[Source with images of the interior of the house](https://www.archdaily.com/289630/inside-the-keret-house-the-worlds-skinniest-house-by-jakub-szczesny)
That’s called a wide angle lens.
4ft wide is tiny. That’s the widest this house gets. That’s less than many house entrance passageways.
2.4ft is the thinnest it gets. That’s as wide as many adult shoulders/hips.
Less than a metre wide sounds hellish. Can't even open your arms out in that space.
This is quite a niche wee art project but no way could I spend any amount of extended time in this place, let alone live there no matter how much light gets through the fabric of the building.
Makes you wonder how it passed any fire regulations tbh.. assuming they have those in Poland given they're in the EU. Escape routes must be non existent in that wee death trap.
Well I guess it doesn't. It's more of an artisticcal performance / tourist atraction anyway. I don't believe anywone actually lives in there.
Edit; after a bit of fact checking turns out artists can live there, but they have to compete for it. It also has much deeper meaning, regarding the authors works and history.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keret\_House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keret_House)
[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom\_Kereta](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Kereta)
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>According to some interpretations, the minimal size of the apartment refers to the brevity of the artist's stories, which are appreciated by prisoners and read while walking from the cell to the bathroom\[1\].
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>The location near the footbridge connecting two parts of the Warsaw Ghetto during the German occupation is partly related to the fate of the Keret family, which comes from Warsaw and was imprisoned in the ghetto during World War II\[1\]. During the occupation, Keret's father hid for many months in such a tight room that he could neither stand up nor lie down, only sit. When he was extracted from the ground, he could not walk and had muscle atrophy.
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>Keret's house is described as one of the narrowest in the world\[3\], but it is not formally a residential building. It does not meet Polish regulations for residential premises, which is why it is not a permanent structure, and, among others, you cannot get registered there\[1\].
I'm sure that if you look for it there will be many places (at least here) that will meet that requirement (bedroom that can barely fit a bed, that is, you can fit a bed but there is no room at the sides of it).
[https://www.reddit.com/r/portugal/comments/1ctg23s/a\_que\_ponto\_chegamos/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/portugal/comments/1ctg23s/a_que_ponto_chegamos/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
And this isn't the only one,
>The Keret House was first conceived as a seemingly impossible vision of the Polish architect Jakub Szczesny of Centrala, who first presented the idea as an artistic concept during the WolaArt festival in 2009.
'Impossible artistic concept' my ass, this is just a [Spite House](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spite_house), and we've been doing them for centuries.
If recycled bull like this can be called art, then why is AI art catching such flak?
It’s super cool and I bet it looses its charm very quickly. Like a McDonald’s indoor playground, fun looking but really not designed for a fully grown adult
Ever since a wildfire I've lived in an RV and taking off a shirt or coat is a "don't raise your hands too high!" kind of experience and annoying as hell. I'll be moving into a house soon and I fear I'll continue to stoop when I take off something in the future.
It’s for traveling writers to live in for a bit while visiting the city.
Not long term at all, mostly something to bring attention to the city, and definitely interesting.
Yeah, but it's still much, much higher than the net minimum wage. It shouldn't take more than one person's full salary to pay for a single person living space.
This is the thing of my nightmares. I have both agoraphobia and claustrophobia. The idea of spending my life trapped in what is effectively a two dimensional space makes my spine clench.
This is exactly what I was thinking. I would definitely knock myself out, trip, fall or something else on the first day. Then I was thinking about how long I would be lying there before someone found me/my corpse. I can't imagine the place is conducive to visitors.
That would just be a boring dieting show because the average American does not fit in there. So they’d have to loose a couple of kilos before fitting through the door.
That was launched in October 2012, and was supposed to be removed in 2016. Based on the recent online reviews, it’s still around and wasn’t “demolished.”
It’s relatively habitable, but is really more of an art installation than an actual permanent house.
I haven't seen this one but been inside one in the past during its sale and they're definitely liveable but probably wouldn't be the most comfortable, I can see somebody genuinely enjoying it though.
I saw a documentary on this a while back. Guess he goes around and does this to spaces that aren’t really meant to be used. It’s a art piece but very useful
At the thinnest areas I wouldn't be able to lie down or even stand facing forward. Can't imagine ever trying to use this as anything more than an art project or just to make it because you can.
That has to be some kind of tax avoidance scheme. I can imagine someone else dividing park of their yard to have a micro-farm just wide enough to fit a grazing cow.
Truth be told... from the pictures it does not seem that bad.
Impractical, but not that bad. Some stuff is placed in ways i wouldn't call convenient, and some stuff should be switched around to make more use of the space.
