MoreFloor micro-living storage solution hides furniture beneath floorboards - architecture and design

MoreFloor micro-living storage solution hides furniture beneath floorboards



The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series features a storage solution named MoreFloor, which hides furniture under the floor, by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Juul de Bruijn.
The prototype consists of uniform-height wooden boxes that are placed side-by-side on the floor to create a 30-centimetre-tall platform.
MoreFloor is designed to hide furniture and belongings
The containers vary in width and depth to accommodate a range of contents, including a double mattress, clothing and toiletries. The lid of each unit conceals its contents and doubles as a floor panel.
Bruijn developed MoreFloor during her final year at Design Academy Eindhoven in response to her own cramped urban living conditions. 
"I had a small apartment in Eindhoven," she told Dezeen. "I really needed an extra room to work and got frustrated that I only used the bedroom for the minority of the time," she added. By tidying away pieces of furniture that were only used for brief periods of the day, Bruijn found she was able to reuse the floor in her bedroom for different purposes. 
The containers can be customised with inserts to accommodate clothing and toiletries
MoreFloor is an attempt to challenge the notion of single-use spaces as well as traditional methods of storage, which the designer claims only serve to "make your walls thicker". 
"You can work and play on the floor during the day, and when you're tired simply open up the floor and snuggle up in yo...
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