Designing Happier Living - SMALL FOOTPRINT - Ep 1
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Small Footprint living has more advantages than most think. In episode one of this new series Colin steps out of his own 37sqm/290sqft apartment to meet the architects and city planners resisting urban sprawl. As well as returning to The Warren with Nicholas Gurney for a deep dive into its space efficient design and the role small, well designed apartments have in our future cities. In Melbourne, architects Michael Frazzetto and Ellen Kwek share how small footprint architecture and an innovative bedroom design have afforded them a family home in an area they were priced out of. reflecting on how Australia might be lagging behind more considered European cities like Amsterdam.
Our regular Never Too Small episodes will continue releasing fortnightly. This is a different kind of series from us, but we’re excited to know what you think. Please leave us feedback and comments on the video.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro with Colin
2:13 - How are cities are growing with Rob Adams
3:36 - Revisiting The Warren with Nicholas Gurney
8:55 - Michael & Ellen's small footprint family home
14:10 - Outro with Colin
Supported by Screen Australia & TH-cam through the Skip Ahead Initiative
Produced by New Mac Video Agency
Directed & Presented by: Colin Chee
Producer: Luke Clark
Cinematographer: Simon Davies
Editor: Jessica Ruasol
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There are 5 more Small Footprint episodes to come, episode two will be out on the 11th where we’ll be exploring a family home in the Netherlands, and revisiting infill design with Nic Aguis & Brad Swartz.
Meanwhile our regular Never Too Small episodes will continue releasing fortnightly. This is a different kind of series from us, but we’re excited to know what you think. Please leave us feedback and comments on the video.
New episodes every Monday.
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Michael Frazzetto @sixdegreesarchitects
Ellen Kwek @ekwek
Rob Adams
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can't wait for the next ep! amazing team!
Will there be episodes from Winter cities?? So many of the tiny home solutions offered are located in warm climates. We in the north are offered few examples of tiny spaces that also accomodate four dramatically different seasons, with the building heating infrastructure; the extra clothing and transportation devices (snow tires, studded bike tires, down parkas, ski boots, snowshoes, skis; etc.).
Accept this challenge: design something for Edmonton, or Regina, or Saskatoon.
I see your point and do understand your train of thought, but most countries have different building regulations and haven't even thought of making smaller more affordable housing with quality. Most people think of affordable housing "poor" council estates. Design needs to be sold as not just for the rich "designer homes", but as solutions to a new way of living breaking with traditions. I will follow your channel to see how you tackle this problem.
This is absolutely phenomenal! You nailed technical side, ambience, edits, colour scheme, everything. But even more important, you are giving people food for thought, igniting the spark in minds of people, that has the ability to become a flame of change that will lead to better, functional and sustainable future. Brilliant work.
This is so interesting and thought-provoking. I’d love to hear your thoughts on how to best utilise small spaces when the inhabitants are old/infirm and therefore don’t have the physicality to do many of the things that are usually employed to maximise the use of a small space.
@@wilmaknickersfit Yes, I agree. I'm 60 years old and not in the best of health. Most designs seem to be aimed at young and active people.
I think I saw one of their older videos intended for seniors. I hope they make more of those to include audience with special needs
Theres not a whole lot of point in addressing a minority group until the majority has been addressed. The more "able-bodied" people switch to more sustainable living, the less of an issue it is to support people with special needs by providing more space, amenities, etc. After the bulk gain is had, then it makes sense to continue to optimize for the outliers.
@@SuWoopSparrow tbh I disagree. This is a kind of ableist trickle down theory of accessibility that doesn’t seem necessary to me. It’s not like disabled people are waiting for able bodied people to buy an apartment before they do so. They’re both valuable markets
@@itsmelive If we are looking at optimized spaces for the purposes of minimizing our impact in regards to environment, then it does make more sense to focus on solutions that will work for the majority of people. It takes resources to innovate for these solutions. Of course, if you can create innovations for all groups, then do so, but in reality it seems that it is difficult enough to make progress for able bodied people which also have fewer variables to worry about. There isnt a problem with people having large amounts of space, there is a problem with too many people having large amounts of space. If more people live in smaller spaces, then the impact of those living in larger spaces is mitigated. You will get far more able bodied people to live in smaller spaces than non able bodied even if its just by virtue of there being more able bodied people around, so it makes more sense to focus on them if you are in a position where you have to pick one or the other. This isnt "ableist" or any kind of "-ist" - living in a smaller space however optimized is less than ideal even if you are used to it. Someone in a wheelchair should have the space to move comfortably and not be confined to a 290sqft living situation no matter how optimal that space is. There really is no need to put non able-bodied people in tiny living spaces.