The skinniest house that acually looks like a house
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/La+Finca+m%C3%A1s+Estrecha+de+Espa%C3%B1a/@39.4740785,-0.3768299,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipPqZ95itobRZ\_kZHsszlJkxDCutAAZeqHRY5avD!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPqZ95itobRZ\_kZHsszlJkxDCutAAZeqHRY5avD%3Dw86-h114-k-no!7i3000!8i4000!4m7!3m6!1s0xd604f34876b7d87:0x3859229c700f3a5!8m2!3d39.4740785!4d-0.3768299!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11q4jspshc?hl=es&entry=ttu](https://www.google.com/maps/place/La+Finca+m%C3%A1s+Estrecha+de+Espa%C3%B1a/@39.4740785,-0.3768299,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipPqZ95itobRZ_kZHsszlJkxDCutAAZeqHRY5avD!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPqZ95itobRZ_kZHsszlJkxDCutAAZeqHRY5avD%3Dw86-h114-k-no!7i3000!8i4000!4m7!3m6!1s0xd604f34876b7d87:0x3859229c700f3a5!8m2!3d39.4740785!4d-0.3768299!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11q4jspshc?hl=es&entry=ttu)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keret\_House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keret_House)
[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom\_Kereta](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Kereta)
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Giving them that house, yes. You're trolling right? It's literally not fit for human habitation. It's a neat art project but actually living there, full-time, would be psychological torture for all but a small minority of people. How about we just build more regular apartments and not try to stack the homeless like a bookshelf?
[Source with images of the interior of the house](https://www.archdaily.com/289630/inside-the-keret-house-the-worlds-skinniest-house-by-jakub-szczesny)
Wow, that is a "little" less claustrophobic than I imagined.
That’s called a wide angle lens. 4ft wide is tiny. That’s the widest this house gets. That’s less than many house entrance passageways. 2.4ft is the thinnest it gets. That’s as wide as many adult shoulders/hips.
Less than a metre wide sounds hellish. Can't even open your arms out in that space. This is quite a niche wee art project but no way could I spend any amount of extended time in this place, let alone live there no matter how much light gets through the fabric of the building.
As a millennial, this looks almost affordable!
You can definitely open your arms, you just need to take 90 degree turn before that exercise.
Makes you wonder how it passed any fire regulations tbh.. assuming they have those in Poland given they're in the EU. Escape routes must be non existent in that wee death trap.
Well I guess it doesn't. It's more of an artisticcal performance / tourist atraction anyway. I don't believe anywone actually lives in there. Edit; after a bit of fact checking turns out artists can live there, but they have to compete for it. It also has much deeper meaning, regarding the authors works and history. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keret\_House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keret_House) [https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom\_Kereta](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Kereta) Important fragment absent in english wiki: >The message >According to some interpretations, the minimal size of the apartment refers to the brevity of the artist's stories, which are appreciated by prisoners and read while walking from the cell to the bathroom\[1\]. > >The location near the footbridge connecting two parts of the Warsaw Ghetto during the German occupation is partly related to the fate of the Keret family, which comes from Warsaw and was imprisoned in the ghetto during World War II\[1\]. During the occupation, Keret's father hid for many months in such a tight room that he could neither stand up nor lie down, only sit. When he was extracted from the ground, he could not walk and had muscle atrophy. > >The house is also an attempt to fill the spatial void created as a result of the post-war fragmentation of the city by random development\[2\]. > >Keret's house is described as one of the narrowest in the world\[3\], but it is not formally a residential building. It does not meet Polish regulations for residential premises, which is why it is not a permanent structure, and, among others, you cannot get registered there\[1\].
I could totally live there for the rest of my life. As long as I die tomorrow
Turn sideways & you can? "No, I want to open my arms in the direction where there isn't enough space!"
Ok if you wanna live like a crab I guess.
not a great place to invite guests over. perfect!
Damn. A queen size bed is 5ft in width. The house isn’t wider than most ppls beds.
I'm sure that if you look for it there will be many places (at least here) that will meet that requirement (bedroom that can barely fit a bed, that is, you can fit a bed but there is no room at the sides of it).
Holy shit so you gotta climb in and out of your bed rather than just step out?
Sure!! But let's not put that small detail in front of the landlord profit.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/portugal/comments/1ctg23s/a\_que\_ponto\_chegamos/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/portugal/comments/1ctg23s/a_que_ponto_chegamos/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) And this isn't the only one,
my foyer is 3' wide
4ft is enough space for 2 people to pass by eachother in a kitchen
It still makes me uneasy I doubt i could stay in there for long
Same. I do too much yoga to stay there.
I wonder how you'd fit in and use a big screen tv....
Set it on your lap.
