Moving Walls Transform a Tiny Apartment Into a 5-Room Home

Instead of following the typical studio apartment floor plan and outfitting Pila's place with a galley kitchen, closet-sized bathroom, and a bedroom the size of a prison cell, PKMN developed a solution that allowed her to have several spacious roomsjust not all at once. PKMN Architecture

Instead of following the typical studio apartment floor plan and outfitting Pila's place with a galley kitchen, closet-sized bathroom, and a bedroom the size of a prison cell, PKMN developed a solution that allowed her to have several spacious roomsjust not all at once.

A series of rolling storage units double as walls.

A series of rolling storage units double as walls.

Industrial tracks, typically used to support rolling bookshelves at libraries are given new life in this atypical application. PKMN Architecture

Industrial tracks, typically used to support rolling bookshelves at libraries are given new life in this atypical application.

The itinerant nature of the walls means each of these spaces can be larger, about 160 square feet, than if they were permanently defined. PKMN Architecture

The itinerant nature of the walls means each of these spaces can be larger, about 160 square feet, than if they were permanently defined.

Special features, like a hidden Murphy Bed, are built into the boxes. PKMN Architecture

Special features, like a hidden Murphy Bed, are built into the boxes.

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Moving Walls Transform a Tiny Apartment Into a 5-Room Home