Today’s Smaller Home Design Schemes Benefit from Flex Space Architectural Concepts.

Hundreds of years ago, the Japanese understood that they were an increasing population on relatively small islands, compared with the other mainland continents.  Flex Space in home design was used by their population, in the form of simple rectangular houses arranged in rigorous grid modules (in their floor plan layout), with Shoji screens.

Oriental Historical Cultures, Multi-functional Rooms and Flex Space In-home Design

Shoji screens are made of rice paper and wooden frames and act as sliding walls or sliding doors to partition rooms off from adjacent rooms.  Why?  (more…)