Ideas behind Suitcase House

Architect Gary Chang's experiences of growing up in densely populated Hong Kong has shaped his interest of how he creates living and working areas. After establishing his company EDGE Design Institue in 1994, Chang decided to use his Hong Kong based appartment to test the possibilities of achieving reconfigurable spaces. He achieved flexibility by enabling multiple operations of partitions,so that the 32sq m appartment could actually be transformed into 24 different room layouts.

Sliding doors/walls in the appartment (below) can also be seen in Suitcase House.















Chang's success of altering his congested apartment to a space of unique transformations brought on the creation of the Suitcase House Hotel, which exhibits similar qualities and spaces.

Interview with architect Gary Chang - Hong Kong Space Saver
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