Making the Most of Life

Domestic Transformer by Gary Chang

Born in 1962 from a typical Hongkonger family, the architect Gary Chang has lived in the very same address since he was fourteen years old. Although location is the same, the 32 square meter apartment is an impressive ongoing experiment that arises as an oasis of functionality and livability in world’s fourth most densely populated country.

The Domestic Transformer, which took a year and cost just over $218.000, consists in a sliding wall and fold away furniture system that allows over twenty different configurations for Mr. Chang’s place. As the wall units – suspended from steel tracks bolted into the ceiling – are shifted around, the apartment becomes all manner of spaces. “The house transforms and I’m always here, I don’t move. The house moves for me”, says Gary Chang.

In Hong Kong space can be considered a resource and small area means efficiency; thus, it is necessary to utilize every inch of available space, cleverly maximizing it in order to make the most of one’s dwelling and welfare. Therefore, Mr. Chang has, during the last twenty years, developed this concept of flexible living and his apartment represents a remarkable example of interior refurbishment.

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