It is so nice to see the face behind an idea that is so well executed. I believe urbanism today is unsustainable or unhealthy for both mental and physical well being without breakthrough in urban planning and interior design. Channels like this inspired me to optimize my living place and give me plenty of ideas.
Congratulations to the entire Never Too Small team! Already off to a great start with this amazing episode! Looking forward to more! As a small-space dweller in a large, Canadian city, this series is important to me!
It warms my heart that the creator of NTS speaks English with a Singaporean/Malaysian accent. Feels so at home.
I agree. I'm not of Asian decent, but I grew up in Melbourne so many of my friends and teachers spoke English with a similar accent to him. It is very relaxing to listen to. Such a great series!
and interviewed someone who seemed to have a residue of South African accent
Perfect - car-centric suburban sprawl isn't the solution; design, thinking, and commitment to ideals is.
11:48 wow! they really designed that space well
I am an Interior Architect and Designer from India, this concept looks promising.
Specially in a country like India, there is a need to maximise existing spaces with smart layouts and designs. Apartments and shared spaces have become very common here now, we definitely need well designed solutions.
Looking forward to the next video!
This is a very insightful piece that should be required viewing for every city planning organization in the world. Just excellent.
This is the most perfectly shot documentary I’ve ever seen for my entire life. Seriously though.
ive been watching this channel for a long time and the filming never fails to relax me. cheers guys
Fantastic ! WE need to listen before it is too late ! Canada too thinks space is unlimited . However, we have limited agricultural land and it is all surrounds our major cities. It is being gobbled up by monster houses !.
Thank you Colin and team, I love your work. I am hoping the support NTS and now Small Footprint gets is indicative of a growing momentum behind intelligently repurposing our urban areas to support our increasing population. As a Melbournian, I love all the changes made in the last 30 years to bring people in; repurposing old heritage buildings into apartments, enlivening laneways, closing streets to cars, widening footpaths, creating space for creativity to thrive. These are all the things that make Melbourne wonderfully liveable and obsessively loveable!. Perhaps one good thing that might come out of the Covid pandemic is that our new found work practices reduces the number of corporate tenants in old heritage buildings, allowing more of these spaces to be repurposed into apartments.
I find this channel to be so informative. Living in Canada, it is the same mindset as Australia in terms of urban development, it's as if we think we have all this room to spead out. To accomodate for the future, we must start considering a "Never Too Small" mindset. You are so right, why aren't we moving toward sustainability? Thank you for putting your ideas out there and showing a more sustainable way of thinking.
Ellen and Michael's house is absolutely stunning, no wonder both of them are architects!
I'm in love with this series already. Intelligent and inspirational. Great to see local funding behind it.
Yes! This is a much better way to live! So many good things happen when one chooses less, but designs living spaces to give back more. Thanks for sharing your family's beautiful and practical home!
This video raises such great points about Melbourne and our future as a city. I hope it serves as a catalyst for change in the built environment. As an architecture student studying in Melbourne, I am intrigued and excited about the future design challenges in combatting urban sprawl. Can't wait for the rest of the series.
I agree wholeheartedly. I am eagerly anticipating the rest of this series too. What an important discussion!
My favourite TH-cam channel just got even better :)
Grant’s apartment is my all time favourite space on this channel 💛
The subdivided house in North Carlton is absolutely gorgeous! It shows that space is not just dependant on square footage, but perhaps even more so on good design. Unfortunely, with good design being something abandoned by metricon and multiplex etc and their monstrocities on the city fringes, I can see a rapid densification within the current borders of Melbourne coming in the near future. With environmentally and economically concious young people wanting to continue to live within commuting distance to the CBD, in the suburbs where they grew up, foregoing the environmentally unsustainable "quarter acre block Aussie dream" will become the norm. I'm hopeful that instead of buying poor quality crap by metricon 50kms out, young people will start to renovate and rejuvinate all of the townhouses and flats around Melbourne instead. Better for our wallets, better for the environment, better for local architecture and design firms, and last but not least, bad for the developers that are destroying our cities. 😍
What a great episode that provide the philosophy of sustainability in every episode of NTS carries for the introduction while refreshing the older apartments showcased before. Thank you NTS team!
