Simply put it is a social movement where people are downsizing the space that they live in. The typical American home is around 2600 square feet which equals to 242 square meters, while the typical small or tiny house is around 100-400 square feet or around 10 – 38 square meters. Tiny Houses come in all shapes, sizes and forms but they focus on smaller spaces and simplified living.

People are already joining this movement for many reasons, but the most popular reasons are because of environmental concerns, financial concerns and seeking more time and freedom. For most Americans 1/3 to 1/2 of their income is dedicated to the roof over their heads; This translates to 15 years of working over ytheir life time just to pay for it and because of it 76% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.

So what is the alternative? One might be to live smaller. While they don’t think tiny houses are for everyone, there are lessons to be learned and applied to escape the cycle of debt where almost 70% of Americans are trapped in right now.

Source; http://thetinylife.com

Tiny Area Efficient Living Encompasses:

• Area Efficient Houses
• Life Simplification
• Environmental Consciousness
• Self Sufficiency
• Sound Fiscal Plans
• Social Consciousness

We have attract many architects World Wide whom would like to contribute with some drawings, which might fit for this concept. One these architects and designer from Rome, Italy has made a very unique construction with just 2×25 m2 of living area. Some important aspects with the project is making housing units which consume low energy, with high comfort, user friendly, nice design and affordable building costs.

The main goal is to have produced as small housing units as possible either with 1, 2, 3 or 4 floors but even up to 8 floors and preferably with “IKEA-similar” smart solutions regarding the interior, multi functionality, form, price and so on. In other words, a complete package which consists of absolutely all aspects within a building from planning, building to finished project and at the same time gives as spacious feeling as possible with as must content included as possible at the lowest possible price.

We would like to promote a new series of low energy houses for the masses, which are very area efficient, with excellent quality and also cost efficient / affordable for most people.

These area efficient houses can be made of wooden constructions, environmental friendly compressed wood/recycled material/glue, glue laminated constructions, particle board, steel, rock, bricks and blocks, rammed earth, pressed corn, concrete, Neopor©, polystyrene, and other materials or a combination of different ones and so on based on which part of the world it will be built and the climate there. Taste can also vary, so the plan is to make a new series of tiny area efficient houses and apartments through their new project called Home2LiveTM to help customers worldwide to build an affordable dream home.

The size of a home varies around the world; while some families live in one room huts, others have gigantic homes which seem to never end. Whatever the case, homes tend to grow with their owner’s prosperity. Since 1970, the size of the average new American home has grown by 50 percent. This growth trend is similar in most western countries. However, for every trend there is an counter-trend. In the case of home size, more and more people are choosing to live in small homes. Most downsizes opt for more modest quarters, while some homeowners take this trend to a new level, choosing to live in tiny homes (and they mean tiny!). These tiny homes can be as small as 90 sq. ft. (8,2 sq. m.) complete with bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms and living quarters.