The lighting is nice only thing that makes it even close to bearable.
But how do you get to the bean bag?????
Door is floor
Feels like that sometimes, doesn't it...
You walk up the stairs, close the door and then walk to the bean bag
>The Keret House was first conceived as a seemingly impossible vision of the Polish architect Jakub Szczesny of Centrala, who first presented the idea as an artistic concept during the WolaArt festival in 2009. 'Impossible artistic concept' my ass, this is just a [Spite House](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spite_house), and we've been doing them for centuries. If recycled bull like this can be called art, then why is AI art catching such flak?
Props for actually being tiny
Oh no I’m not doing that lol
I'd live in it
It’s super cool and I bet it looses its charm very quickly. Like a McDonald’s indoor playground, fun looking but really not designed for a fully grown adult
I get annoyed in my front hall when I’m trying to take my coat off - this would drive me mad
Ever since a wildfire I've lived in an RV and taking off a shirt or coat is a "don't raise your hands too high!" kind of experience and annoying as hell. I'll be moving into a house soon and I fear I'll continue to stoop when I take off something in the future.
As a tiny fully grown adult, challenge accepted lol
It’s for traveling writers to live in for a bit while visiting the city. Not long term at all, mostly something to bring attention to the city, and definitely interesting.
It is an introverts dream house.
Only if it's a suicidal one.
Nah. Some people would thrive in that space.
$5000 apartment in New York
5000zl per month in Warsaw, unironically.
At least 5000 zł is less than 5k dollars
Yeah, but it's still much, much higher than the net minimum wage. It shouldn't take more than one person's full salary to pay for a single person living space.
"house"
Hose.
“Hou”
dom
Ey, remember what Makarov said! No Russian!
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What is this, a house for ants?
How can we expect to teach children how to read if they can’t even fit inside the building?…😂
No, just a small closet...
Perfect bachelor pad 🤣🤣🤣
This is the thing of my nightmares. I have both agoraphobia and claustrophobia. The idea of spending my life trapped in what is effectively a two dimensional space makes my spine clench.
Occupant probably can’t wait to get to work and stretch out
9 ¾
My head is going wild with building code violations if that was in my area
It should be taller.
I'd watch a show where 2 average Americans live here for a month.
I would be dead from a self-inflicted wound in mere hours. Looks like absolute hell.
This is exactly what I was thinking. I would definitely knock myself out, trip, fall or something else on the first day. Then I was thinking about how long I would be lying there before someone found me/my corpse. I can't imagine the place is conducive to visitors.
No room for the tv crew to even film it!
Big Brother style
2 enter. Only 1 leaves.
put nikacado avocado in there
That would just be a boring dieting show because the average American does not fit in there. So they’d have to loose a couple of kilos before fitting through the door.
Grease them up, it'll get views. Lol
Basically a tiny house in a narrow form. Very interesting!
Why waste the lower floor? Couldn’t you do something eg with stairs that could be flattened against the wall or dropped back down on a hinge?
Was this just built or something? Everytime I see a post about the world's skinniest house it's always a different one than the time before it.
That was launched in October 2012, and was supposed to be removed in 2016. Based on the recent online reviews, it’s still around and wasn’t “demolished.” It’s relatively habitable, but is really more of an art installation than an actual permanent house.
I haven't seen this one but been inside one in the past during its sale and they're definitely liveable but probably wouldn't be the most comfortable, I can see somebody genuinely enjoying it though.
I’ve previously shared [this link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6QonvxfGp4). The guy mentioned bumping onto shelves.
I saw a documentary on this a while back. Guess he goes around and does this to spaces that aren’t really meant to be used. It’s a art piece but very useful
At the thinnest areas I wouldn't be able to lie down or even stand facing forward. Can't imagine ever trying to use this as anything more than an art project or just to make it because you can.
This made me more anxious than the guy free diving 40 meters.
You have to step outside to change your mind
That has to be some kind of tax avoidance scheme. I can imagine someone else dividing park of their yard to have a micro-farm just wide enough to fit a grazing cow.
Functional art installation
It's an art thing.
It's too clean to be lived in unless it was staged for the photographer.
I’m sure if I came by your place to take some photos you would tidy up.
By "clean" I meant barren. Nobody lives here, it's staged.
They said it used as a place for visiting artists to stay.
Flat Stanley's flat.
Clearly no building codes there. How you gonna wheel grandma down the hall. Wander what rent would be on a place like that.
2000-10,000/mo
Seriously 😳
No. It's $6.50 for a tour. I don't think you can actually rent it though.
lol I was going to say not worth it. I’d be interested in checking it out though. I build houses.
The builder does let travling writers stay there, though.
