A ''Shed" for Living

Manchester architects FKDA have designed a shed for living... a shed for working... a shed for playing...

Our friends at FKDA, a small architectural practice based in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, have recently completed the design of a micro-home that they affectionately call a “shed”. This is a shed for living. It’s in response to today’s current economic climate where housing needs to be affordable and easily deliverable.

The idea of creating such a small living environment came from the growing reports of people being forced from their homes unable to make their current mortgage payments, and turning to living with family, in garden sheds and even in cars.

The shed provides a very unique alternative living, working or playing environment, which is eco-friendly, healthy, low cost and easily deliverable. It may be designed in response to this current economic climate, but it could also challenge the housing market to steer away from the standard sized bland brick boxes that are commonly on offer throughout the country. Maybe in the future we’ll all be living in sheds?

The response to their building form has been so great that they’re now also working on a beach hut design!