I currently live in Tampa, Florida where homes were built on bigger parcels, and now they’re trying to fit as many homes as possible while losing the beauty of nature surrounding the areas. I do see more urban living happening in the Tampa region of where I live but it is still too expensive for people to live in the city hence why they moving out to the suburbs which then is causing so much traffic. I do wish when these builders that are building these quick homes can put a little bit more thought into the floorplans but sadly that will never happen. This was such a great video thank you!!
This is the future of our cities! It needs to be!
Your shot panaromic scenery angles so beautiful.🙌
Melbourne is similar size to Tokyo, but 1/8 of the population.
And no one is calling Tokyo unlivable, quite the opposite.
I am interested to hear the team's view on the impact the pandemic has on small space living. Should God forbid we have another stay at home order, how does one live in a micro apartment without feeling confined.
Our episode 5 and 6 will be focusing on this topic :-)
YES!
@@nevertoosmall Thank you!
I spent 2 years living, working and working out in a small 1 bedroom apartment with my partner and dog. Some of us don't have the choice to move elsewhere and we make it work, it is doable :)
Don't let these people deceive you. Get yourself a mansion.
Love the Melbourne house and solution 😍👍
Awesome. Shall await, eagerly.
So many great points in this documentary. In Australia we live on our most arable land. A lot of our crops are grown in semi-arid areas that need vast amounts of water to sustain. That in itself is not sustainable. When our daughter wanted to buy property I told her to get an older place which gives more space or co-buy with a friend and then do it up. Many new modern units are built along traditional lines and thinking with minimal storage and therefore seem cramped. The artist's unit is fantastic. Light, open, full of storage and I would delight in living there.
So great to meet the creator of this channel and love this new series. Easily one of my greatest sources of inspiration and escape in this complex world.
For me the challenge remains how we create a sense of space and community while living small and densely. Many spaces explored in the NTS series treat with people living alone or in couples. Small living solutions that accommodate families of 4 or more ... that's the challenge. Looking forward to more of these on NTS.
Hi Anne-Marie, we also cover this topic on episode 3 and 4!
This is so beautifully edited! I look forward to the next episodes! ♥️♥️♥️
World needs Colin Chee's idea with expanding population especially India.
Grant's place is, by far, my favorite remodel on youtube...so beautiful!
I love this, thank you for making this video. You are easily one of my favourite channels, it’s always a pleasure to see your latest upload.
Always a fascinating channel with plenty of excellent content...... Thanks
Can’t wait to see this new series. Singapore definitely needs this!
So well done. Right up my alley!
Absolutely love this channel. How can it be so well edited, so relaxing, so inspiring AND so informative!? Bravo team, thank you for the great content as always x
I really enjoy this new series. It really does raise questions in my mind about affordable housing and what is the true answer to it all. In a city where I’m from that is growing with people every second, It certainly does raise questions in my mind about earnings to living and transportation weather it’s public or the roadways.
What a great series! I love this and was enthralled from start to finish. Such a beautifully researched and produced episode. Thank you so much. I eagerly anticipate your next upload.
Another perspective to consider for all the aspiring designers like me, so cool. Also, I think u guys should start putting *satisfying in every videos you upload.
I think it’s so important to take into account demographics of a city! People in early and later stages of life don’t need single family homes for a variety of reasons: single/no kids at home, affordability, need a manageable space, etc. we have an aging population in many cities that do not need a large home and might WANT a small apartment with all amenities close by. On the other side we have young people who can’t afford nor need single family homes. Maybe they want to live in ADUs, tiny homes, or small apartments. Cities aren’t apportioning housing appropriately for these demographic. In SF, you have a bunch of young singles occupying single family homes for example. Just seems logical to build for these different needs in mind, so I really appreciate you bringing light to these issues!
Beautiful documentary, storytelling and editing
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely! 😎
A brilliant series that asks the ‘right’ questions and presents solutions that are possible.
