Lucky Drops

"Lucky Drops"

Have you ever camped out in your backyard, beach, mounitains? How about in a parking slip at the local parking garage? Do you think you could live like that though? I guess if you are a Japanese buinsness person who is never at home anyways... or maybe a NEET who has been disowned and can't afford anything else.

In Japan, homes are shrinking in lot size in certain areas but growing in both popularity and height. These plots of land are as small as 300 square feet! That's incredibly small! I liked this house first because of it's catchy name, then for the genius that went into it's design.

In the picture of one of these dwelling spaces called "Lucky Drops" the architect reduced the exterior wall to just millimeters thick material of fiber reinforced plastic and super-thin membranes of steel. The name refers to squeezing the last drop of volume out of extremely limited space. Sounds like a bottle of (grey goose at my house...)

These ultra-small homes save on space by getting rid of things like a foyer, hallways, interior walls and closets. Windows are commonly placed near the base of the exterior (and only) walls. The bathroom door = a curtain. Furniture folds up into the wall, the translucent skin or shell of the house maximizes the natural light and saves ceiling space with the absence of lamps and a gaudy chandelier.

All and all I'm guessing that this type of architecture wouldn't be very popular in America. Especially Texas, unless they have zero-crime drug legal zones. Why? -- Because crack and lucky drops are cheaper.

As for me? I've lived in 400 square feet before... I almost went insane. In fact, maybe I did for a spell. How small of a living space do you think you could live in?