Amsterdam-based UNStudio has unveiled its Van B residential building in Munich, which will have plug-in furniture modules so that its apartments can be reconfigured.
The six-storey building, which the studio has deemed a prototype for modern city dwelling, will be located on Infanteriestrasse near Munich's Creative Quarter.
Described as "analogue smart", the block will contain 142 apartments with shared communal spaces.
UNStudio designed the apartments to be reconfigurable in order to maximise their internal floor space and adaptability. They will be divided up with "plug-in" furniture units that function as space partitions.
Top: Van B Housing by UNStudio. Above: the design features a modular facade
"This is not smart in the usual sense of tech integration," said UNstudio founder Ben van Berkel. "It instead involves reinterpreting ideas from the digital world in order to improve the analogue, physical spaces we inhabit."
Bay windows are orientated to optimise daylight
Different units will host a variety of modules, including ones with storage, workspace, a gym, a lounge and a bed.
Developed using a grid system, the design will allow residents to easily move and reconfigure the space when needed, as families get bigger or smaller or new people move into an apartment.
All modules work together and can be slid out of the way when not needed.

"The flexibility lies in the fact that each element can work in different configuration...