Paco House

This is what I need in future. I can simply move my house to everywhere I want around Japan.

AWESOME DESIGN!

WWOAHH ..
how wierd.. LOL

FRIEND : where do you live ?
ME : I LIVE IN A BOX ;D
FRIEND: ...

its so white..

That is cool yet disturbing at the same time, haha.

Nice nice...=) but Does it come in black?...

No one can find you when it starts to snow...

Very nice! I would fill it with otaku goods. Mwuahaha XD
It would be interesting if it was painted camouflage, and put out somewhere in the wilderness or something, lol, and then someone bumped into it and found out people were living in it. XD Is it weather proof? Hmm...XD

But... There's no shelves for my figs!

ohhh..
the 15th picture bothered me...

NO HOMO!

It's an interesting idea but far too white for my liking.

my room is smaller than a 3x3x3

I'd love to live in one of those

From the Design view its an awesome design that deserves a price.
From a practical view its totally awful.Its way too complicated and cramped for everyday life.

Interesting nevertheless

wouldn't be surprised if they started making an entire apartment based on these lol

Looks like the Japanese finally came up with their wacky techno equivalent of the mobile homes/trailers seen in the US.

Good design but still made me say "What the hell..."
Lacks something but i don't know what exactly...

3 storey house for much less, and much preferred!

Lol~ Jack in a box house xD

Actually it's still bigger than my room~~~ ;D

Lolwut one of the picture with the nekkid guy make me lol. If you get one paco how do you live though? Put the paco in your existing house or place it somewhere outside with space?
Not sure about Japan but probably not possible in singapore considering how the police will come knocking and asking you not to take up public space ^^;
If I could build a house with that amount of money I don't think I'll get a paco...

That's a nice box to run away into.. =)

Man, it's like the ultimate evolution of the micro-house... awesome.
Glad they painted it white, dread to think how hot it would be otherwise.

rather live in a condo than that !

Oh wow! Do want!

Wow.... thats so cool.... would definately need decorating though. Too white lol.

White. Clean. Minimal. Oshi like.

(Only those who have seen Ugly Betty will get that lol)

OMG, the bed is like sleeping in a coffin :(

not otaku friendly?! tsk tsk tsk...

I think in Singapore, that'll be reasonable. (SGD64548.8557) Would love to live in such a house, small and comfy and endless possibilities of customisation. ^^;

Also, it'll also serve as a portable bomb shelter or anti-theft house.

Why is it called Paco? It doesn't resemble Mexican technology at all...

Wow, Shawshank Redemption! That's my favorite movie! Every time I watch it I cry like a girl ;_; it's really deep and moving xD

Wow...I kind of can see what our future house were.

Wow, this is really ALL-IN-ONE!

I wonder does it comes in other colors~~~

phenomenal!
i'd like to have one of these~
imagine that, portable house^^ great!!!!
i love the minimalist design too^^

Perfect hikkikomori house.

shawshank rocks!!!
its gotta be the best movie i have ever watched.

btw the paco house looks like a safe room (you know the type of room that rich guys fix in case there's any robbery or natural disasters)

It reminds me of a cell in a mental institution. Only with amenities.

Seems like comfortable but I don't like small and tight places. Btw shawshank rocks.

It's so... white. Y-You could go insane sitting inside that thing, I bet! The stark, white design reminds me of a mental instituion. I mean, such clean, shiny walls are just asking for gratituous red blood splatters, right?

Wow the design is so simple,i wouldn't mind living in there
I always had a thing for tight spaces.....
don't know why,but that box really interest me................

LOL! the world never fails to amaze me ^^;

maybe they should make this into a bomb shelter for every household instead ^^;

I'd seriously rather die then live in a box of hell like that. Hamsters get better houses then that.

There's an easier way. Just get yourself declared an "enemy combatant" and you'll be committed to Gitmo. The amenities are only a little better than those cells.

Everything is so white!

When I would be in small enclosed area for a long time, everything in it would seem big that when I head out, I would find it hard to believe that what I was in is small.

As for the 6.3m yen cost, that is still less than a 3-room apartment unit in Singapore. In fact that cost is about the same as buying a sedan car.

