The flexible apartment in Olomouc is a manifesto of 21st-century living. The design by the CHYBIK + KRISTOF studio proves that our environment can adapt to our needs, not vice versa. Depending on the situation, it is easy to create a dedicated office space for a few hours a day. If necessary, you can have an extra room when the baby comes without having to move, or instead enjoy a spacious living room for a birthday party without having to sacrifice space on a daily basis.

The architects removed all the partitions in the one-bedroom apartment and replaced them with four wooden boxes, differentiated by the colour of the veneer used, to create five separate spaces. The darkest box houses the kitchen and bathroom. The other three boxes are movable, each containing a bed and a built-in wardrobe. Each time a box is pulled out, a new room is created, while retracting it opens up the space into a larger unit, maximizing every square meter.

Such a design meets our ever-changing needs, and because it is easily adaptable and doesn't require extensive and time-consuming demolition and rebuilding, it is the solution to housing affordability and the answer to the dynamically changing conditions that life brings.