing. I would kill to have that apartment.

[josiemonkey003]

this is AMAZING!! WANT!

[mirava2010]

this style is good for Europe it's cool

[lazzzzzysusan]

So! he has a pull down bed, I hate to tell you this but they were invented years ago for caravans.

I have a pull down ironing board that comes out of a kitchen cupboard.

[TrixieinDixie]

$235K for a shoebox size apartment? That in itself is insanity. Also, I have to wonder how much teachers in NY are paid that he could have afforded this 6 years ago. I know the cost of living is much higher, but, wow. There is no way I could stand a space so small, much less right in the middle of the city. Bleah. I'll stick to the suburbs and the trees.

[minz456]

that cabinet is so kewl...

[DanezWorld]

Sweet just I wanted. Every time I want to go to bed I have to unfold a giant puzzle...

[TheAliHakeemi]

i got bored after the first two minutes

[sujisushi]

Where's the bathroom???

[sweet0o0kandy]

dear santa claus,

[akasstan]

OMG come give my shitty apartment an origami make over! I love this

[cwtjps]

This is an amazing concept..so much better than spending $300,000 on a full size house.

[MineCreepz]

isnt it always the way, out of the 500 000 people that watch these videos, there always has to be those 40 or so dick heads that HAVE to dislike everything

[AxeGrrrl]

i love this :) i love seeing such efficient use of space

[eugenevic]

I mean, if you can afford the luxury of all those fancy furniture and wardrobes and new stoves and the light inside the ceiling, why don't you just get a bigger apartment?

[Harleytn]

@eugenevic Because not everyone needs so much space. Less can be better! (and uses less energy to heat, etc.)

[jtawil]

I'd sooner move to the suburbs than live in a mouse trap.

[TimArmst]

Wow. It's a Murphy bed. Those haven't been around for the last 30 years...

[AxeGrrrl]

@TimArmst 30yrs? are you kidding? Murphy beds have been around for more like a CENTURY! :)

[puffymimi]

where's the bathroom? O_O

[BizzMarki]

Cool apartment... but it has nothing whatsoever to do with origami...

[AQWGOD]

@BizzMarki The catch is it all folds out so they call it a origami apartment.

[Swizzaify]

Thats Crazy! :O

[Trogdor245]

Best thing ever. America (and not just the U.S., I am canadian, and im talking about the whole continent here) needs to use their space like this. Think of how many forests wouldnt have to be cut down for massive houses to be built for 2 people and their teacup poodle! Think of all the possible farmland or commercial land that would be available, providiong food, jobs, and money for people AND the economy of the country. THIS BOX IS THE FUTURE PEOPLE! :D

[svoteary]

Wow ok. So this is a new concept in small space living is it? I guess the ship building industry better take note. Not like they have even less space than this dump.

[fingerboardmaster11]

ill bet u a million dollars that that was formally justin biebers house

[wasdffff]

So old.

[Josahn]

A very intresting way of life. I think this is an anticipation of what we need to do in our futur in occident: less is more! Have a meaningfull space instead of big house useless, hard to clean, full of stuff which need to get other stuff. Anyway. Thank you.

[skillzflux]

Very reminiscent of that : "Tiny apartment transforms into 24 rooms" video from a way back.

[Chantilliscious]

wheres the bathroom?

[Adjudicator]

@lmtwinkle yeah, what's so great about conserving space and energy? we have no problems with overpopulation, consumerism, and there is no foreseeable shortage in resources.

.....

[jennyvendiagram]

im defintly want to live there :)

[TheSonorama21]

235k for a studio? Another reason not to live in NY.

[Fkjlh]

Already been done by Gary Chang.

[stlewis78]

well its not a new invention at all Japaneese guy already made somtin more reliant and efficient but nice idea

[moepickles]

Prices in Toronto are insane too.

[joquendof]

How live there is humiliated for a person? Why? I think is just your interpretation based on your worldview. Just that.

[MrGoldfishwish]

wouldent it be odd as a guest to wake up not knowing if you should or should not slide the wall to go get a snack?

[Bainer55]

So..do they live in that tiny apartment together?

[2406Blackbird]

thats just depressing

[LugiaTheGreatBeast]

omg i want to live there so much!

[MastroCicio]

how about trying to have a child?

[rocklee302]

@MastroCicio yeah that would be difficult or impossible

[susupoosa]

one thing i would do is change that caster wheel to a rubber one so the wall rolls smoothly across the floor, instead of making those clanky sounds.

[Redanimated]

...but is this type of room zombie proof?

[VanCityBro]

If this is from IKEA theres no way you build this yourself

[deepbreakfast1960]

I love these smaller spaces makes so much sense and the savings is so amazing, a very cool concept...Heidi

[turdlinger5000]

While you nerds are carfty, you lack a washroom. I am judging this a fail.

[mirako347]

Yeah...come to Vancouver this thing is...= w = everywhere

[timofly]

agree i like everything having a purpose.

[jackoff3000]

this is nothing, this man uses the same concept in his home to make 24 rooms...

