Hasta La Ideas

Remember the Bay Area “cube within an apartment” we showed you in February? Looks like that concept has also been explored in Japan, where architecture firm MihaDesign incorporated two cubes into a one-room apartment for a family of five, in a dwelling dubbed the nr1977.

Clever use has been made of the space available, and it’s also been executed with a distinctly Japanese flavor. The Western solution to tight space, seen in dorm rooms and Ikea showrooms worldwide, is to have an elevated loft bed with a desk underneath; MihaDesign’s solution is to keep the beds low, as the Japanese custom is to have a futon on the floor, while desk space is located above.

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