All the Private Space You’ll Ever Need, In One Little Box

Everyone needs ( or need ) their own flake of defendable space . In an more and more urbanizing world with living conditions becoming ever more dumb , that place may not amount to much . Still , the tiny dimensions of this secret cloister ( the small , the better , order the “ good ” urbanist ) need not be wearisome , nor spatially simplistic . On the reverse , such limit give birthing to innovative new designs , like architectSigund Larsen‘s “ Shrine ” project , a diminished admiration of cabinetry that maximizes style and function despite its negligible footprint .

Larsen says the design come from a need to stack away all his personal affect , from gadgets and keys to a record player and a bottle of whisky . It should be sculptural , yet full practicable , Larsen thought , propel him to devise a bunch of adjacent , interconnected compartmentsthat could collapse into a solid volume to save space . Using local oak tree wood , he fashioned the unit piecemeal , work out a complex configuration of home “ courtyards ” , each of which could be access from the exterior .

When opened , the attendant collage of projecting volumes and hinged spaces satisfy Larsen ’s sculpturesque requisite , yet does not suppress operability . Larsen likens the bit to a lowly house , one whose architectural plan and division are “ forced together ” into a patchwork quilt of bloomers in which one can store all of their fiddling ( and big ) secret . So whether you live in a studio or a penthouse , the Shrine becomes “ your most private place in the home . ”