Hong Kong suburbs are characterized by tons of 30 square meters apartments hosting double family units. However one of these apartments is different, featuring 24 rooms within just 30 square meters. the project is by Gary Chang who has been living there since the age of 14. After his family moved out he decided to renovate the space by designing a decoration based on sliding elements which can change the arrangemente of the apartment up to 24 times.

It looks like the chinese box trick, starting with a mere one room apartment whose wall units slide on steel rails down the polished black floor, creating new space arrangements. The bookcase hides a closet whoch hides a bathtub that can also be turned into a guest bed: this is Gary Chang’s "Domestic Trasformer".

In order not to create a dark claustrophobic apartment the designer employed a mirror ceiling to both give a bigger sense of the space and to reflect the daylight coming through the windows.

Chang’s purpose was to prove that anyone can optimize their living space because space is one of the most important resources ever. Space optimization is the real key element instead of a simple good looking decoration.

The apartment cost 240.000 dollars, due to the employed technologies as well as the quality materials and the design pieces such as Duravit bathtub, the shower stall for chromotherapy, Alessi plates and Arne Jacobsen cutlery.

A project more expensive than a brand new apartment… because experimenting is priceless.

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