NEVER TOO SMALL Sydney Student Micro Apartment & Co Living Space - 19sqm/205sqft 

this would make an amazing design for university dorm rooms

As an amateur with woodworker, i typically feel overpowered with the entire arrangement ru-vid.comUgkxrYREG3-7f1Aqk9ams3ZESRNzGnfdUtyQ . Be that as it may, this arrangements drove me through with much clarity and effortlessness woodplans. Works i now work like a genius. That is great!

Imagine if dorms were like this...

to all the people commenting that you wouln't put away the sofa: Then don't! I think its awesome that on a day to day basis the sofa can stay out, but if i want to do e.g. a home-workout I stilll have the option for floor space! Or have more room for the dining table when I've invited friends over. Of course you can leafe out the sofa, if that is what you like. The module is there to adapt to different needs, not to tuck everything away neatly at the end of the day.

If there's anything I've learned from living in a small studio, it's that daily tasks of moving furniture (i.e., pulling out your couch whenever you want to sit down) are just not worth it. You don't want to have to pack your apartment up at the end of the night.

Boy, I love this channel. Every space is so interesting and thoughtfully designed. just amazing. keep it up!

almost no storage space, but it feels spacious

I wanted to see the communal spaces :(

Clever design, but the green colour is overpowering.

This looks like a dream, as long as you don’t have a partner! I would definitely keep the couch out at all time and use the extra closet space

Ah! I wish the wardrobe was a little taller, some of those clothes were dragging on the floor. You don’t need so much headspace above your bed anyway. Also a screen that you can pull up and down would be nice to conceal the “bedroom”. Other than that, a really lovely space.

That shelf/desk snatched my wig. 💖👏

So this is basically dorms. I’ve noticed this type of co-living in Seattle too and it makes me worried for the future of housing. It feels like a person’s home is becoming less and less theirs and more designed to fit the most amount of people as profitably as possible. These micro studio apartments also presume that you will only use your home for sleeping, and never for living, entertaining, cooking. My concern isn’t about this building in particular, in fact I think it’s beautifully designed, just an example of a trend I’ve been noticing.

"Ok, you have to get off the sofa now." "Why?" "I need to put it away so I can unpack the dining table for dinner. Then I'll have to pack the dining table away and get the sofa back out if we watch a movie. Can you just stand in the kitchen so you aren't in the way of the cupboards that hold my furniture?"

The bookshelves that turns to the desk. Where did u buy it? Can I make it for myself? Is that a copyrighted design or open source? I wish I could make such for myself. Is there any info how to make such? Thanks

Cant wait to pull out the sofa in front of the tv, the table on the kitchen, and fully roll out the closet, to Never put any of them back, and use the underbed space to store shit i dont need, and Never go out to the common areas. Yeeeah thats the 90s mess living style. You can ban me of this channel just with that comment

I feel like I'm romantically attracted to this apartment

The limit to design is your imagination and your wallet. I would like to see a video also taking cost into consideration and see what design is most effective for the cost.

The couch seems like a hospital couch withe wheels.

The shelf-desk is absolutely genius 😍

Agreeing with some of the other comments, this is a wonderful design and would make such a fantastic short term living space! Whether it be a nightly hotel, or monthly, this is a perfect little temporary residence. Long term I'd at least need a real kitchen, haha.

Prices start from $420 per week. Really expensive, I'd rather stay in a share house

A lot of people wouldn't want to be moving a table and sofa in and out of storage or having to pull out the wardrobe. Those storage spaces would just end up filled with other stuff.

Interesting thought but it has a hotel feel to it. “We didn’t design this with a specific person in mind.” That’s exactly why it doesn’t come across as an effective dwelling. All good home design should be personal.

"full size wardrobe" = smaller than a luggage

To me it rather looks like a children's room....

This is sort of what I did in my small apartment with no closets. Found old wooden dining tables to make a platform for my bed; one has a drop-down leaf, it became the door to my storage crawlspace. My long dresser is underneath the bed, facing outwards so I can easily access my most needed stuff.Then I have an armoire, a settee with storage underneath, and a sturdy wooden storage trunk with shoes underneath, that acts as the step up to my bed. I have a metal rack that allows drying dishes above the sink; maximizes kitchen counter space.

Here so fast the video wont load. Id love to live in this space just would need a better pc table

*We put guide trails for easy tucking in sofa* Everybody loved that!🙌 Edit: thank you ! I've never this many likes!

one of the most minimalistic but gorgeous designs i ever see. Bravo

Imagine this exact concept in a college setting, I could cook meth in my dorm room.

