{"id":1000660,"date":"2012-11-01T06:42:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T05:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress4.local\/2012\/11\/01\/micro-apartments-in-san-francisco\/"},"modified":"2020-07-08T01:33:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T23:33:13","slug":"micro-apartments-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prevel.ca\/en\/blog\/micro-apartments-san-francisco","title":{"rendered":"Micro-Apartments in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent post, Lise Michaud signed a text called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prevel.ca\/blogue\/small-beautiful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Small is Beautiful<\/strong><\/a>\u201d, which addressed the topic of very small houses and vital space. This subject is once again the focus of our attention. It now brings us in California, where the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco will agree on November 20th to a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/newsfix\/2012\/09\/25\/would-you-live-in-a-san-francisco-apartment-the-size-of-a-living-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>building code change<\/strong><\/a>, which&nbsp; allows the construction of 220 square foot (sq. ft) apartments. For comparison purposes, this represents the size of a one-car garage, or twice the size of a prison cell. These new dimensions would cut the existing norms by as much as 70 sq. ft, and set a new North American standard, previously established in New York City by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/node\/57508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kips Bay Project<\/strong><\/a>, that allowed the construction of 275 sq. ft units (about 25 % more space). Source&nbsp;:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/newsfix\/2012\/09\/25\/would-you-live-in-a-san-francisco-apartment-the-size-of-a-living-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/newsfix\/2012\/09\/25\/would-you-live-in-a-san-francisco-apartment-the-size-of-a-living-room\/<\/strong><\/a> These \u201caffordable-by-design\u201d micro-apartments would diversify the offer in San Francisco\u2019s oversaturated housing market, where inoccupation level is close to zero, where more than 40 % of the population lives alone and where prices have skyrocketed, with a 13 % increase in the average rent last year. Affordable, these micro-apartments are expected to rent for $1200 to $1500 a month, which represents half of the rental price for an apartment in San Fran. One of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/realestate\/article\/Micro-apartments-next-for-S-F-3706648.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>planned projects<\/strong><\/a> would take place in the South Market neighbourhood, in the very heart of the \u201cTwittersphere\u201d, aiming especially at young professionals working in the city\u2019s resurgent web industry. These housing complexes would comprise numerous common areas and be designed for car-free living, with the only parking space reserved for bikes. The developers thus focus on alternative transportation methods, in one of the city best served by public transportation in North America. Also, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citycarshare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Carshare<\/strong><\/a> station (the San Francisco equivalent of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communauto.com\/index_ENG.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Communauto<\/strong><\/a>) would be placed just outside of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Click on this video to meet Patrick Kennedy, designer of the Smart Space apartment:<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Uwz0xewTS0I?version=3&amp;hl=fr_FR\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Uwz0xewTS0I?version=3&amp;hl=fr_FR\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\"><\/object>Some housing advocates oppose this project, that they nicknamed \u201cthe shoe-box\u201d project. According to them, these micro-apartments are a way to stack people up in tiny spaces. Other people see in them a way for young professionals with limited means to find their niche in an oversaturated market. One thing is for sure, living in such a small space calls for a great deal of flexibility and to adopt a certain way of life. What\u2019s your take on these micro-apartments? Could you live in a \u201cmicro-unit\u201d? Could Montreal develop this particular kind of housing sector, knowing that the city\u2019s building code doesn\u2019t set any minimum size for apartments and rooms, other than a minimum height for ceilings? Philippe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prevel.ca\/blogue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Philippe Vincent<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a recent post, Lise Michaud signed a text called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prevel.ca\/blogue\/small-beautiful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Small is Beautiful<\/strong><\/a>\u201d, which addressed the topic of very small houses and vital space.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This subject is once again the focus of our attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1000660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Micro-Apartments in San Francisco - Pr\u00e9vel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prevel.ca\/en\/blog\/micro-apartments-san-francisco\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Micro-Apartments in San Francisco - Pr\u00e9vel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Philippe Vincent  In a recent post, Lise Michaud signed a text called \u201cSmall is Beautiful\u201d, which addressed the topic of very small houses and vital space.  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