Looks cool. But I would prefer a real house if I can:)

They're moving on to the next level of claustrophobia...

i call it panic room maybe :p

I'd go crazy inside.

All the whiteness will disorientate you and make you go cranky.

Huh? its really cool, but what you gonna do with it? Its expensive, and doesnt look very easy to transport.

But its still very cool.

Cool concept but ain't living in a box kinda sad? lol

Put some wheels and an engine in it, and it'd be perfect. I'd drive it everywhere.

When you mentioned a mini house in the backyard, I immediately thought of "Touch".

that's a very awesome design but yeah that's pricey but still the design is awesome!

That thing looks so cool. So futuristic. So sterile. So weird. So bare. So lonely.

I don't want one.

heh im 6'8'' that house would be waaayyy to small for me.

Now that's what I called a cozy shack!

Hmm, I hope it's ballistic-proof and nuclear/chemical-proof so can survive when something bad happens.

This has got to be one of the more awesome, if impractical inventions to come out of Japan recently :P

Hmm , probably gonna customize it
with some artwork

That's quite an amazing design, I wonder how long it would take for the white walls to become an unsightly yellow colour?
Also living in a world of white would probably drive you insane or make you very zen.

Hmm If I got one, I'd like decorate it with giant anime stickers like on Itasha and resell it on yahoo auctions!
(^_^;) or on Danny's classifieds.

Oooh this is great! Just rent a space for cheap somewhere and put it there... OMG an idea just lit up in my head: ItaPaco House! I can see it now!!!

Maybe i will get it...in place of a room of course...

If Apple made a house, this would be it. iHouse nano.

This is pretty nifty. ^^

Wonder what the temperature and sound isolation is like. Does look like you don't really have a full size bed though.

Really, you can build a 3 story house for less? You can barely get anything here, even with the lower house prices for that kind of money.

But it's a pretty nice place in a freaky sort of way. Kind of want?

Considering the price, I think it's better to think outside the box.. ^^;

Danny, this is totally off-topic...

Can you please place the "Upload" and "Comment" buttons further away from the "Go" (Polls) and "Submit" (Comment Section) buttons...or make them less prominent.

I always hit the wrong button when trying to participate in the polls or submitting a comment.

Thanks.

Haha. Now I can I really can be everywhere and anywhere with this. Although, moving it around will be quite the hassle. ^^;

Okay, maybe this could gonna be embarrassing but... if we need 3m² but this has 3m x 3m... do we need 9m² then instead? I'm very confused now.^^;

12 hours inside and i'd just run til i bounce on the walls and break them

That's actually pretty cool. They should make a similar thing except that it's movable for trips or something. And Shawshank Redemption is a great movie. Having Morgan Freeman do narration was awesome.

Danny, your house cost less than 620,000 yen to build? for realz?

Sure... but does it come with a maido?

thats one coooool house.

I'll die staying inside something like this. There's no windows, and I dun mean the gap / hole near the ceiling.. But it'll be a cool mobile vacation house though, lols.

I wouldn't but one of these seeing how they are ridiculously expensive and way too cramped.

There's a parody to "Dick in a Box" from SNL somewhere in this.
Step 1: Cut a roof in the box.
Step 2: Put amenities in that box.
Step 3: Live your life in the box.

Looks really nice and futuristic ^^ Love how everything pops out.

It look pretty creepy. Looks like living in a mental ill prison where there is wall all around.

Great, now I can trade in that fridge box I've been living in...

In all honesty.. that thing is a bit freaky, definately cool.. and if you don't mind tight spaces, would work. could see, apartments being made that small in the future.. just enough room.. sleep under your floors.. ick

Brilliant idea. It looks like an extension of the "unit bath" idea. These could probably be used for emergency housing after an natural or not so natural(Kim Jong ill and his missles!) disasters.

This is Cool, they should make one 4x4x4, that would make a bit more sense and be more livable, specially if you invite people, then it would be like a standard studio apartment you can rent.

Living in a box....I think I'll pass...
Besides...there will be no room for my otaku stuff...

I wonder what happens if you are inside and somebody unplugs it. You surely can't open the roof. Also no windows will make it kind of dark inside.

