This is possibly the latest addition to Portland's advances on "compact" development: "Small lot. Tiny apartments. New trend". The project being proposed would place 56 micro-apartments on a standard 5,000 sf (50'x100') residential lot in Portland's Hollywood district. No parking of course. And the great bungalow home that is on the lot would have to be destroyed.
PORTLAND, Ore. – A Seattle architect wants to turn one big house into a lot of tiny apartments in Northeast Portland. It's a trend around the country that's coming to Portland.
It's also a trend in tiny living meant to reduce the carbon footprint and solve the housing crunch.
The building that could go in near Trader Joe's on Northeast 41st Avenue would have 56 units on a 5,000 square foot lot.
In light of these new developments in homebuilding, Metro should re-do their population allocations for the region; it is obvious Portland has many more good, older houses on city lots that are taking up too much land for too few people that need to be converted into what Australians call, "broom closet" apartments, and others call "shoebox" apartments.
Just a couple of years before, the news outlets were stating that Shoebox Lofts Condominiums in North Portland were "micro" units at just over 500 sf. How low can one go? See below for other Portland examples of micro living (dwelling).
The Freedom Center, 150 studio micro-apartments from 295 to 385 sf.
The Everett Micro-Lofts, 17 studio apartments, 288 sf sf.
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