Are micro-units the future of city living?
With cities now home to over half of the world’s population, space is sparse, costs are high, and finding a suitable place to live has become a real challenge.
One solution, in short, is to go small. Micro apartments have cropped up in dense cities across the globe, from New York to Beirut. The average unit is between 300-400 square feet, or around the size of an average one-car garage. While it might sound cramped, they have been praised as one way to stem a mounting housing crisis …