People on a limited budget opt for apartments of this size, and developers are glad to sell them as micro-apartments, making them sound chic and stylish. The luxury is usually limited to the building’s lift, however, and calling the security guard a concierge.
This photograph depicts a temporary installation in a shower cubicle. One of the apartment’s two rooms is so small that the clothes airer has to be suspended from a mop. On the left is a washing machine designed for yachts, which is fed with water from the shower hose, so the shower head has been unscrewed. Interestingly, the building does have a communal laundry room, but it is inadequate to satisfy the residents’ requirements.
Jakub Certowicz’s project is a critical commentary on the Polish housing situation – the insufficient number of municipal apartments, lack of state housing support, and high prices in new, private investments. In summary, Certowicz wrote: