Comments on: Nine Tiny Feet 3D Model

By: Jeffrey K.

Jeffrey K. — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:11:02 +0000

I think the Ideal minimun space to live can be seen in the movie Armageddon. It provided enough space for all the essentials and a touch more so you could pace a bit.

When I first saw that apartment I thought to myself I could live there quite nicely.

When T.V.s finally evolve to the point you just spray them on the wall like paint we can truly live tiny.

By: Eugene West

Eugene West — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:59:15 +0000

A pal encoraged me to read this site, nice post, interesting read… keep up the cool work!

By: Possible Final Design for Nine Tiny Feet | Tiny House Design

Possible Final Design for Nine Tiny Feet | Tiny House Design — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:47:06 +0000

[...] liked the first design for its [...]

By: Wedge Shaped Nine Tiny Feet Concept | Tiny House Design

Wedge Shaped Nine Tiny Feet Concept | Tiny House Design — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:13:51 +0000

[...] that I see it in pixels I’m not sure what I think about it. I can’t help but like the traditional style of the original design but I do appreciate the extreme aerodynamics of this [...]

By: CAsnyder

CAsnyder — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:07:32 +0000

Reminds me of a 25 gross sf. design I did a few years ago for a client who wanted a mobile camper/exhibit space. Smallest exhibit booth space he traveled to was 5′x5′, thus the exterior dimensions. The living space was 10′ high outside, & like your design had compost toilet, sink & shower, with sleeping loft just big enough for 1-2 people stretched across the diagonal. Roof had a tiltable PV rack for solar power, and S. wall had vertical evacuated tubes for solar hot water. Yes there is room for the kitchen basics like cold storage, microwave and induction hotplate in a nano-house. We just got an induction hotplate this year and have abandoned the four burner gas stove in our old farmhouse in favor of using this tiny portable unit that plugs into any 110v AC outlet. It actually cooks faster than gas on half the energy, and in summer it is really nice to get the heat & humidity of cooking out of the house! I grew up camping, and find it liberating to get away from all the “stuff” that fills my home and rarely ever gets used, but takes a lot of time to maintain. I could live in a nanohouse, and many folks in this world don’t get much more living space than 25 sf per person! You pay a lot more per sf for your nanohouse space, but it is still ultra affordable & worth every penny, and is plush living compared to what some folks get to live on! And it encourages you to spend more time outside, which is where the living really happens!

By: Nine Tiny Feet 3D Drawings

Nine Tiny Feet 3D Drawings — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:48:06 +0000

[...] Janzen of the Tiny House Design blog and Tiny Free House also is working on a concept design called Nine Tiny Feet. Recently, he [...]

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:22:56 +0000

Thanks Bob.

You know I think you may be right about making the loft longer. It wouldn’t technically make it any larger in square footage and would be safer and easier to climb into. But the biggest benefit is that middle of the night pee

I was planning on storing the kitchen appliances in the bay windows including an electric ice chest. But I’m sure a little BBQ on the porch would be an ideal addition too.

You’re the second person to suggest taking a look at submarine quarters… I have a submarine documentary on my netflix queue just for that. I’ll do a little looking online too.

Thanks!
Michael

By: bob

bob — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:17:07 +0000

That’s a great design, pushing a concept to it’s limit is always a great exercise.

If you extended the porch a little, you could make the loft big enough to lay down and not need a trap door. That would make it a little bigger, but it would be safer in the event of a fire.

Presumably cooking is done on the porch? In that case a bigger loft would offer more shelter. You could have some clear vinyl “curtains” that could lower on the sides of the porch for when it rains.

There is a WWII submarine on display at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The officer’s quarters include a small sink that folds down out of the wall.

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:42:07 +0000

JD… thanks for the comment, I respect your opinion, and in many ways you are correct, the smallest possible space would be very difficult to live in. But the purpose of the concept is to explore this extreme and show that we need much less than we think. The right size house for most people is much much bigger, even much much bigger than a tumbleweed (for most people). But the main lesson tiny house teach is that we can live with less… this is just an exploration to one extreme end of the spectrum.

By: JD

JD — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:34:25 +0000

This is an example of a good idea taken too far. This design is as absurd a living space as the 6,000 square foot homes the tiny house movement is a reaction against. Isn’t the idea was to get back to natural and healthy living space? I doubt anyone could actually “live” for long in a space the size of a coffin.