# Adaptable Social Apartments The KC DEsign Studio Taipei Home Focuses on Public Living Space By M | Published 2016-04-13 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/public-living-space References: [design-milk](http://design-milk.com/adaptable-apartment-socializing/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds) & [kcstudio.tw](http://www.kcstudio.com.tw/main.php) The Taipei home designed by KC design firm emphasizes public living spaces over private, as a way to offer a more social-focused abode that is geared towards entertaining and accommodating guests. The layout is open concept with an architectural design that focuses on openness rather than separation, while providing a modern living arrangement. Rather than using walls to create different living areas in the Taipei home, different materials and visual design is use to segment the space while maintaining openness. For example, the lounging sitting room features a wooden wall and concrete flooring that transitions into hexagonal black and white tiling to designate the kitchen and eating area. The space also includes adaptable furniture and a variety in ceiling height to further personalize the space without boxing off entirely different rooms. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.9/10 - Popularity: 92% | Activity: 77% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Social-focused Abodes:** Designing homes that prioritize public living spaces over private areas to accommodate guests and offer a more social living experience. - **Open-concept Living:** Creating an architectural design that emphasizes openness rather than separation through the use of materials and visual design to segment space. - **Adaptable Furniture:** Incorporating furniture that can adapt and transform to meet the changing needs of the inhabitant in a space that focuses on openness and adaptability. ### Who This Affects Most - **Interior Design:** Design agencies and firms can create innovative, social-focused abodes using adaptable furniture and open-concept design. - **Real Estate:** The development of properties that offer social-focused spaces could appeal to those seeking a more community-oriented lifestyle. - **Furniture Manufacturing:** Manufacturers can design and produce adaptable furniture to meet the needs of consumers looking for furniture that can transform and fit into open-concept spaces. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Adjustable Japanese Studio Apartments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/building-frame-of-the-house.md) - [Modern-Updated Traditional Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/skip-house.md) - [Vividly Designed Apartments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pascali-semerdjian-arquitetos-1.md) - [Industrial-Inspired Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/glassbrick-apartment.md) - [Immersive Artful Apartments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/oveneck-33.md) - [Multifunctional Small Studio Apartments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/studio-mescla.md) - [Reflective Surface German Apartments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kier-apartment.md) - [Curvaceous Privacy Wall Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kwk-promes-open-house.md) - [Warm-Tonal Urban City Apartments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/general-assembly.md)