Dezeen promotion: German plastics manufacturer Rehau has teamed up with Ippolito Fleitz Group to imagine what an apartment of the future will look like.
The Future Apartment has been collaboratively designed by Rehau and Ippolito Fleitz Group to "offer memorable experiences and technical insights beyond the standard apartment".

First presented at the 2019 edition of Interzum, a furniture and interiors trade fair that takes place every two years in Köln, Germany, the apartment utilises many of the manufacture's materials.
Rehau has reduced a typical kitchen, bathroom and sitting area into freestanding modules, which it likens to "sculptural objects", in an attempt to create compact living spaces suited to space-starved homes that are increasingly being built in densely populated cities.
"The [modules] remain deliberately abstract in order to highlight the many technical possibilities offered by Rehau in a striking and entertaining way," explained the brand.
"Lack of space and rising living costs translate into few square meters available. This calls for a clever concept that leaves plenty of room and options to develop within limited space ? without compromising on individuality."

The kitchen module comprises of two curved volumes that are set at a right angle. One has been fitted with a motorised shutter door, while the other features an orange-flecked black countertop made from Rehau's Rauvisio surface material, which incorporate...