exhibition_02 -- barcode room

COMPETITION WINNING ENTRY

studio_01 has recently won a competition sponsored by a Japanese real estate company, Able, to design a studio apartment that can also be used for gathering space within the home.  the competition presentations were televised, and a jury, led by Sou Fujimoto, chose 2 finalists to present their spaces at Tokyo Designer's Week 2012 at the Able booth.  the final voting was open to the public, and on November 4th, studio_01 was awarded the Grand Prix for barcode room.

株式会社エイブル主催のコンペでグランプリを受賞しました。テーマは「集まれる部屋」。建築家藤本壮介氏の審査で上位5組が選ばれ、さらに藤本氏と建築家成瀬友梨氏の審査によって上位２組の一つにstudio_01が選ばれ、Tokyo Designer's Week 2012に出展しました。
barcode roomというコンセプトルームの提案です。



barcode_room by studio_01 from studio_01 on Vimeo.

concept text follows the images.  additional information regarding barcode room's plans for the future can also be found below.

lunch gathering

double bed bedroom

small meetings

movie night party

cooking party

bachelor pad

_concept text

barcode room is a concept studio apartment composed of product furniture-walls which move freely from side to side, permitting the resident to customize the size of space to fit a variety of uses.  Placing functional elements such as storage and furniture into these walls, only to be pulled out when in use, also allows for more of the floor area to be used by the inhabitant and guests, thus creating a space where one is able to both comfortably live and entertain a different number of guests easily.

Through the use of the furniture-wall, or bars, barcode room takes the typical studio space made for a single resident and allows it to be transformed into a space where one can live and friends can gather.  Each furniture-wall is a combination of selection from 12 types of components to make a single bar.  Depending on the combination of components, various types of bars can be created, such as a living bar, kitchen bar, or sleeping bar.  Just as each object in a store has it’s own barcode, each usage of the apartment has its own layout, or barcode.   The composition of the various components into different bars, as well as the position of these bars, allows the user to create their own unique collection of barcodes for their life.

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.  The dynamic quality of the space’s changeable size and continuity create a feeling of connectivity through the space which seems to virtually enlarges the small floor area.  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. 

With continued development of these bars, we wish to create a product that will allow customers to choose what type of bar they desire so that they can freely change the size of space within their room.  Furthermore, if 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), then customers can truly daily redefine the space in which they live, play, and work.  In addition to the domestic use of the furniture-walls, by developing a larger variety of components to be embedded into the walls, the bars could be used in a range of spaces including offices, galleries, stores, restaurants, etc.



模様替えの楽しさ。それをもっとダイナミックに、もっと気軽に。

barcode roomは壁を自由に動かして、ユーザーが集まり方に合わせて空間の大きさをカスタマイズできる部屋です。壁に家具の機能を収納し、使うときだけ引き出して使います。壁の家具は12種類に分けられ、そのコンポーネントから組み合わせて、一つの壁「バー」を構成します。例えば棚、机、ベッドなどを選んで組み合わせることができます。
各「バー」の組み合わせによって多様な意味が生成され、それが自由に動かされることによって「バーコード」としての固有の集まり方をつくります。壁は、家具を引き出すことによって窓が開かれ、壁を挟む両側がつながります。空間の大きさと連続性がダイナミックに、使い方に応じて変化していく柔軟なシステムです。
レールさえ天井に設置すれば、構造に関係なく既存のワンルームにも応用が可能な、汎用性の高いシステムを備えています。オーダーメイドではなくプロダクトとして数種類の使い方を想定してつくることで、コストを抑えながらユーザーが自分に合わせて選択することができます。

一人でこもるための部屋から、人を呼んで集まるための部屋へ。barcode roomはあなただけの集まり方をつくります。


施工協力：株式会社平正工務店
Construction by Hirasho construction company