barcode room by studio 01 alex knezo and akinori hamada

wall arrangement for small group dining

tokyo based studio_01 (alex knezo and akinori hamada) recently won a competition (jury led by sou fujimoto) to design a studio apartment made for a single resident and allows it to be transformed into a space where one can live and friends can gather. furniture-walls – walls that resemble bars (hence the name ‘barcode room’) –move freely from side to side on a track. storage is embedded within these bars, permitting the resident to customize the size of space to fit a variety of uses.rooms can have a different customized layout that is depending on the combination of 12 types of components to make a single bar — the living bar, the kitchen bar, the bedroom bar, … additionally, when different furniture are unfolded or pulled out of the walls, windows through the space are created as both sides of the wall become connected by large openings. by utilizing only a ceiling rail to guide movement and wheels below to allow it, this versatile system can be installed not only into new studio apartments, but also in existing apartments as well. components within the walls can also be customized in terms of size and location as well as the size of the walls themselves (to match a given setting). the bars could also be used in a range of communal spaces including offices, galleries, stores, restaurants, etc.the barcode room was exhibited at TDW 2012 (tokyo designer’s week).

wall arrangement for movie night party

wall arrangement for a couple’s bedroom

wall arrangement for cooking

interior view from side window

interior view of open spaced floor seating

another kind of wall arrangement

interior view from bed

barcode room section

barcode room plan

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