We Americans created sprawl and with it a massive amount of energy consumption. Could this be one of the answers?
http://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-micro-apartments-under-construction-2015-2
New York City’s first ‘micro apartments’ are coming this spring — here’s what they’ll look like
- Feb. 23, 2015, 10:18 AM
In 2013, a project called My Micro NY won a design competition for the New York’s first “micro apartments” sponsored by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
Intended to create affordable housing for singles in New York City, those promised prefabricated affordable units are finally being assembled in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and will be unveiled this spring in Manhattan’s Kips Bay, according to The New York Times.
The city’s first “micro” building will have 55 rental apartments, all ranging from 260- to 360-square-feet with big windows, ample storage space, and Juliet balconies.
Because the architects believed amenities are important to micro-unit dwellers, the building will also have a public meeting space, café, and common rooftop garden for residents, as well as a laundry room, residential storage space, a bike room, and fitness space.
Go there and read a little (chuckle). More next week.
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