Rotating walls offer alternative layouts for MJE House by PKMN Architectures
PKMN Architectures has renovated an apartment on the Spanish coast, adding modular storage walls that spin around to create extra bedrooms for guests (+ movie).
The Madrid-based studio designed the home for Maria Jose and Enrique ? a couple who live in Mexico but who frequently travel to Europe.
The pair wanted a second home in Asturias, northwest Spain, which could adapt to accommodate their whole family when they visit.
"When Enrique and Maria Jose contacted us to design their apartment they were quite convinced about wanting to work with mobile furniture systems," architect David Pérez told Dezeen.
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"They thought that it was the only way to solve the issues they were dealing with in relation to the apartment they'd just bought ? a very badly arranged dwelling that didn't fit their needs at all."
"They wanted to have an apartment that could adapt to host a different number of people depending on the time of the year, but they didn't want to have their space divided into a lot of small rooms," he added.
The architects ? whose past projects a half-submerged leisure and culture centre ? replaced partitioning walls with floor-to-ceiling storage systems that pivot on small wheels.
"The apartment has the views towards the sea that the clients always dreamed of, but the existing partitions in the place didn't allow them to completely enj...
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