Thank you for the work you are doing, raising awareness and inspiring creative solutions to urban sprawl. I wish government and city planning were making this a focus rather than expanding suburbs into rural settings. I feel so sad seeing all those soulless estates. Having lived in a campervan for nearly a year my tiny 1br apartment near the city, parkland and beach in Melbourne seems palatial. It really is important for cities to create those communal spaces and natural parkland so we can all live with less personal space and more community shared space 🙏🏻❤️
Always have enjoyed watching your videos and was really looking forward to this premiere. What a great introduction to the series and refreshing to watch as a break from any other series. These shorts are like sipping a cuppa tea, no milk and no sugar. 🍵
Love this new series! It mirrors my thoughts exactly. We definitely don't need to live in a huge space. The benefits of a small footprint are many and I wish everyone could see that.
Kudos to you Colin!! I'm old now and I am seeking more ways to live small. I downsized from a 6,200 sq ft house in Georgia, USA into a 1400 sq ft apartment. Now seeking to build a container home of 600 sq ft...I am hopeful that the youth of today will be the architects of a better tomorrow. You are one of them and I applaud you👏👏👏👏
Thank you Mary for your support ! 🥰 share your container home photos with us later yeah when you finished the project, looking forward to it!
Very informative video, everything that was said is so true, living in a smaller space with all the amenities can be less worrisome on your wallet as we go,as we always say in Jamaica sharing is caring.looking forward for more episodes, well done
Thank you to the NTS team for producing informative and inspiring content! I agree we need to develop smaller living to accomadate growth. A big hurdle to an apartment in Sydney is strata costs. For essential amenities such as lifts, owners can pay $1,200 per quarter for a 1 bedder on top of council rates and other costs. Financially, it's more economical to buy an old house 1.5 hours away from Sydney. If we want to encourage people into apartments, reduce costs of fees, incentivise sustainability, and in developments provide communal spaces.
Absolutely love this channel and this new series! Great work by the team
Found this to be very thought provoking, I’m curious to see how the pandemic will influence the small living movement. Would be interesting to see how future planning will respond to lifestyle/environmental needs of the growing population, as city living may suit certain types of people and their respective interests but not for everyone.
Eager to see the remainder of the series
This was so amazing to watch. Thank you so much.
Please keep finding innovative families to interview! The single adult spaces are great but I'm sure a greater impact against sprawl would be to provide alternate solutions for families. I loved the idea of splitting an existing oversized home with friends by the family in this video, so smart!
You did a fantastic job on this new series. I love the way it is produced, edited and filmed. I think it is thought provoking and triggering new ideas/concepts. Can't wait for a new episode!! Huge compliments to the never too small team.
Excellent design. Unique.
Collin, thank you for this channel! The more people see alternatives to conventional living the more people can accept new ways of doing things!
Thank you, this has got me thinking. I would love to read more about this issue specifically relating to Australia.
Think small! Colin Chee, we need more people like you. I live in Vienna, Austria. If you don’t inherit a house from your family it would be impossible to buy one in your entire life. The only option to own something is to buy a small apartment. This is exactly what I need: Ideas how to use the small space of my apartment in the best way. If we think how many things we REALLY need, we would be surprised how everything could fit in few square meters. I would like to hear more advises, maybe also how to solve problems of dark apartments. How can I take care of my plants if the apartment is oriented to the north? :)
looking forward to this vid! every video u have always taught me something new about designs, i am taking all the notes seriously as a design product student😍
Fantastic new direction in this series. Love it. Completely agree with what I am seeing in my area. It was known for fertile agriculture land and know we are seeing farms disappearing, massive subdivisions being built where we used to grow food, and still having a lack of affordable/social housing. Seeing these types of builds and designs in your program gives me inspiration.
Well done NTS on creating this series advocating reusing existing housing stock and creating boundaries to reduce costly urban sprawl, especially from an Aussie perspective. You hit upon many important concepts here, and the biggest was changing mindsets. The biggest issue here in Australia is the expectation of owning a large home, and the pressure to work in high paying and stressful jobs to earn enough to pay the excessive debts of that lifestyle. It is very competitive here, people are trapped in a cycle of consumption and huge debt to pay for those big freestanding houses. Your channel is very important to helping us understand that there is an alternative to the idea that bigger is better. We need to change from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset to get off that cycle. Thanks for all your work.
Fantastic! So excited to watch the rest of this series. Such an amazing platform to showcase the expertise of industry professionals across the many disciplines of the built environment!
Congratulations on your new series! I'm sure that this was a monumental amount of work, especially during a global pandemic. I love how your videos are helping people to rethink how small spaces can look and feel.
