REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WARSAW - A building just 120 cm wide as its narrowest point was opened in Warsaw on Saturday and the building came with a bathroom, a kitchen, and a bedroom. Its first tenant, an Israeli writer Edgar Keret, will move in this weekend.

"It is a kind of a memorial to my family," said Keret, explaining that his mother's and father's families died in the Holocaust under Nazi Germany's occupation of Poland.

Keret, who told news channel TVN24 he would live there when he visits Warsaw twice a year. Wedged into the narrow gap between two existing central Warsaw blocks of flats on the edge of the former Warsaw Ghetto, the several-level structure was designed by Polish architect Jakub Szczesny.

"It contains all necessary amenities such as a micro-kitchen, mini-bathroom, sleeping cubicle and tiny work area, all accessible via ladders," Szczesny explained.

The triangular building runs 33 feet (10 metres) deep at the base and stands 30 feet (9 metres) tall. Metal and aluminum pipes hold the structure nearly 10 feet (3 metres) above the ground, and visitors will climb a metal staircase and squeeze through a hole to enter the building.

The ground floor contains a toilet and shower, a kitchen with a sink and cupboards, a table for two, and a bean bag sofa. Another metal ladder goes to the second floor, which has a nearly double-size bed, a table and a chair.

The station called Keret House Poland's, possibly Europe's, narrowest residential building. According to Centrala design studio, the idea intially presented in 2009. 

Referred to as an "impossible house" by its designer, is located in the center of Warsaw in a small slot between two buildings, and will be officially defined as an art installation, as it does not meet any legal standards of construction in Poland. The Foundation of Polish Modern Art and Warsaw Town Hall helped fund the project, which they consider an art work.

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