MINI Living Urban Cabins were installed in London, New York, Los Angeles and Beijing over the space of a year. In the latest video from our Dezeen x MINI Living series, we look back at all four.
Each of the MINI Living cabins is a modular 15-square-metre micro home, featuring a bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen.
The project aims to showcase ideas for how to maximise living space on a tiny footprint, as well as exploring how architecture can be used to make the most of unused spaces in cities.
MINI Living worked with Sam Jacob on its first Urban Cabin installation"In 1959, MINI reinvented how we move inside cities," explained architect and MINI Living creative lead Oke Hauser.
"It was an approach based on three main ideas: the creative use of space, iconic design and, of course, a fun experience. With MINI Living we are translating those ideas to reinvent housing and rethink the way we live inside cities," he told Dezeen.
Jacob added a library to the cabin
MINI Living teamed up with London architect Sam Jacob for its first Urban Cabin, which was installed during London Design Festival 2017.
Jacob added a library to the cabin, which was a response to the closure of many public libraries across the UK capital. The additional room was made from slabs of different materials layered on top of each other like a pile of books.
MINI Living worked with Bureau V on the second Urban Cabin at A/D/O in New YorkThe second Urban Cabin was installed withi...