The building will be only 92-152 cm wide and 12 m long Courtesy of Centrala.net

Warsaw could soon see the construction of what will arguably be the narrowest house in the world. Designed by architect Jakub Szczęsny and tucked between a pre-war tenement bloc and a Communist-era tower bloc in the capital’s Wola district, the structure would be just 92-152 centimeters wide and 12 meters long.

The project will include all the basic amenities found in regular homes, such as a bedroom, bathroom and small cooking area. However, as the dimensions of the house do not conform to the norms spelled out in Polish construction and fire protection regulations, it will not serve as a place of permanent residence, but rather as an artistic installation.

The idea is that people representing various fields of art and culture could reside and work in the property for some time. The first occupier of the house, which will be located near the place where a bridge linked two parts of Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto during World War II, will be Etgar Keret, an Israeli writer of Polish origin whose parents met in Warsaw.

The planned development is being realized by the Polish Modern Art Foundation (Fundacja Polskiej Sztuki Nowoczesnej) and is scheduled for completion in mid-November.