In OMA's De Rotterdam, Furniture Transforms 60-meters into Multi-Functional, Versatile Space

OMA's De Rotterdam, a project 15 years in the making, is designed to maximize the number of functions possible in 44 floors. In addition to shops, hotels and office space, this "vertical city" also contains apartments that use transformable furniture to pack a variety of uses into small spaces. Chairs double as wall art and sofas flip into beds, showing that a 60 square meter apartment is more versatile than we think.

Developer Wim De Lathauwer explains, "Why would we only think in quantity of bedrooms and square meters, while many of these spaces are used only sporadically?...In The Netherlands we are simply not used to this way of thinking. De Rotterdam is the ideal project when it comes to maximizing the joy of every square meter. We deal with an audience who understands this and yearns for this extra quality. Even in the large apartments the office, wardrobe- and guest room are combined in one space. Actually, it is very logical.” You can see the dynamic furniture, designed by Clei Italia, in the video below.

Read more about The Netherlands' largest building here.

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Cite: Becky Quintal. "In OMA's De Rotterdam, Furniture Transforms 60-meters into Multi-Functional, Versatile Space" 03 Mar 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/481907/in-oma-s-de-rotterdam-furniture-transforms-60-meters-into-multi-functional-versatile-space> ISSN 0719-8884

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