Comments on: Video: Incredibly efficient efficiency

By: carrie chang,floral lab,boston

carrie chang,floral lab,boston — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:58:04 +0000

gary chang is an inventiveness, creative architect of course it’s not only show his eco-concept but the maximum possibility in multi-rooms concept in one room; of course he uses his place for the experience. this home bring his/my childhood grown up together memories (he is my real brother and i am his real youngest sister).

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:43:06 +0000

I have lived in HK before. Space is at a premium and this kind of living is pretty normal for people in these “Asian Megalopolises”. It seems by our western standards to be inconvenient, but re-configuring your space is a common practice for those who live in these small places. Most “rooms” in HK flats are smaller than the configurations he has for their equivalents.

As for the “eco-friendly” aspect? I suspect it is because he did not move into a bigger place which presumably would have a larger power footprint. HK is a pretty hot place 10 months of the year and it is much more efficient to either cool or heat a smaller space.

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By: Tickled Red

Tickled Red — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:14:45 +0000

This is absolutely amazing! It gives me hope for my small space of 1200sq ft. I love your blog and book

By: H

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:49:56 +0000

clever? yes, very much. but i’d go crazy living there, flipping this, flipping it back, moving this, moving that. it never ends. still an inspiration though.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:01:50 +0000

What clever, clever ideas! Thanks for sharing the link!

By: Taylor

Taylor — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:56:02 +0000

Erin baby, you’ve got to get an interview with this guy. That’s uberultraminimalism! What can we do to integrate some of that schnazz into our dumpy dives? Great job on Rachel Ray too, BTW,… Rrrrar!

By: karen gee

karen gee — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:13:42 +0000

I love all the efficiency. He obviously uses high-quality materials to achieve this. I’m not sure what’s so “green” about it, though, unless it’s just the fact that he uses relatively little space. All that custom engineering and metal has a huge cost in manufacture, which may or may not be all that efficient or green.

I don’t see this in my budget, frankly, though I find it’s ideas desirable.

By: JC

JC — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:03:45 +0000

I was lucky to grow up in a rural wooded area and currently live semi-rural area where we have a quiet house on some undeveloped acreage. This man has done wonderful things with his apartment, but I honestly think I would go mad living in such a densely populated place.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:55:26 +0000

I did not count 24 rooms; even with all the possible configurations. It is rare for even the largest homes in America to have 24 rooms, so I don’t quite understand what he is trying to compare it to.

My current home has 4 rooms and my last home had 8 rooms.

I do think this is clever, in a student project/conceptual art sort of way. But the moving walls are impractical for day-to-day activities. I once lived in a trailer that had one moving wall (that contained a closet) that allowed you to convert it from a one bedroom to a two bedroom. But it was something you would do on a semi-permanent basis. Not something that you would do every day just to be able to sleep or to make a cup of coffee.

I also love the indoor hammock and wish I could persuade my husband to allow me to hang one of mine inside.

By: Adventure-Some Matthew

Adventure-Some Matthew — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:30:15 +0000

I remember reading about this apartment before, and wishing that I could see it in action. Yay for fulfilled dreams!

This is quite an interesting apartment, parts of which I would be interested in utilizing in my future living spaces. (I certainly like the idea of the Murphy/fold-away bed.) However, my wife is not such a fan of that concept.

As an avid hammocker, I love the hammock indoors!

By: Ajana

Ajana — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:22:45 +0000

Here in Hong Kong, many people will look at that place and say “all that space for only one person”. These units were built small (lack of space in HK) and quickly to accommodate massive influxes of refugees from China during the 1960s. Multiple generations lived – and still live – in them. Ultmiately, we make do with the spaces we live in, whether that’s 355 sf or 3550 sf. He’s done it far better than most.

By: Another Deb

Another Deb — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:18:35 +0000

In one office I visited there were banks of bookshelves that slid into each other like this man’s house. I always thought it was so cool! If only we could set up closets or offices like that.

I can steal ideas from this without having to remodel. If you have a cabinet/armoire on wheels, the back of the cabinet can be outfitted with a fold-down work surface, or art, or a flat-screen TV. A corner unit can be a triangular storage area a la an old Christopher Lowell project I saw.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:56:15 +0000

One of my favourite TV programs and that apartment is Wow!