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>http://coolmaterial.com/roundup/the-living-cube/
Lets figure out how to build this

>> No.522347

Interesting concept. It would be incredibly easy to design/build something similar as well however the ceilings in my house are much too short for something like this to work.

>> No.522349

I really don't understand how to go from no knowledge to building shit like this. Guess I'll just lurk more

>> No.522362

>>522349
Well. It's basically a box with shelving one side and cot up top.

So, I guess start with some basic book shelves.

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it's just a loft bed with a bookshelf built onto the front.

>> No.522388

Ok, OP, you piqued my interest, so I did some figgerin'

If the guy in the picture is 6 feet tall, then the door to the storage space is 6', because he is ducking just a little to get in.
If the fascia board that runs across the top of the unit is 6 inches, then the entire unit is 6'6" tall. This makes sense because, by my rough measurements, the top fascia is 1/13 the height of the unit. Divide 13 by .5 to get the number of feet and you get 6.5. (Yes, I know dimensional lumber isn't exactly what it says it is, but like I said, it's rough.)

I lined up my shoes to figure out how long the hanging closet space on the front of the unit was, and I got 5 feet inside the opening, not counting the 1x8 vertical fascia on the corners. Most standard bedroom closets are 24" deep and by measuring my pea coat and a suit jacket, that's how much space it would need to be for my clothes to hang straight and free like the ones in the picture.
From what I gather, the entertainment side is 6 feet long. I get that from the fact that the mattress on top of the unit is either a full, which is 6.25' long, or a queen, which is 6.7' long. So the entire unit likely is 12' long. That seems reasonable because plywood is 4x8 and you wouldn't have to do a whole lot of cutting if you were working with the standard dimensions.
What I can't quite figure is the width. It is either 5' or 6' wide. I think that if the hanging clothes area is 2' deep, then it is going to be 6 foot wide.
If the above measurements are accurate, then the bi-fold closet doors are probably 36", and not 30".
The closet area, including fascia could be scrunched to 4.5' instead of 5', giving a combined length of 4.5 feet of closet plus 6.5' of entertainment for a total of 11' overall.


also, I may dump some lofts.

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and, a kitchen in a box

>> No.522402

>>522395
These type of units have been commercially, albeit expensively, available before: there's even one in the permanent design collection at the MoMA

>> No.522507

>>522367
>>522389
>>522392
>>522393
>>522394
virgins.jpg

>> No.522565

>>522388
Nevermind, OP. I found the actual measurements for you. Oddly enough, I was doing a completely unrelated thing on a completely unrelated website and it popped up again with a link to the builder. Pretty freaky, actually.
The measurements from the builder were:
length-4000mm; or 13.125'
width-1400mm; or 4.6'
height-2050mm; or 6.7'

so I was off on the length by a foot; it is 13' instead of 12.
and I was off on the width; I said it was 5', and it's 4.5.
The site says it was made of 22mm 3 ply plywood, which is a really weird width, between 3/4 and 1 full inch, and in the US that is at least going to be 5 ply and probably more.

website is here (it's in German)
http://holzlaborbern.ch/remo-zimmerli/the-living-cube/

>> No.522566

>>522565
>also, if the unit is only 4.5' wide, then the mattress is a double, not a queen.

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>>522565
thank you based anon

>> No.522576

>>522507

honestly, yes. how are you supposed to fuck on a bunk bed made of anything less than steel? I'd feeling like a wooden one might cave in at any minute.

>> No.522585

>>522393
>>522392
>>522367

I've finally bought a house, so as soon as I move in this type of shit is happening.

>> No.524177

>>522576
Also, top-bunks are retarded.
If I want to tie someone up, doing it while we're both trying to fit on the bed is going to be neither easy nor enjoyable.

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>>524177

soo lets figure out a way to make a loft bed that you can EASILY fuck on.

seems to me its a two fold problem,
1. bed isn't large enough
2. bed is large enough, but is also not capable of taking my herculean thrusts

pic related, its a bed that is big enough.