Historically, living in a small space means adapting, making sacrifices, compressing desires for comfort. Today, however, micro-housing has become almost an aesthetic, often told as a conscious choice, sometimes even desired. The trend of mini houses ranges from tiny city apartments, derived from renovations that compulsively fractionated space or reclaimed former commercial or industrial spaces, to those small living quarters nestled in the woods, perfect for "disconnecting" from the daily grind.
This sort of fascination with "minimal living" has driven experimentation in the search for increasingly compact and autonomous living prototypes. Such as the Space Capsule Houses, the project of a Chinese company that has come up with prefabricated housing units designed to be laid in natural or semi-rural environments with minimal logistical effort.
While staying within a New Space Age mood, it is clear that we are a long way from examples that have made architectural history such as the Nakagin Capsule Tower designed by Kisho Kurokawa in 1972 in Tokyo, demolished recently, which also borrowed the design of space capsules. At the same time, these capsules speak well to our present. The architectural language is round shapes, exposed wood in the interiors, and panoramic windows.
From the manufacturers themselves, on official channels, the living experience is told as an adventure, as a return to nature, but also as an extremely simple solution to satisfy users of glamping or "alternative" tourism, especially on Instagram, where the Space Age aesthetic seems to be back in vogue.
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