今年79岁的黄日新本来是一位普通的北京老人,退休前他是华北电力设计院的一名热能动力装置高级工程师,曾参与设计过国家重点工程、为天安门地区供热的华能北京热电厂工程。2010年3月,因为设计和建造了胶囊公寓,黄日新老人突然成为了名人,在国内外众多媒体的关注下,胶囊公寓成为社会关注的热点问题,同时引发了人们的诸多争议。黄日新设计胶囊公寓的想法源于2008年上网时看到的日本胶囊旅社——个单人床大小的格子间里放着上下铺。黄日新当时闪过的想法是北京的火车站人流那么多, Huang Rixin, 79, originally an ordinary Beijing old man, was a senior thermal power plant engineer at North China Electric Power Design Institute before his retirement. He participated in the Huaneng Beijing thermal power plant project that has designed key national projects and supplied heat to the Tiananmen Square area. In March 2010, due to the design and construction of a capsule apartment, the old Huangri suddenly became a celebrity. Due to the media attention both at home and abroad, the capsule apartment has become a hot topic of social concern and triggered many controversies. The idea of ​​designing a capsule apartment in Huangri was originated from the Japanese capsule hostel that was seen in the Internet in 2008 - a bunk bed room with bunk beds. Huang Nisshin was flashing the idea that Beijing’s train station so much flow of people,