Etgar Keret is an Israeli author best known for his short stories, graphic novels and screenplays. Soon, he'll also be known as the man who lives in the "world's skinniest house."
Called "Keret House," the home was designed by Jakub Szczęsny and is under construction in Warsaw, Poland. At its narrowest point the house will only be 28 inches wide, which as Fast Code Design notes, "is skinner than the average doorway." In fact, the home is so narrow that it is officially classifed as an "art installation" because it doesn't meet Polish building codes.
The home is slated for completion in December and will function both as Keret's work and living space. In addition to be incredibly narrow, the home will also include off-the-grid plumbing and entry stairs that fold inside the home to become part of the first floor.
Could you live in a home this narrow? While impressed by this feat of modern architecture, living in such a small space would drive me nuts.
Me too! Drive me nuts, that is. Fascinating design, but I can’t imagine being in it with the wall in place.
I would be afraid of sleepwalking, and falling down the steps!
immediately upon seeing the graphic, I thought of Anne Frank and countless others who lived in much smaller spaces during the Holocaust. The location (Warsaw) brought this to mind even more. I wonder what Keret’s point is, and why an Israeli writer couldn’t do this in Israel?
No one is going to be living in it. It’s to be rented out…with the first tenant only going to stay a couple of weekends a year and others can use it in between. It’s just a fad type of thing..to be able to say “I stayed there”.