The 43-storey De Rotterdam is Europe’s largest building. Inside, however, it’s a study in how to live inside a small space: The behemoth’s tiniest unit is only 59 square metres, yet because it’s kitted out with incredible transforming furniture, it functions like a five room apartment.
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The building opened earlier this year after 16 years of planning and construction, in the hometown of its architect, Rem Koolhaas. The interiors were designed by Clei Italia — an Italian company that designs transforming furniture. In a new video about the building’s smallest apartments, we get an awesome peek at what those systems can do.
For example, one living room wall that transforms into a sleeping space — a kind of updated murphy bed:
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And these geometrically-printed chairs that hang on the wall as decoration when not in use:
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Meanwhile, the home office can also serve as a guest bedroom when necessary:
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Plus countless other tiny details — like this fold-down foyer detail — that make life inside the microapartment a little bit easier:
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With New York’s first micro-apartment complex not far off , we would all do well to take note. [44 Floors, ArchDaily]