The home of Boeing's interior engineer Steve Sauer is 182 square-feet and three levels. Sauer spent seven years turning a 182-square-foot basement condo into a 3-level living space. This small dwelling includes two beds, a 37″ TV, a bathroom with shower, a kitchen with working dishwasher, and storage for 2 bikes. There is even the fun bonus of a soaking tub underneath a panel in the hallway.
Steve Sauer's home may be small, but it definitely has a lot of character!
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Micro Housing
- There is an opportunity to innovate on small-scale, multi-functional housing that maximizes limited space.
- Vertical Living
- With the rise in urbanization, vertical homes are a disruptive innovation opportunity to turn small lots into multi-level dwellings.
- Sustainable Living
- With limited space, a more sustainable and eco-friendly living environment is a disruptive innovation opportunity for this industry.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Real Estate
- Adapting to the demand for small-scale, multi-functional housing, as well as a rise in urbanization, offers a disruptive innovation opportunity in the real estate industry.
- Architecture
- Finding a way to design small-scale housing that does not sacrifice functionality could be a disruptive innovation opportunity in the architecture industry.
- Home Appliances
- Creating innovative, space-saving home appliances is a disruptive innovation opportunity for home appliance manufacturers catering to the growing micro-housing market.
