The Amazing Folding Apartment (Origami Style)

Apartments mean space and living compromises.  
They're usually rationalised as worth it for the location, views, facilities, and lifestyle.  But why should that be the case?  And, why can't we make small spaces work better with cleverness and ingenuity?  Like this amazing tiny apartment in Manhattan.

Schoolteacher Eric Schneider purchased his 450-square-foot Manhattan apartment in 2005, and then hired architects Michael Chen and Kari Anderson of Normal Projects “to pack more density into his small space”. The result was the Unfolding Apartment, essentially a four room origami apartment that unfolds and “morphs with the changing activities of a day”.

Filmmaker Kirsten Dirksen of *faircompanies.com took a tour of his unique apartment and filmed all the ways the custom cabinetry can be configured.

It's a fantastic example of what can be achieved.


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