Monday, April 26, 2010
Domestic Transformer
A big wow crossed my lips upon watching Gary Chang's mind-bending apartment. Chang, an architect in Hong Kong, gives a whole new dimension to an apartment that's merely 344 square feet. Through the use of sliding panels and walls he is able to sleep, eat, and even enjoy a late sunset in the same area of space.
Sliding panels and walls are longstanding architectural concepts in Asia. Korean palaces often consisted of interlinked chambers that could be joined by moving aside sliding doors, that would then create a banquet hall for special occasions.
Chang's idea merges such traditional concepts for the modern urban environment, while living green by making do with less.
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