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> I think technology is the enabling factor behind the tiny house movement. I'm not sure why these stories keep coming up as original. I received my architectu

> I think technology is the enabling factor behind the tiny house movement. I'm not sure why these stories keep coming up as original. I received my architecture degree in the early 90s and we had an entire studio course that included designing micro structures for dense urban populations. Yet, at least once a year I see a story about this novel new concept. It's just a little house. If you put them all together in a village format it becomes a mobile home park. But for some reason no one wants to live there. Call it a mini house or micro house and suddenly it's cool. shrug

aaaahhhhh 13y ago
Nowhere in the interview does the architect say that this is an original idea. She explicitly mentions that it is a growing trend, in fact. And also the words "micro" and "mini" don't appear at all in the article. This is cool because she did a stunningly beautiful job on an 11,000$ budget. Her aesthetic sensibilities are, from the looks of this project, almost perfectly aligned with mine... but I have none of the talent to create something so beautiful in any medium unfortunately. Wow!
- SteveGerencser 13y ago
  The point I'm trying to make is that this has been a growing trend for more than 30 or 40 years. And every year, sometimes several times a year, we see an article that talks about how great this style of living and building is. But it never goes any further than that. And the fact that the article doesn't specifically call it a micro, mini or tiny home, does not negate the fact that there is an entire industry that caters to this market. It's cool that she built it herself, but that's about it.
  - aaaahhhhh 13y ago
    How/why should the article go any further? I don't know, it seems like you're being needlessly negative.
walshemj 13y ago
These "machines for living" tend to be very popular with single/childless architecture students - real people with real families much less so.

aaaahhhhh 13y ago

Nowhere in the interview does the architect say that this is an original idea. She explicitly mentions that it is a growing trend, in fact. And also the words "micro" and "mini" don't appear at all in the article. This is cool because she did a stunningly beautiful job on an 11,000$ budget. Her aesthetic sensibilities are, from the looks of this project, almost perfectly aligned with mine... but I have none of the talent to create something so beautiful in any medium unfortunately. Wow!

SteveGerencser 13y ago
The point I'm trying to make is that this has been a growing trend for more than 30 or 40 years. And every year, sometimes several times a year, we see an article that talks about how great this style of living and building is. But it never goes any further than that. And the fact that the article doesn't specifically call it a micro, mini or tiny home, does not negate the fact that there is an entire industry that caters to this market. It's cool that she built it herself, but that's about it.
- aaaahhhhh 13y ago
  How/why should the article go any further? I don't know, it seems like you're being needlessly negative.

walshemj 13y ago

These "machines for living" tend to be very popular with single/childless architecture students - real people with real families much less so.