Multifunctional 172 sq. ft. live-work space uses nano-tech materials (Video)

Multifunctional 172 sq. ft. live-work space uses nano-tech materials (Video)

This small and versatile apartment in the heart of Paris uses innovative modern materials for its furniture and cabinetry.

Smaller living spaces are becoming a trend over here in North America, but over in Asia and Europe, they're quite common, especially in older cities with dense, historic centres. In Paris' iconic Le Marais neighbourhood -- known for its grand buildings and museums -- Italian design firm EDB Studio renovated a tiny 172-square-foot (16-square-metre) apartment into an impressive, multifunctional live-work space. Watch this short tour:

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According to designers Enrico Bona and Elisa Nobile, the aim was to create a flexible space that could not only accommodate sleeping, eating and bathing, but also for work. This was done by consolidating most of the bulky furniture (such as beds and dining table) and various functions (cooking, bathing) into a white box at one end of the apartment. That clears a zone of open space, where it can be used for work, via a large work table that folds down from the wall. They say:

[The apartment's design was] a tailoring work, designed to the millimeter by EDB STUDIO, which works from the concept of carefully situating a large cabinet-container, in which the various functions are hidden; all without affecting the suggestive original space, brought back to light thanks to a scrupulous conservative recovery aimed at enhancing the Parisian charm to the maximum.

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