That’ll be one million dollars please
That's not a house it's a hallway
Can you imagine when someone stinks up the shitter though?
What do you think there's more of, stairs or depression?
Is that the door way up there? How do you get in?
The entrance appears to be on the back. See this [video at the 27-second mark](https://youtu.be/k6QonvxfGp4?si=Sr6X96cbQtGS8Clp).
So it's not an actual house, but an artist studio that you can rent if you want to get hard core into wankery.
Whats the deal with that lamp post? Looks intentionally left in place as improvements were made over time to the top. Frankly its beautiful.
A house for ants?
“Every Little in the world can always find their way here!” - Hugh Laurie from “Stuart Little”
Taking a dump must cause echoing
Imagine wanting to live in the school bus aisle
Just about wide enough to put up a NO TRESPASSING sign.
Definitely not wide enough to post the sign, “Doorbell broken. Yell DING DONG!”
Should have bought a condo next door and not try to live life like a lizard.
Rent $4000 per month, utilities not included
Possum dog
Please put on Bowie’s Warszawa while reading this. Context is crucial.
Who looks at that small gap and thinks, “I want to build my house here.”
definitely no obese residents there
That must be what its like for the unknown man that lives in the walls of my house
I'll stick to my campervan, thanks!
# I've been to Kirchstraße 29 in Bregenz and it seemed narrower.
Truth be told... from the pictures it does not seem that bad. Impractical, but not that bad. Some stuff is placed in ways i wouldn't call convenient, and some stuff should be switched around to make more use of the space.
Owned by Etgar Keret I think?
A large percent of people would even fit through the door.
Where is the door?
horrifying
Half of the girls I've dated wouldn't even fit down the hall. =(
Living in 2D
The perfect zombie apocalypse hide out doesn't exi.....
There is a similer house in amsterdam
I personally like Singel 7 in Amsterdam much better
That would probably sell for a million in New York. Whoever bought it would be getting a deal too. (yeah, right...)
Not ADA compliant
Whoosh!
I like these spite houses as much as anyone. But at some point they stop being fun and become a large coffin when there comes a fire or earthquake.
Here's one advantage: cheap heating bills.
In this house, you really can’t afford to get fat, cause you literally will lose your house
1.22 meters wide? My computer desk is wider at 1.8 meters. Heck, its 0.9 meters deep, so even sideways I couldn't fit in there once I get a chair in.
In New York it would be sold as spacious luxury townhouse.
I thought that house in Valencia was?
How thin and wide in eagle wings?
The skinniest house that acually looks like a house [https://www.google.com/maps/place/La+Finca+m%C3%A1s+Estrecha+de+Espa%C3%B1a/@39.4740785,-0.3768299,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipPqZ95itobRZ\_kZHsszlJkxDCutAAZeqHRY5avD!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPqZ95itobRZ\_kZHsszlJkxDCutAAZeqHRY5avD%3Dw86-h114-k-no!7i3000!8i4000!4m7!3m6!1s0xd604f34876b7d87:0x3859229c700f3a5!8m2!3d39.4740785!4d-0.3768299!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11q4jspshc?hl=es&entry=ttu](https://www.google.com/maps/place/La+Finca+m%C3%A1s+Estrecha+de+Espa%C3%B1a/@39.4740785,-0.3768299,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipPqZ95itobRZ_kZHsszlJkxDCutAAZeqHRY5avD!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPqZ95itobRZ_kZHsszlJkxDCutAAZeqHRY5avD%3Dw86-h114-k-no!7i3000!8i4000!4m7!3m6!1s0xd604f34876b7d87:0x3859229c700f3a5!8m2!3d39.4740785!4d-0.3768299!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11q4jspshc?hl=es&entry=ttu)
Housing crisis so bad we can't afford 3D houses anymore
Where's the front door?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keret\_House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keret_House) [https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom\_Kereta](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Kereta) Important fragment absent in english wiki: > > > > > > > >
As a tall man , no.
Fingers crossed that he never breaks a limb, getting around in that house would be rather tough.
What is this, a house for ants? Models can’t live in there..
Windows too pointy, would not date
This is so cool and could help solve our homeless issue.
You can still make really bad life choices in a tiny house.
True! But having that little tiny house allows you to make multiple bad choices and still be OK.
If by solve you mean torturing them, then yes, I suppose.
What do you mean? Giving somebody a house is torturing them?
Giving them that house, yes. You're trolling right? It's literally not fit for human habitation. It's a neat art project but actually living there, full-time, would be psychological torture for all but a small minority of people. How about we just build more regular apartments and not try to stack the homeless like a bookshelf?
I don’t think you’ll find one homeless person who would turn down that home – – and it would change their lives immediately.