Add an Additional Room To Your Apartment

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Located between art and architecture, the backpack house is a walk-in sculpture with their own spatial quality: a floating, lighted room, as a temporary scaffolding and a “minimal sculpture” also appears. Universally used as a mini-backpack, this house adds extra space at the front of each residential building attached. The design consists of a welded steel cabin, using steel cables on the roof or on the facade of the existing house is attached. The sculpture consists of a cube-made element with the dimensions width 2.50 m, 2.50 m in height and 3.60 m deep. The height of the top floor of the cube element is approximately 10.50 m, and the total weight of the sculpture is approximately 2.0 t. In conclusion if you want an extra room for your apartment this might be a great idea to take in consideration.

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83 Responses to “Add an Additional Room To Your Apartment”

  1. 1
    atif zain Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    Special but its Obsession ;)

  2. 2
    Francois Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    NO! That’s really scary! Hope whose chains are strong…

  3. 3
    Rick Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    This is the most brilliant sexy concept I’ve seen in years. I wonder how much red take they have to go through to tack one of these on.

  4. 4
    Shandooga Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 7:10 pm

    Seems like an overinvestment in an apartment. Also of questionable wisdom, structurally speaking.

  5. 5
    petnos Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm

    very different idea.

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    proka Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    Do ya have the courage to step inside that room? :)

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    jes.. Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    umm.. swastika much?

  8. 8
    M Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    Interesting idea but what landlord is going to let you drill holes / weld a giant box to the side of their building?

  9. 9
    OTAKKU blog » Ruang ekstra untuk apartemen yang “imut” Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 1:26 am

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  10. 10
    Elijah Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:13 am

    Looks uncomfortable to live in.. I wonder how stable it is…

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    Skank Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:14 am

    Hahaha, it’s from a german site too, that has to be intentional.

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    GoodLuckWithThat Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:18 am

    Zoning and CC&R laws would never permit this to be viable on a large scale :) .

  13. 13
    steve Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:21 am

    what about the poor sob’s below who lose all their light?

  14. 14
    Tim Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:23 am

    Partially inspired by Robert Heinlein’s short story “And he built a crooked house”, perhaps?

  15. 15
    Ari Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:28 am

    Holy sh*t ! That is scary

  16. 16
    rishi Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:30 am

    LOVE IT!

  17. 17
    sephil Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:37 am

    Too bad for the people next door that get extra shadow/blocked view

  18. 18
    Daniel Pyle Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:37 am

    Wow…I am guessing that the amount of freaky stuff you can do is limited in this one though…

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    Dan Sleezbag Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:39 am

    Id be pissed to be a neighbour and have my view obstructed by an ugly looking cube

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    Professor Smartass Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:49 am

    Why are the windows arranged like a swastika?

  21. 21
    Whitetrashwhite Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:53 am

    I wonder if the neighbors mind having an extra room tacked on above or below them. Furthermore, doesn’t it obstruct views for the other tenants. Plus seems like a waste of money.

  22. 22
    Some Guy Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:54 am

    Now where am I gonna get curtains for those windows…?

  23. 23
    nick Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:59 am

    that thing is heinous. i’m hoping this is a joke.

  24. 24
    kyle Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 4:22 am

    lol omg i feel sorry for the owner wen a earthquake happens in that area =[

  25. 25
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    shanni Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 4:45 am

    OMG I am so getting one now! Hot poop!
    I love this thing so much. I can totally feel how good it will be when I double the size of my space!! Room for a second bath! GOD! YES!

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    geo Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 4:48 am

    O wow. It really IS a swastika. HA HA

    There is no way a giant hanging swastika could pass addon zoning laws.

  28. 28
    altshiftM Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 4:50 am

    Look! That building has a tumor!

  29. 29
    Stev Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 5:07 am

    Only a partial swastika, and yes I would sleep in that sucker every night. And even glass bottom that for the voyeur value.

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    Nurlan Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 5:09 am

    That’s funny

  31. 31
    boothby171 Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 5:12 am

    Looks like it’s 90% sculpture, 10% a place to store your bike

  32. 32
    :: Eliax Blog - Para Mentes Curiosas... :: Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 5:12 am

    ¿Apartamento pequeño? Aquí está la solución…

    La imagen lo dice todo…

    Enlace a la página con mas fotos…

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    BC Travel Guides Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 5:22 am

    Cool idea, is it safe though?

  34. 34
    Jose Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 5:41 am

    Hi,

    That’s a neat idea, as long as it doesn’t fall.
    In terms of exterior aesthetics, it won’t always work.
    And of course that in some countries, in less than 10 minutes you’ll be paying a couple of fines and taxes :-)

    Jose

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    DerTeufel Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 5:44 am

    For those who mentioned it, thats not a swastika. The swastika is flipped the other way. What is does resemble is an Indian and chinese religious symbol

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    skotus Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 5:46 am

    Nice… until blacky comes along and shoots out those strings.

