Micro-compact Home - Dwell Blog

Utterly integrated, ten-by-ten-by-ten. And coming to New York for summer.

Richard Horden’s micro-compact home looks perfect for an always-on world, where living happens outdoors, in airplanes, parked in Smart cars. Practically speaking, it would make a stylish retreat in the outdoors, or a company-sponsored urban village for employees on the go.

Horden’s creation has been on the market—just in Europe—for two years, and retails here for about $60,000 installed. They can also be rented for temporary use. Inspired by a lack of comfortable commercial air travel—there was once a time, not so long ago, when it was possible to fly comfortably—Horden first designed the micro-compact home for student living in a block of six at Munich’s technical university, where he teaches.

There is no furniture. Everything is dual-use, integrated, part of the bigger piece. The bed folds down from the top. The shower is the entranceway, when the door is closed. Running new-look diode lighting and with its small size, the micro-compact home runs on 53 watts, and that’s including broadband and flat-panel screen.

It may still take some time before the micro-compact home makes it to the American market, which still by and large likes to think big; but the micro will be on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for the Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling exhibit which kicks off in July. It will be one of five full-scale prefab homes to be featured in MoMa’s outdoor space.

It’s not yet the case stateside that small is the new big, but given the success of the Smart Fortwo and an appetite for scaled-down living, Horden’s design may be the first of many like it.

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Posted by: Michael Dumiak on Apr 17, 08 at 06:00 PM PDT

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Runs on 53 watts? That's a lie. According to the web site, this beastie devours 347 KWH monthly. That's what you get when you do all-electric, including water heating and A/C. No friend to the environment in this one.

Posted by Housenthusiast on 05/20/08 12:02AM PDT

Hardon's design reminds me of the critique of the 'personal auto' in the movie "Brazil." Would it be so simple to travel through space and our lifespans without (room for) our social baggage (luggage).

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Posted by armando on 04/28/08 03:15PM PDT

Oh my god. I am going to sell my house imediately (give most of the money to Obama) and buy both Horden's 'creation' and the Smart car. Already in Europe for two years? Go figure.

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I want one, Smart car included. Perfect grad studetn living quarters!

Posted by Tammy on 04/24/08 01:49PM PDT

Thanks for posting, Michael; prompted me to blog it at Living Small. A very cool tiny home.

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