One adaptive wall, six room states.

AHRK is a retrofit product-spatial system that helps a compact hotel room shift between work, rest, luggage, dining, wellness, and housekeeping-reset states through one adaptive wall — without a full room redesign.

Project Type

Product-Spatial Retrofit System

Context

Compact Hospitality Room

Focus

Adaptive Wall / Room Modes / Reset Logic

Method

Spatial Abstraction + Module Logic + Mechanism Validation

01Thesis / Problem

A hotel room should behave like a small spatial system, not a fixed furniture layout.

AHRK Frame 01 — Thesis and Problem statement

02Research / Evidence

Evidence before form.

AHRK Frame 02 — Research and Evidence matrix

03Spatial Conflict Map

Where the room loses flexibility.

Room topology is a redrawn spatial abstraction based on reference relationships only — not a reproduction of an original drawing.

04System Overview

One spine, three zones, six configurations.

AHRK Frame 04 — Adaptive Wall System Overview

05Six Modes / Two Physical Families

The wall doesn't grow new mechanisms per mode.

06Mechanism Detail

A hinge cassette, not a floating shelf.

AHRK Frame 06 — Fold-Down Mechanism Detail

07Material Language

Restrained, warm, low-sheen.

AHRK Frame 07 — Material and CMF Language

08Retrofit Logic

Retrofit without replanning the room.

Anchor strategy must be verified per wall condition — not a certified or universal installation method.

09Hero Render

AHRK in use.

10Operator Value

What this buys the operator.

Credits

Project by

MALINYX Studio

Lead / Industrial Design / Product-System Logic

Bahareh Arianejad

Spatial Design / Interior Architecture Collaboration

Haleh Afshar

The room plan used in this project is a redrawn spatial abstraction based on reference topology only. It is not a reproduction of an original drawing — no dimensions, title block, or construction details from any source drawing appear here or elsewhere in this project.

This case study documents design reasoning and mechanism validation. It does not report measured ROI, revenue impact, certified durability or fire ratings, user research findings, operator interviews, or area-saving statistics. Anchor strategy is a design intent to be verified per wall condition, not a certified or universal installation method.