Inside this diminutive space he has managed to accommodate all of a person's basic needs: a composting toilet, shower and sink as well as heating, a loft bed, dorm-sized refrigerator, hot plate desk, closets and sitting area.
The bed Dorms at the Train Hostel are styled like couchettes, complete with fold-down beds.
If you want a cheap bed, dorms start from €16 a night.
Several staircases later, I reach the six-bed dorm.
Doubles from £80, 16-bed dorm from £15pp, 10-bed dorm £16.50, six-bed dorm £24.50, four-bed dorm from £34, Skúlagata 28, +354 561 6060, kexhostel.is Art is a core appeal of this family-run hotel on a peaceful residential street near the city centre.
Ultimately, the university decided to finance a smaller, 350-bed dorm on its own with municipal bonds.
And regardless of whether you're in a private double or a 16-bed dorm, all receive the same high-quality mattresses and bedding.
Others will be torn down and replaced with a 300-bed dorm that meets at least a silver LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standard.
The cheapest deal - €15 a night - is for those under the age of 26 sleeping in an eight-bed dorm with their own sleeping bags.
Set around a tiled courtyard, it's full of antiques, old flamenco dresses, gilded mirrors and knick-knacks, but the rooms (doubles and one eight-bed dorm) are spotless.
Book St Moritz Youth Hostel has beds in a four-bed dorm from £28 per night or rooms for two from £77.