Design would be better if they move the front door to the left (where the current kitchen is) and have the L shape kitchen on the right towards the wall.. that way they will have more space to cook and more storage

Man, that colour is woeful, takes away the modern feel, makes it look like something for the 70

There is not enough space to hanging a dress

More like a clever dorm room than anything else.

Definitely not for the disabled 🙁

I personally love this design, they fit so much in such a small space

Actually, my favorite feature was the steps that doubled as drawers, all upside without any downside.

Dear Nevertoosmall, I know that many of the comments on your channel are about the design of individual units (and we are a highly opinionated community! Grin), but i wanted to thank you for what you do. I really enjoy seeing the ingenuity and imagination that goes into these designs. Even when I don't particularly like the plan I can still appreciate the work these architects are doing. It's amazing! It's inspiring! Thank you.

I love the layout and design of the place. It seems so spacious once everything is tucked underneath the bed!

This is probably my favorite among all the other apartments! I love how every space is maximized for all needs. I'd definitely take this one. The bookshelf/desk is a clever idea!

idk, I can't imagine myself living there. Way better spaces featured on this channel than this one imo

So it is an expensive student dormitory room with no storage space for extra things like luggage, cleaning stuff etc...

"We decided to raise the bed and put everything except for the bathroom and the kitchen underneath the bed" XD, now I'm thinking about the bathroom and the kitchen being in that tiny closet under the bed

That's absolutely stunning incorporated, sweet, practical and fancy! One of my biggest dreams is to become an interior designer for homeless and people that can't afford a place to stay, and just do this sort of thing with any space❤❤❤

Its done really nicely but at 19sqm you can feel the tightness and lack of privacy with nothing hiding the bedroom

I like this design a lot. I need my desk out all the time due to work and don't use the sofa often unless I have friends coming over. Therefore having the ability to just hide/ roll the sofa somewhere is fantastic. Flats in Berlin are getting more and more expensive and only 10-15m2 rooms are affordable at the moment so I wish I could buy that "queen bed" here.

I think most people on this channel do not understand what co-living is for. This kind of housing is mostly for young working professionals in big, crowded cities. In US, I have seen co-living spaces like these in cities like NYC, SFO, etc where loads of young ppl work for intense jobs like investment banking, consultancies, software engineering, research, etc. They get paid well, but barely stay in their apartments, and apart from their office colleagues might not have any other friends. This can lead some of them to feel socially isolated. The rent there is already high for worse planned studios and roommate/shared housing. I feel this apartment is a great combination of having a personal space while being part of a community and for living a more social life while having an intense job. These are not meant for permanent living usually, though there are loads of ppl who would definitely prefer this kind of nomadic living over a large suburban house filled with kids.

idk where this was suggested, but now i want a comedy series of the various tenants in an apartment building interacting

Unless you live on the top floor it would be a disaster with your upstairs neighbors dragging furniture around all day and night. Someone clearly never had upstairs neighbors in traditional apartments.

I will love this space if I was a student. However, the green colour could be changed to black/grey/pine for a more sophisticated look for single professionals.

Very original and practical design!

That's an awesome living concept. I like the community-style housing that still retains individuality.

Love that drawer/table design idea. Really neat! Not sure about the colour choice of the apartment- that green just does not feel right to me..

Very cool, I would have loved to have seen more of the kitchen

Se siente como una habitación de hotel o Airbnb. La verdad el closet está súper pequeño y no creo que sea suficiente. Que flojera estar sacando y metiendo el sillón y la mesa. Creo que para un hotel está perfecto. Para un departamento no.

1.5 x is much better for this video

I loved this! but my eye just kept going to that mini fridge. I wish it was covered with a green cupboard door.

I looked into the co housing ethos many years ago and think it has great merit. Australian people have been spoiled with lots of space and dont understand sharing very well, as can be seen by some comments. Really hope this project is successful.

You should try building something like this in Singapore -- this will be beneficial for solo/single foreigners working in SG. Minimalist, efficient and hopefully affordable.

It’s lovely. The hidden compartments, & you can add your own personal touch.

I love watching videos like this! It makes me love architecture more!

This is quite clever to use this niche by the bathroom for this bed/storage section. I must say it'd work in my studio, I might consider it in the future. Well I'd have even stronger headache while disigning my studio consideirng also this possibility. But in practice I think the sofa would be out of the storage all the time, and the free space could be a new wardrobe/storage. It'd be nice to have tv mounted on the white bed barier, so one could rotate if one's in bed or on sofa. Also that movable table isn't very space-economic. Also being in kithen opposite to the window is terrible, imho, even if there's a mirror(which is super nice, and quite cheap, but all the cleaning...). Otherwise this is very nice studio. I have some ikea furniture on wheels(by DIY): heigh-regulated big table/desk, kitchen trolley/island and 1-person sofa-bed module. They are great because I can rearrange the room however I want, but they are almost in the same place for a long time(apart from parties), because it's not that easy to carefully move a big furniture piece and change its use quickly.

