FLAP

Metal wall defined by planes that can easily be converted into bookshelf and work planes as required by the user. Available in single/start sets and continuation/end sets, allowing the user to configure them. Available in 4 heights.

design: Philippe Meyer

Set of 5 modules

The 5 modules shown are for illustrative purposes.
As many modules as desired can be added.

The Flap shelving system enables walls to be clad with shelves in a discreet manner through the use of a retractable system that allows the user to access the shelves according to their needs, whether permanent or temporary. The shelves are opened using a magnetic handle positioned at any point on the shelf. The downward movement is smooth and supported by a damper. Available in four heights (see dimensions below), it accommodates up to 4 shelves per module. When opened, the shelves can serve as a small work surface. The Flap system may be used as a single, standalone module or combined with as many modules as required through the use of starter, extension and end modules.

Set of 5 modules

Shelf dimension

Single module

Shelf detail

Magnetic handle

The magnetic handle allows the shelf to be pulled into the open position from any point along the shelf.

Rear panels

Possibility of using rear panels in different materials: PET, cork, mirror…

PET rear panel

Finishes

Dimensions

Height / Number of shelfs

Single module

Start, Add and End module

y1 – 844mm
y2 – 842mm
y3 – 842mm

Technical features

Wall-mounted structure in 50×25×1.5 mm rectangular section tube, with a 2 mm thick sheet metal frame applied around its entire perimeter. The tube features slots to allow the shelves to slide.The shelves are manufactured from steel sheet in various thicknesses, with the two main panels made from 1.2 mm thick steel sheet. The shelf is opened using one magnetic push latch. Each shelf is fitted with one damper to ensure a smooth downward motion. All metal components are finished with an epoxy powder coating for indoor use. Suitable for installation on masonry or plasterboard walls.

About Philippe Meyer

After his studies in architecture in Marseille in 1985, Philippe Meyer joined the Jourda-Perraudin firm in Lyon in 1986 and participated in the design and construction of the Lyon School of Architecture. In 1987, he joined the Reinhard und Partner office in Bern, and in 1989 he began teaching architectural design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He won several competitions and in 1992 founded Meyer & Bouvier Architectes in Berne, followed by Geneva in 1995. After three further successes, including the Faculty of Psychology for the University of Geneva in 1997, the agency was commissioned to work on numerous and varied projects, and in particular won second prize for the fitting out of the Credit Suisse building in Zurich. Philippe Meyer continued to teach for twelve years at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and the Institute of Architecture of the University of Geneva, and since 2004 has been working independently. Author of the architecture catalogue for the 700th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation in 1991, active member of the SIA and the FAS, Philippe Meyer has also been the publishing director of the architecture magazine FACES since 2009. The Philippe Meyer Architecte sàrl agency, founded in 2017, was awarded the SIA Distinction in 2018 for the construction of a hotel in the old town of Geneva, and was selected to participate in the Venice Architecture Biennale. In the same year, he led a workshop on “elasticity” at the Porto School of Architecture. The Best Architects Distinction was awarded for the construction of a villa in Cologny-Geneva in 2019 and for the construction of a rental complex in Corsier-Geneva in 2021. From 2021, different interior design projects and furniture design projects:
Transformation and interior design for Swiss Confederation in Paris in 2022. Transformation and design furniture for a retail and investment office in Geneva 2023-24. Housing project, condominium and cultural project in Geneva in study 2023-25. A monography of the agency’s main works was published by Quart Verlag in 2018.

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