Position Collective designs a furniture system for an apartment in Budapest

The Hungarian company Position Collective renovated a Budapest studio, furniture design and storage system which caters to temporary occupants booking through Airbnb (+ slideshow).

The studio was tasked with creating a minimal interior that would cover the needs of two people staying through the home rental website, which is rapidly gaining popularity in the city according to the company.

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The 30 square meter apartment has one main room and a separate bathroom divided by a load-bearing wall. Rather than rearranging the layout, Position Collective decided to design a furniture system that would make the most of the existing space.

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The studio created a plywood storage cabinet with removable shelves and pegs that can be reconfigured to suit the needs of the apartment owner and visitors.

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“The idea of ​​the plywood wall is to have a modular system with adjustable shelves for different pieces of local Hungarian art and design, books, home accessories that can color the space and are unique for foreigners but which are at the same time functionally re-adjustable if necessary,” said Position Collective CEO Bence Simonfalvi.

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A bed platform is attached to the wall panel and includes a recessed section for storing the mattress and bedding. A mesh curtain separates the sleeping unit from the kitchen, which features concealed units and a small circular dining table with three striped pendant lights.

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Visitors can store their clothes on green metal railings hung on the wall placed in front of the sleeping area, which also includes built-in closets and storage shelves adjacent to the steps leading to the bed. In the bathroom, the studio kept the original entrance but added a sandblasted bay window between it and the main room of the apartment.

“The budget was quite low, so we optimized the cost of the renovation to keep it low and invested more in furniture and fittings,” Simonfalvi said.

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Interior designer Maayan Zusman also designed bespoke joinery to create a hidden storage space for a 60-year-old apartment in Tel Aviv, and Built Architecture installed a long oak cabinet to create a “backbone” for the renovation of an apartment in Barcelona.

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Airbnb was founded by Rhode Island School of Design graduates Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky in 2008, and has since grown to include listings in 190 countries.

In a interview with DezeenChesky said the couple’s business venture wasn’t taken seriously by Silicon Valley at first, in part because it was founded by designers rather than engineers.

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Designer Ilse Crawford said that Airbnb is changing attitudes towards design by letting people experience stylish interiors first-hand, rather than through magazines or websites.

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Floor plan – click for larger image

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