Cities around the world are facing a shortage of attractive housing options that use resources in a responsible, environmentally-positive manner. Looking to solve this challenge, New York-based firm SO-IL has teamed up with car manufacturer MINI to create MINI LIVING ? Breathe, a ? forward-thinking interpretation of resource-conscious, shared city living within a compact footprint.

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Cities around the world are facing a shortage of attractive housing options that use resources in a responsible, environmentally-positive manner. Looking to solve this challenge, New York-based firm SO-IL has teamed up with car manufacturer MINI to create MINI LIVING ? Breathe, a ? forward-thinking interpretation of resource-conscious, shared city living within a compact footprint.Now on display at the Milan Salone del Mobile 2017, the prototype structure is constructed of a translucent fabric membrane stretched across a modular metal frame that rises vertically from a previously unused 50-square-meter urban plot. Six rooms and a roof garden provide the space for flexible programmatic arrangements, adhering to the MINI LIVING principles of ?Creative use of space? and ?Minimal footprint.?
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?MINI LIVING ? Breathe calls into question conventional living concepts and introduces a creative problem-solving approach for future challenges in urban areas,? said Esther Bahne, Head of Brand Strategy and Business Innovation MINI. ?The insta...