Very clever. It would be nice to have this kind of flexibility in all our homes.

I saw this video a week or so ago and enjoyed it very much for what it represents in accepting minimalism without compromising style. The moving walls that create different rooms reminds me of when I was doing research at the Newberry Library in Chicago and the Bodleian in Oxford...there was no other way to house the collections except by stacked movable shelves.

It would take a huge change in thinking for a Western mind to accept living in 330 sf/31 sm though. I know I want more space for my work and living areas.

Thanks for bringing it here, it's very instructive. And congratulations to Mr Chang.

I swear I did not want this video to end. I loved everything about it. If I had themoney I would hire him for my loft haha

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Awesome. I want one.

Way cool! Now that summer is here we're living a little differently, but for the cold months my husband and I occupied just four rooms —bedroom, kitchen, study and bathroom — with visits to other areas of the house to get stuff. It made me realize we have far more room than we need.

Thanks for posting this, Catherine! I love the idea of maximizing small spaces, and have often thought the doctor's office filing system could be used in homes, and here is an example of that very idea. Wonderful!

When I lived in Japan, I saw several clever ideas that, if I had a home of my own that I could modify, I would use. One of my favorites was a hatch in the kitchen floor that revealed a cupboard. The hatch opening was ~2ft square but the actual cupboard was more like 2x8 ft - it was on a rail so that you could slide it along, sort of like a lazy susan.

One of the smartest (which I think should be adopted in drought places) was this http://manolohome.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/toilet-sink.jpg

That's so cool! I wonder what Mr. Chang could have done with my tiny university residence room.

This is brilliant!!!

If you are in bed, how many walls have to be moved in order to go to the bathroom?

Cute, but it would drive me nuts moving the walls around.

I have quite a small house and even at that most of it is mostly just storage. I spend most of my time in the kitchen, where the TV and computer are, leaving only to use the bathroom or sleep. (Or, like, go outside...)

I like mobile homes - they're very efficiently designed and the ones I've been in don't feel cramped...

The more house, the more vacuuming...

Fascinating. Genius design.

Brilliant.

It's an interesting basic concept and might be adapted to other limited space places like the space station, submarines, trailers etc.
One possibility that perhaps had not been explored was that the moving walls or sections of the walls could also swivel besides sliding to provide more variations. A standard wall grid could be designed to be fitted with various usable sections designed to the requirements of individual tastes and necessity.

You always post such interesting stories! This is fascinating and inspiring to me and the boyfriend, who are planning to change the layout of our apartment to create another room and better accomodate our collections of objects. Though we probably wouldn't do it this way, it's so cool to see that anything is possible!