I disagree with the shape though. The issue is that road vehicles needs a special permit to be wider than 2,55 metres (at least here) and to get such a permit you need to have a lorry company with a special lorry with orange flashing lights and stuff. Also every time you move it you will have to inform the police in advance. Making it 2,55 instead of 3 would have made transportation a lot easier.

I wonder why it's squarre. Do they plan to stack them or something?

If I were to make this, I would have added windows. You could then close them like in an aircraft so you can seal out light and stuff if you like, yet you can get sunlight inside. I would also consider how to add wheels to move it around. Looks a bit heavy to carry by hand.

However the biggest problem.... the toilet. If you do smelly stuff, then you can't close the door and get rid of the smell as you stay in the same room. This is a major design flaw.

sugee...!
I don't like it, very white, and very deadhlike, colours are life.
But the concept is just great, and will be a interesting option for the houses of the future. Or maybe -if they aren't expensive- as a solution to habitational problems, or low-cost houses for the poor people.

Unfortunately, that'll only work as a single-person house. I can't imagine how two -or three?- people could live in that.

LOL so many neets lol

It's amazing what some people come up with these days.:O Crazy idea, but wouldn't buy one even if I had that much money, instead I'd rather make an all around trip in Japan, that pretty much would worth a lot more.

I have so much funny ideas in my head right now ^^

It's not going to have deathtraps etc? And when you try to leave the cube, you'll end up in another cube? I don't think I'd sleep so well when undecorated.

I think not bad lived in that kind of house !!
quite comfortable maybe ???

Wow, to be able to fit all that stuff in just a small space is pretty cool.
It looks to be about the same size as my room, maybe a bit bigger.

I don't see how this could be accepted in Japan, it only has a shower no bathtub!!!!

Hey Danny a bit of a math error there they back yard would have to be 9 square meters, not 3.

That's really interesting O_o I live with my wife and son.

I'd definitely have to paint this inside. It's so white, i'd go blind after being in it a few hours.

For some reason when I see that I have visions of a white padded cell. They are coming to take me away haha!

Cool idea but I think I'll probably got insane if I were to live in there....=.=|||

lol lol! hahahahaha. that's gonna be me in the future

You can build a three story house for less money?
That's amazing considering the cost of homes in America now...

Looks a lot like a gadget Doraemon has in his pocket of everything. I'm sure there's one that's drastically similar to this Paco thing...

"... the little madman in his tiny padded cell. " Looks like a nightmare. Even a hermit like me needs a little more color.

judging by the poll we have a fair amount of teens here.

Does it really cost that little to build a house in Japan? I remember hearing people just demolish and build a new house instead of buying an existing one there, so I guess the cost would have to be low to facilitate that. I know it's not nearly that cheap to build a house here, but people tend to expect to be able to simply do a bit of maintenance on them but otherwise be able to have the house there indefinitely.

Wow awesome... I would totally do this, I would love to live in my own big box... This is pretty cool. Although I think I would much prefer my own house XD

kinda weird..I'll stick with my current situation, until I move to college in september! ^^

Hah, interesting concept though I would not purchase one myself. I live at home with the parents but I've been looking around for a condo. Already have enough for a down payment, just trying to find one that I like :)

It seems like the government will implement these in the future when over-population becomes a problem.

That lil' house requires additonal pylons, figures, pasokons and vespene gas ^_^

Eeew at nude guy >.<

Thats pretty cool, but I wouldnt want to live in that. It's too small and too white and bare....seems like a prison cell or one of those padded rooms for insane people. Its an interesting idea though

that's just... dope... LOL i can't explain it in any other way, wish i had one LOL simplistic living for the win =D

Looks pretty nice sans the guy with the rear end showing...

At least it's got interwebz...

I think I'd be able to survive in that, as long as I get a TV and internet (and the thing did announce working internet). It's not that I don't like visitors but I rarely get any anyway since people I know live far away from me.

You can build a house for under 63000 dollars?

OK...I want one. That's awesome!!

This reminds me of the houses I used to make in The Sims....

But it looks kind of like a cell in a sanatorium.

Pretty cool but also seems to have a sterile futuristic feel to it... hm, makes me uncomfortable.

A little disturbing I'd say. It is just so white... It needs some anime posters to make it somewhat cozy.

If you dig a hole deep enough in your back garden, this thing would make an ideal war shelter.

