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Function
Moveable library-style shelving units slide from side to side to reveal and hide compartments that serve various functions in this Spanish apartment by Madrid-based PKMN Architectures.
Mounted on casters and ceiling tracks, the wooden storage blocks can be moved along one side of the apartment with a floor made of patterned tiles. The three components are separated or grouped to serve a variety of functions.
Solution
PKMN Architectures modified the interior of a single-storey flat to create a home and work space for local designer Yolanda Pila, in a project called All I Own House. The small apartment is situated in a housing estate in the north of Madrid and formerly belonged to the client’s grandmother. To maximise the functionality of the restricted space, the kitchen, bedroom and storage are housed within a series of moveable units made from heavily textured oriented strand board (OSB) – a material made from layers of compressed wood flakes.
Positioned next to the bathroom in the corner of the apartment when fully closed, the storage units contain a fold-out bed, work surfaces and shelves.
“Through a carefully made design, the combination of carpentry and the use of quite a simple industrial railing system, all the space in the house is arranged through three wooden, suspended, mobile and transformable containers,” says studio architect David Pérez García.
Scope of Supply
Standard GV3 slides and bearings:
3.6 NM 44P3
4 AU4434L180N
1NM44P3
1AU4434L225N
3.6 FT4020P3
1 FT4020P3
Result
A fantastic sliding unit that creates the use of space that the architects needed. The large-scale units, which according to the architects take design cues from industrial storage systems, are intended to improve the layout of the compact living space.
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