Very cool project! You are the best. Best wishes to all of your team!
This documentary is a fantastic escalation of the regular episodes ❤️When I was a kid I used to doodle house designs - both big and small. Understanding mortgages now… happy with smaller!
Such an important piece of work. Well done!
This is so amazing, LOVED watching it!!! Thankyou so much NEVER TOO SMALL. Your team is so talented. please continue making more of these as well as ur original episodes. Also, I love how you incorporated a house tour in this episode. Its the best house ever featured on the your channel.This is my most favourite channel.
-A BIG FAN
In Toronto, the Conservative Premier is about to embark on $5+ billion highway (which will payback his political donors). I've reposted this on Twitter to the Mayor of Toronto and the Liberal (centre-left party) leaders to watch. Hopefully the people in charge will watch this. Thank you Never Too Small for creating this series and especially, this great introduction, including the estimated cost benefit analysis. Also, thank you to NordVPN & TH-cam for helping sponsor this video.
Densification through good design. I love it.
Thank you for this great channel! You are so inspiring and interesting. The most important thing is the promotion of a life approach in harmony with the environment and without using more resources and space than really needed. Thank you and all the best from Ukraine
Thank you thank you thank you for making this series! Have finally watched this first episode and so excited to watch the rest!
ooo a deep dive on my favorite apt in the NTS series!! i absolutely LOVE the gold mirrors in this space. gave me a TON of inspiration for how to decorate my next space
Congratulations! What a great first episode. I am excited to watch them all. Thank you so much for providing us with such excellent thought-provoking content.
Big up to creator of never too small. You've made minimalists looks less like weird people to others, thanks
I was so looking forward to this series and it certainly did not disappoint. Thank you
That gold mirror apt is definitely the best project you’ve featured on here!!😻
i've watched every single video on NTS. i love this new series and great to see some of the people who live in these amazing spaces. even if not for everyone it's so creative and necessary in todays environment. I so so so wish you could come to nyc it would be wonderful to see this kind of thinking applied and showcased more here. we have plenty of tiny apts but its literally just small spaces, i wish i could see more info on the design/thinking and future of where this will go in this city. Please keep up the amazing work, this channel is so thoughtful and keeps me looking forward to the next one!
Bravo !
Thank you for bringing attention on this movement. Keep up the good work! So stoked for this series 💚💚💚
Love this! Brilliant.
Thought provoking, imaginative, inspiring.
Well done Colin Chee.
Love this channel. It inspires me to make the most out of wherever I live
This is fantastic!! I can't wait for what's to come with this new series!
Another amazing video, loving the new series. Would be amazing to see the process from original floor plan to new small homes
Exciting, can't wait. Since your premiere is at 2 a.m. my time (Atlantic Canada) I'll check it out tomorrow when I wake up.
This is fantastic! I'm currently studying urban planning and I really believe this is the future. I often tell my loved ones about the dangers of urban sprawl and the necessity for human-scale, intentional design in urban environments. This video summed it up so well, I will definitely be showing this to my friends and family whenever this topic comes up.
An interesting episode full of great ideas across two very different living spaces. Looking forward to more in this series.
This is was the classiest video I have seen involving small living architecture. Looking forward greatly to watching the next high production quality, artistic, and informative video in the series!! Excellent Work!!!
Thanks Colin for creating such a thought-provoking channel for us. YOU are always inspiring and forward-looking! Keep up with your excellent job!
Amazing video, love the documentary-type feel!
finally got the time to watching the first episode! congrats on this one, looking forward to the next episode!
Very inspiring. Definitely something everyone should consider moving forward. Can't wait for more videos.
Highly applaud this thought-provoking and hopefully brainwave challenging series, when we need it the very most!
Thank you for this inspiration + for the quality of your content. Looking forward for the next episode !
Such an amazing channel. You bring whole meaning to housing as living small is not being inconvenient. Thank you for sharing and for awakening my outlook in housing.
I LOVE this channel and the videos, and am excited for the upcoming episodes of this thought-provoking series. I think the movement to live small in the city, in order to be embraced widely and grow, needs to be paired with people- and community-friendly urban planning, with ample access to clean air, green spaces and schools. Many in my city move out of it into the suburbs in search of these three things, in addition to more affordable housing.
this is exciting...
and that pen.. I need to get 1 😁