BIG LIFE Magazine BIG LIFE Magazine Edition N°11 - November | Page 58

big life
arch + design > smart living
LIVE SMALL
THINK
BIG
live small think big any given day, the city can
surprise with the unexpected. spaces designed to
make us reconsider, exploring new perspectives of
urban life. 15m 2 are enough. > Cities offer a greater
number of opportunities, endless entertainment and
a constantly changing social scene in a cosmopolitan
atmosphere. However, urban life in the 21st century
poses great challenges, overpopulations is becoming a
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serious problem and we must work harder every time
to get just a glimpse of the «good life» we all want. In
a world of overpopulated metropolises, access to ade-
quate housing is becoming complicated. Previous at-
tempts by architects and planners to design a solution
to this issue followed two trends: higher or farther.
However, these solutions only created new issues like
the undermining of the social fabric and a disconnec-
tion from the environment. Dealing with the concept of
privacy in an urban landscape is always an interesting
exercise, especially when there is the intention of in-
teracting with the outside world. Cities are inhabitable
only when there is connectivity and sharing space, but
what type of architecture could make this possible?
MINI Living believes it´s possible to enjoy the own space
and embrace the community at the same time. The key