I like the co-living idea but obviously when it comes to a pandemic, there are a number of issues with sharing facilities.

I saw many comments complaining saying that they wish for a bigger house or multiple rooms when the video is obviously about living in small house or compact house. I wonder why? Isn't obvious the house going to be small just from the title desc. alone?? Anyway, I love this apartment. Well maybe I'm single and did not plan to marry anytime soon. However, housing in my country focus on family feature and a studio priced almost the same as a normal 3b2b apartment.. Damn I'm single and don't planing to have 3 bedroom n 2 bathroom + kitchen + living roon when that I know I wont use that many space or have the energy to clean those up, but it is almost imposible to find affordable single room for one person.. I'm so 😔.....

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Smart solutions for the short term. The kitchen (for me) is too small (and I love baking). The two seats that could be put back and forth could be more like two storage boxes. There's not enough room for stuff, clothes.

I looked up their website. Great location, pretty quick access to centre of Sydney. Is it currently being rented as BnB/short term accommodation or is some of it long term?

This concept should be used for student housing and big cities with growing populations 😮 live the simplicity and minimalistic design but the kitchen is a little too small for my liking. However, I know that many students are quite satisfied with a kitchen that size

Co living is just a fancy word to say living in a hostel

If possible, I would move the main door to the left next to the bsthroom to give more space for the kitchen. That it has a balcony is great.

I love this apartment !

Wonderful space, as long as rent prices are not over-inflated. If I could get a somewhat older 1bed apartment for the same cost to live here, I would take the 1 bedroom. Plenty of wonderful ideas here though, and the green is lovely.

This is my favorite home so far. What a dream!

do you see the irony? ergonomic sofa but so much back breaking work just to pull it out and then push back again everyday. the dining table too. probably good for young singles, i guess.

I’d love to live there!

Ok it's a reasonable design but that wardrobe doesn't have storage space for dresses or long jackets... A little impractical

BRING UKO LIVING TO EUROPE! Love this so much!!

I don't do stairs or ladders because I have bad knees and am prone to falls, but with a chair-lift or extendable ramp for my walker instead of steps, it would be great. I'd also find a way to add a washer-dryer combo because I can't carry lots of laundry around. Edit: On second viewing, I'm wondering if you have enough space to comfortably sit up in the bed loft. That's a game-changer for me because otherwise I'd get claustrophobic and probably bump my head every night. Also, the sofa could have a sleeper function for guests. Edit 2: I'd also need a computer desk for working from home.

Such an inspiring channel. Thank you!

It looks and feelmore like student accomodation. It would feel more homely if the room be able to transfer into different spaces, like if you were able to hide kitchen and convert it into living area and then another part would have a bedroom space that can transer into office for example.

This is PERFECTION. I'd love to buy one of these. I travel a lot and I think it's time for me to buy a crash pad but a cozy one. This is absolutely lovely.

Crucial combination--being part of a community but still having your own space. And a "small space" that seems to keep in mind mid-to-lower income brackets. Terrific.

Some elements makes me think of a hospital, but im curious how much it cost 🤔

No pudo escoger colores más espantosos? El diseño, dos dos. El.baño se llevó los aplausos.

I absolutely love intelligent design like how the shelf opens out into a small desk space.

nice small space design idea there, anyone else have use these ideas as well

a great idea for overcrowded cities but it makes it impossible to have proper relationships and families, this kind of lifestyle encourages singles to stay singles for life.

“You will own nothing and be happy” Wold Economic Forum.

I was like “this is missing a sofa” ahah, great space

I like the idea of the elevated bed with storage beneath, but I would have put the sofa in the room itself to increase storage space.

the last time I was this early they were painting the apartment

Mate imagine being a boarding school student living here

Interesting use of space. Not digging that green though...

If you want more Americans to watch you should list the size by square foot too.

This apartment is beautiful!! Wish I could live in something like that.

Amazing new episode team! Would be very curious about the estimated price points of all these places...especially considering this instance is not an independent renovation like other episodes. Maybe something to think about for future videos? As a Sydney-based millennial with a dream of owning real estate here one day, it would be great to have a rough financial gauge!

One of the more uninspired living spaces I’ve seen on this channel. Not a fan of this style.

LOVE the design!!! PLEASE BRING THIS TO MALAYSIA!!!

Absolutely loved it, small yet spacious for a single person with ample of natural light and air.👌🏻👍🏻