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.