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    Chom Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 5:47 am

    The room is also attached with 4 giant bolts, 1 at each corner. Nonetheless, this is awesome! As creative as it is, I would love to see how it is furnished.

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    David Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 5:48 am

    Great idea, as long as you don’t have enemies, and you don’t stay up nights worrying about who has access to the roof.

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    Mike Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 5:51 am

    lol @ Jes… i see it too

  40. 40
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    geo Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 7:03 am

    So ok it only looks like a swastika to the people INSIDE.

    HA HA

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  43. 43
    DJ Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    Nice uh Swastika.

    At least it is reverse.

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    Giffy Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    Its hard enough to get landlords to let you install a satellite dish, and that you have a legal right to do. Good luck with the giant box hanging by cables idea.

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  46. 46
    Acronyms Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    Nice. The question however – was it confirmed with the local council?

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    RP Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    That must be a joke surely, it can’t possibly be legal. What if everyone else in the block wanted one too?

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    PUKE ON SOCIETY Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    Swastika much???

    That’s stretching it a bit wouldn’t ya think?

    Society is failing faster and faster folks…..gonna do anything to save yourself?

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    Martin Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    I’d bet money know landlord or city official would ever let that go up on the side of an apartment building

    ….definitely nifty though…

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  51. 51
    FPM Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    I used to be a homeless rodeo clown but now I am a world class magician !

  52. 52
    Jason Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    Like others have said, its a box attached to a wall via cables. I don’t know if I would really trust even walking in that thing!

  53. 53
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  54. 54
    dikia Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    wow! that was awsome! so cool but yet so scary!? i don’t think that’s a good idea.

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    Reverend Ramona Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    If you need more room in your apartment you could always get one of those bunkbeds with the bed on top and desk/storage underneath. Voilà! Of course, I wouldn’t want to be under either one if they came crashing down on top of me.

  56. 56
    Amanda Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    Oh my, I wouldn’t let even let my cat risk it’s life in that nazi doom chamber! Unless I lived on the first floor or something. But something tells me that if it was on the 1st floor, the swastika might be something of an issue with the neighborhood folks.

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    chris Says:
    March 5th, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    Other than it looks like a parasite growing from the building
    and its designer needs to clean the screen on his crack pipe
    I don’t have a problem with it.

    The things 12 year olds come up with!

  62. 62
    Ignatz Horowitz Says:
    March 5th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    Ah. Cool. But…is it up to code? Doubtful.

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    AJ Says:
    March 5th, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    First of all, it doesn’t have a swatika shape. It is similar, true, but you’re just jumping to conclusions.

    Secondly, Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period. An ancient symbol, it occurs mainly in the cultures that are in modern day India and the surrounding area, sometimes as a geometrical motif and sometimes as a religious symbol. It has long been widely used in major world religions such as Hinduism, Roman Catholicism, Buddhism and Jainism.

    It saddens me that once a single negative stigma is attached to an item, people choose to only see that one reference and nothing else. It speaks poorly of our entire society that many people cannot mature past that reference.

  64. 64
    bligg.be Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    Hoe eenvoudig een kamer toevoegen aan uw appartement…

    Hoe eenvoudig een kamer toevoegen aan uw appartement…

  65. 65
    MJP Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    How the heck do you get into the stinking thing? Crawl through your window? thats convenient. I couldn’t even get my bike through most windows. Stupid idea.

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    Lucie Says:
    July 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am

    Hi, this looks a great solution, some of our apartments in Prague are small studios and this “additional room” could be a great solution.

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    Gabriela Carrera Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 1:10 am

    What this seems like a cool idea- But it does not look safe or very appealing
    I dont the Strata would approve of this type of addition in my building.
    Plus I would propbably not like it if my neighbors would put these up.

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    June 25th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    great news on Reggaeton! keep it up

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    Sokobanja Says:
    October 3rd, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    I just can’t beleive what I just saw! Astonishing!

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    October 22nd, 2009 at 12:01 pm

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    Stockholmer Says:
    November 22nd, 2009 at 2:36 am

    Fascinating! Thanks for the story…

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    Cool Design Says:
    December 9th, 2009 at 1:15 am

    Now there’s an interesting design lol. I’d prefer to take some stairs out of the roof of a top floor apartment and build an addition up there though ;-)

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    beautyrest mattress Says:
    January 6th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    That's really neat, and useful.

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