NEVER TOO SMALL Experimental Micro Living Pod - 15sqm/161sqft

OPod Tube House is an experimental, low cost, micro living housing unit to ease Hong Kong’s affordable housing problems. Constructed out of low cost and readily available 2.5m diameter concrete water pipe, the design ultilizes the strong concrete structure to house a mirco-living apartment for one/two persons. OPod Tube Houses can be stacked to become a low rise building and a modular community in a short time, and can also be located/relocated to different sites in the city.

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Creator: Colin Chee
Director: Jame McPherson
Producer: Lindsay Barnard
Camera: James Goldman
Editor: Colin Chee
Animations & Photos: James Law Cybertecture

[airliemariaheung]

As someone from HK i know that this would be much better than the cage “rooms” that a lot of poor people live in. I just hope this will be affordable for them to perhaps rent. I think the government should really invest in this project more to solve housing problems in the city. Not that I oppose reclaiming land in Lantau but innovative ideas like this should be endorsed.

[aniekamalan]

I like the concept a lot! But unfortunately, young people do cook.

[jkouw]

I'd rather sacrifice a bit of that bathroom for more usable kitchen space

[tukibak]

Opod's should not be used for housing but instead for offices...

[reforzar]

Could also put a hamster wheel in it for exercise.

[danginn]

I love this channel and this OPod is great. But in the same breath, it's quite sad. If the cost of living means we're having to come up with these solutions, then it just highlights a bigger problem. This, if we're honest, is an exceptionally well-designed prison cell. No matter your age, I wonder what kind of physiological impact living in such a confined space would have on us long term...

[Koizent]

I could also imagine that these OPODS could also have some sort of community kitchen and bathroom. Helps build a community as well as allowing everyone to have access to a full sized kitchen and bathroom.

[darkblue]

It looks good, but I don't think it could work. There is not enough storage room for clothes, food and everything else!

[Scyber_Official]

Could you roll it down the street if you wanted to get away from your nosey neighbors? JK

[beans]

Very innovative, but I would feel so vulnerable.

[NancyinRedHeels]

The idea was brilliant, but the thought of life quality, such as heating food as a lifestyle for the younger generation just sounds bleak to me

[touisbetterthanpi]

“Young people don’t cook, they just reheat.” Yeah I wonder why

[ajw]

NEVER TOO SMALL is one of my favourite YouTube channels. Your content is so clean and beautiful and I like how you're not adding your own comments to any of your videos but letting the architects speak about their work! Love it!

[Hydranga]

I’d love a window on the glass door so i dont hve to open the door the entire time for ventilation

[finawatsonart]

Great idea. Adapted a little to our climate this could be used in UK to create low cost shelter for homeless people if some construction firms got together to donate materials.

[MrEliud]

"we think young people don't cook" - i love the concept but the lack of a proper kitchen is why i would never live there. Some young people love cooking whereas others don't that's true, but i think everyone would like to have a proper space in which they can prepare their own food if they want to and not just have to heat everything in a microwave. His statement is a massive generalisation and very dismissive of a very important life skill.

[sailap]

As a citizen in Hong Kong, this is a great idea esp liked the footage on how the Opods can be squeezed into small alleys or the gaps between buildings, creating living space without destroying existing buildings! Hope to see them on sale next year!

[peadar-o]

Sign me up! All I’d add would be a thicker mattress and a cooking plate and combi-microwave, because I do like cooking and baking.

[davidthaler]

1:08 So basically, when the site/land you live on is no longer available, you're homeless. How does THAT solve a housing problem?

[tombend]

1:42 That is a prison thin matress homie.