Living in a box

“Living in the box is an instance of sanity. It is crazy, but only crazy to the extent that the housing market is crazy. I think it’s a smart solution to the situation that happens to work for me and may work for other people.”
I read about the story of Peter Berkowitz, the 25 year-old freelance illustrator who took to living in a custom-made box in the living room of an apartment in San Francisco in order to save money. He paid $400 a month rent, but was forced to 'move out' of his box due to health and safety regulations.

He makes a detailed costing of his unorthodox way of living on his website.

http://www.peteberk.com/

Photos by Peter Berkowitz

Berkowitz sites Japanese capsule hotels as an influence and this is something which originally informed my idea of an enclosed living space for my 'isolated man' film.

Japanese capsule hotels (photographer unknown)