Gary chang in milan, where he lectured at spazio fmg on the global phenomenon of necessarily compact domestic space as well as subsequently led a workshop centered on design responses to urban density. the founder of interdisciplinary practice edge design institute in hong kong answered questions about his lifelong endeavor of micro-space design. the designer and architect described his first formal project as a series of drawings wherein he imagined alleviating his cramped childhood apartment with an inter-unit bridge and expanded on how the dense population and spatial needs of hong kong have informed his work across scales.
This early architectural activity has led that very apartment to become a  life-long laboratory for the experimentation and implementation of multi-tasking, often mechanical rooms. the 32 square meter metamorphic apartment sports walls that move on tracks to reveal myriad programs; among them, a rather large kitchen, guest bedroom, library, dining room, laundry room and, most luxuriously, a full spa. the consolidated space strikes a smart balance between time-tested, low-tech engeering in form of tracks, ball bearings and the like, with technologically advanced measures, like the ability to control most of the apartment from a smartphone.