Holy shit! I would never live on such a thing. Btw, it remembers me a lot of 2001 !

Interesting design... but needs windows.

With this, it is not good.
It is a true "withdrawal" that it is troublesome to draw out the desk, and to set up the bath.
Any it is not understood.

Where's my Internet connection? >_>

To tell the truth? I've actually always envisioned a room like this, except in a real house and not pure white. But what I've always wanted to try was a room where everything is nested into the walls and floors - like, flipping down my desk from the wall, sliding my flat-panel TV out, all that jazz.

Although...Danny, I'm pretty sure 3 x 3 x 3m doesn't result in a 3 square meter footprint. It should be 9 square meters on each surface (hence taking 9m^2 of lawn space) with a volume of 27 cubic meters.

So white....... I think I might go crazy if I had to live in there.

would be a great bomb shelter! a nuke would probably not even put a scratch on it.

I'd get one... ^^

looks cool and a little bit weird at the same time, and why the space odyssey decoration??

Wow... this is absolutely cool... fantastic... remarkable...

This is one of the best product I came to know from your website Danny... hahahahaha..

I impress.... another easy way to build a cheap rest house on a beach resort... hahahaha

Seeing how I live most of my life in my room, and my room being smaller than 3x3x3, I would love to try living in it lol

that's... really living in a box.
interesting, but i'd rather live in this one:
http://www.microcompacthome.com/company/

I want one!! I'd use it as my gaming room :D

I don't think I would mind living in one of these. Although I would quickly run out of space. Its pretty expensive though, you can buy a condo here in California for around the same price as the most expensive model.

wow its looks like 2001 a space oddessy!!!! do WANT

very interesting!!!

I agree Shawshank Redemption was great as well. Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins put in the performances of their careers. I even did this movie as part of my course project.

Somehow I kinda feel the same as you Danny when I moved out to a place I actually owned. But in S'pore you no matter where you are, you are not far from your parents ...

That's way too creepy for me. And I like having windows. And color. Color is good.

i want one

haha thats an expensive box XD

if it wasnt for the price i'd buy it rite now

If I were rich, a hikikomori and like white... I'd buy it^^;...

I think I watched the movie before when I was really little... Forgot the ending though...

Hahahaha. Is the nude guy included?

I love modern design and simplicity but I would have to do something with the white walls.

I thought it was pretty cool when I first saw it, but looking back on it now, it really does remind me of a futuristic prison.

Or rather the psychological thriller/horror/science fiction movie "Cube".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_(film)

super cool!!!!

Looks like the Ipod house to me.

Add four wheels to that and you got yourself a mini-trailer ^o^

BTW where does that thing get it's water supply from??? o_O

......That's both ingenious and sad at the same time. Sure, there's the advantage of staying in even the seemingly smallest of spaces, but then you won't feel the satisfaction of living in a decently-sized house. ^_^;

If they could lower the price, though, this could potentially solve homelessness problems.

If I had to live in something like this, I would make the best of it as I don't have that many things that would make it crowded. Price wise, its too much I think for it to be practical to have but its a good idea to start.

I'm livin in a box, LIVIN IN A CARDBOARD BOX

more colors please!!!!

I don't mind white walls and stuff but he needs a big poster of Yoko.
Looks High tech and very efficient IMO. Also Looks like I Big iPod Charger yo.

I just realised what would make this box really cool: legs.

Think about it. If it contains a number of legs that can lift it when you want and use those legs to move around. You would be able to place it at locations where cranes can't access it and it can move up and down stairs and stuff. However the coolest part would be that you could tell everybody that you live in a room with no windows and it's all white and it's able to walk around. People can presume what they want, but it would actually be cool to try that. Also having a walking room sounds somewhat like science fiction.

A sideeffect would likely be the power needed for legs like that. You will likely have to give up quite a lot of room for hydralics and power for the hydralic (most likely a diesel engine) and stuff. Also it wouldn't be cheap, but hey, it's possible today if you want to pay enough.

Wow...good job for the guy who invented this, creative indeed...possibly going to replace caravan in the future...japan = new era

nice i want one how much?

Put wheels and engine on it, and you're ready to go! XD

Interesting, though I don't think I'd live in it forever! :P