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Poland’s thinnest house a tight squeeze

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Thin is in. 

Some would see the property and call it “a crack between two buildings.” Centrala architect Jakub Szczesny saw potential in the narrow space in Warsaw’s Wola district.

Szczesny took the property sliver and designed a livable art installation called Ermitage.

When it’s completed, it will be the skinniest house in Poland — and possibly the world — measuring 72 centimetres at its narrowest and a mere 122 centimetres at its widest.

“Ermitage will be a workplace, a hermitage created for an outstanding Israeli writer, Etgar Keret.

"Besides, it will also fulfill a function of a studio for invited guests — young creators and intellectualists from all over the world. The residential program, conducted in the heart of Wola, is supposed to produce creative work conditions and become a significant platform for world intellectual exchange,” Centrala’s website explains.

Built on a tri-dimensional steel frame covered with plywood and concrete-cloth-covered insulation panels, the ultra-modern all-white space will feautre transformable remote-controlled “spaceship-like” stairs and boat-inspired water technology aims to inspire creativity.

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Because the tiny dimensions can’t meet Polish building codes, the building permits are for an art installation instead of a residence.

Building begins in September.