14 sqm of solitude
ArchitecturePOLAND It would be stretching the meaning of the word to call this place a "plot". It's just a gap between two buildings. It's possible that most passers-by do not even notice it. Could you build something in such a place? This would be against construction and fire regulations. But still...
The location of the slit: +52° 14' 15.88", +20° 59' 20.85". Wola district, Warsaw, Poland. At the junction of ul. Żelazna and ul. Chłodna. A gap between a pre-war tenement house and a tower block from the 1960s. This bizarre place has attracted the attention of the architect Jakub Szczęsny. A house is now to be built here, which the media have promptly labelled the narrowest house in the world. The architect himself refers to his work as "the impossible house". It will only have a width of 152 cm on the side facing ul. Żelazna and only 92 cm on the side facing the backyard. And its length is 12m. The area of the whole house will amount to 14 sqm. The architect has been trying to develop his unusual project for a few years. It is intended as the fulfilment of some kind of dream or fantasy. There are indications that the impossible house will welcome its first resident as soon as in December this year - the well-known Israeli writer Etgar Keret.
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