When it comes to condensed urban environments, many residents make due with the space they have available. Large cities like Beijing, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, and Buenos Aires make good use of real estate space by having high rise apartments with many units. Big cities bring better paying jobs, but also mean making due with tighter living quarters due to high rents.
A lot of times entire families of multiple generations will live in one apartment, so it is quite important that no corner is left untouched when making use of your living space. When studying abroad this fact can become apparent very quickly for American students who are often accustomed to large homes, and can find it interesting to see that some people can live in an area that fits into some garages.
We came across this video that shows how innovative urbanites can make great use of the space that they can afford for big city living. This architectural engineer in Hong Kong is certainly the exception in expertise with crafting his apartment with the best layout. However this touches on some of the concepts that people use to have the comforts of home while living quite spartan.
That is necessary in big cities because the square foot is so expensive that people can only afford small places. though when I travelled to Argentina, I got this apartment for rent in buenos aires for a really good price and it was biiig!
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was becuase I paid with US dollars!
Kim