/watch?v=Lg9qnWg9kak&feature=r­elated

[DarkDream856]

a bed that folds out of the wall of the kitchen? now the wife never has to leave the kitchen or the bedroom :D

[Stargrave]

@DarkDream856 no woman ever should unless its to go to the bathroom

[Layla2amar]

@DarkDream856 you are such a guy ! looool

[INaneek]

hey dumb ass, 1 question... wheres the bathroom? do you pull out a magical toielet and take a shit where was once your bed and sink... what a stupid ideza

[timmyfung01]

@INaneek

they have the bathroom, but it is not shown in the video, you are the dumb ass.

[cleverjellybean]

ya our house is relatively big and my parents designed it to be very spacious, but most of it, is full of random junk or just becomes unused space

T.T

[ukrainevladcanada]

i guess that every person who moves to New York and got an apartment there, will instantly become creative and start coming up with such brilliant ideas of space management!!

[graycam]

I thought all apartments in NYC were like the ones from the tv show Friends. Not so?

[KpopN3rd]

this is so cool c:

[WithPoutine]

Yea man, that's pretty cool and all, but where do you play your games?

[YouGottaBeNuckinFuts]

what the fuck is this shite

[Galex514]

Pretty cool place...and when u live in NYC the city is your home

[KnowledgeRepository]

Yeah OK kitchen, bedroom, living room... what about the bathroom? Lets see you unfold that bad boy out

[getjiggywithit007]

lol have fun trying to get the bed out when you get home drunk at 2 in the morning.

[Daniel360PRO]

LOL

[blackneydavid]

ikea?

[nhuuu1]

Wow. In my area, you could buy a big and nice family house with 235k. But hey, if he lives alone it's a pretty sweet place... simple and cozy... and downtown!

[drweelz]

@Uzielnumber1 the asian dude doesnt live there, hes the designer 

[Uzielnumber1]

@drweelz True say, wasnt concentrating at first.

[accforzippovid]

1:23 privacy from whom?

[nailpolish323]

lol, i thought it was an apartment with like paper origami furniture

[YakuzaJoe88]

$235,000. wow. couldn't just...you know...buy a real house?

[grip606]

@YakuzaJoe88 Manhattan is one of the most expensive cities to live in the world. $235k for a house is completely not realistic.

[YakuzaJoe88]

@grip606 no doubt. yeesh...I suppose that's living right downtown too. damn....

[BeeAngelful]

pretty cool

[ProtroastWoW]

wheres the tv :P

[Darknights7]

Hmm i wonder when this will hit Ikea... itll be fun trying to put this together..

[karameldelight69]

this idiot spent 235,000$ on an apartment in Manhattan. an apartment with NO BATHROOM, NO BEDROOM. built a fucking wall unit so he could sleep.... I cant.

[Sinzless]

imagine him in a fucking mansion.

[xxfroobxx]

prolly single

[starrycutie123]

so from all the comments CANADA IS THE PLACE TO LIVE IF YOU WANNA live in a house for the SAME PRICE THIS MAN PAID just saying :) CANADA LOOVE <3

[cinthiassaito]

@starrycutie123 Except in Vancouver ;)

[izzybizzyliz]

@cinthiassaito vancity ftw

[antfarmforever]

@cinthiassaito i live in vancouver

cold , windy....

[DMxNemesis]

@antfarmforever u say that because it just snowed like 1 hour ago haha

[cinthiassaito]

@antfarmforever yes, and real state still expensive =(

[Samsqwamch]

@antfarmforever I live in Victoria

Cold, Windy and Rainy....

[antfarmforever]

@Samsqwamch cool , my friends used to live their

[ThePantyDroper]

@starrycutie123 As the other guy said except vancouver. An apartment that size would run you 250 grand. More if it's downtown. An average 3 or 4 bedroom house is 650+ and easily over a million if it's in vancouver and not one of the suburbs.

[Thankyou3403]

@starrycutie123 Or you can live in florida, texas, New Orleans, Virginia, Jamaica, Africa, New York State, Cuba, Spain, Slovenia. This guy is a freaking idiot. He paid 300,000 for a shitty space.

[LightboxGaming]

@starrycutie123 235,000 dollars for a 450 square foot apartment? or you could buy a fucking house in a town rather than a city.

[TristanSimpson1]

@starrycutie123 woot woot!!! hell ye!!! NB ftw!!

[quickP76]

@starrycutie123 you obviously don't live in Vancouver or Victoria

[IlainyyPinky22]

@starrycutie123 Canada Rules <3

[fatass514]

fuck this guy lives like a fucking cockroach

[emann43]

This guy's pipes are gonna get huge moving that bed up and down everyday.

[emann43]

I would get so claustrophobic.

[IspDingo]

You can buy/make/design your own mansion for 235 grand in new brunswick XD

[hollisterxx]

uhm, where the fuck is the bathroom....

[705CAH]

@705CAH Well thats awkward....

[Belwaer]

A man living in China did this years ago. Google/youtube it.

[danieldaring]

hahaha the shit comment was funni

[danieldaring]

this is how middle class people live-hollywood would laugh at them

[electricfeel0]

You know, you could have just bought a bigger apartment with the money you invested in turning your entire place into origami

[Moooo53]

The bed is just a Murphy Bed. An old innovation.

[alexookpik]

very neat design... but the video could have ended at 2:30. ;-)

[HannaKuduz]

This was a short episode of cribs.

[MrKanderson223]

absolutely brilliant, with the overcrowding issue already here and only to get worse this is great work guys

[PaytonxBeauty]

how the hell can you live whit a closet that small, like i would die .