Sliding Walls.
May 9, 2009 8:55 PM Subscribe
Can anyone point me to good examples of the use of sliding partitions in an modern residential space?
I know there have been a few recent apartment designs that have utilised sliding walls to partition up the space in a flexible way, but I'm having trouble tracking them down. Is anyone able to point me in the right direction?
I know there have been a few recent apartment designs that have utilised sliding walls to partition up the space in a flexible way, but I'm having trouble tracking them down. Is anyone able to point me in the right direction?
Hands down, that is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Excellent link, beatnik808!
posted by LuckySeven~ at 10:41 PM on May 9, 2009
posted by LuckySeven~ at 10:41 PM on May 9, 2009
Response by poster: Fantastic link beatnik808! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much.
posted by arha at 11:35 PM on May 9, 2009
posted by arha at 11:35 PM on May 9, 2009
In case you're interested in flexible layouts in general then you should look up the Rietveld-Schröder house, built in 1924. Probably one of the first houses built with moving panels to allow a changing layout. I can't find any good shots of the interior that show how the panels work, but perhaps with some more digging you could find it.
posted by bjrn at 3:15 AM on May 10, 2009
posted by bjrn at 3:15 AM on May 10, 2009
Best answer: From personal experience, I rented an apartment in Amsterdam with one movable wall. It was pretty solid, had a track above and fair-sized industrial rubber wheels on the bottom. This wall was between the master bedroom and the smallish kitchen. If you were home alone you could open a door-sized path for snacking, if someone else was sleeping you could close it and work at the kitchen table while others slept. The big win was that if you had a dinner party and kept the bedroom neat, you could open the wall all the way and have a large dining room. The wall didn't just disappear of course, it was a long wall that would become half as long.
It was a great setup, I'd try to do something like that if I built my own house.
posted by StickyCarpet at 4:23 AM on May 10, 2009 [2 favorites]
It was a great setup, I'd try to do something like that if I built my own house.
posted by StickyCarpet at 4:23 AM on May 10, 2009 [2 favorites]
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posted by beatnik808 at 9:26 PM on May 9, 2009 [10 favorites]