ABSTRACT
Surabaya is one of the largest and most populous cities in Indonesia after Jakarta. The lack of land availability in urban areas directs the design to residential vertically and micro. One of the micro residences is a loft-type apartment. Limited space in loft-type apartments presents a challenge for interior designers to create compact furniture but does not reduce the fulfillment of residents’ needs. This study aims to find out how the system is used in compact furniture and the utilization of the floor area used to streamline the use of limited space. The method used is observation and analysis through scalable digital simulations to measure the efficiency of space use. To be more focused on research using a case study approach, namely one of the loft-type apartments in Surabaya. The results showed that there are four types of compact systems applied to furniture, namely multifunction, utilization of dead space, maximizing the volume of cavities in furniture, and utilizing the height of the space. In conclusion, the compact system that is applied can significantly reduce the use of floor area for furniture. The compact system of the four types in total can save 52.75% of the space used to arrange furniture and add to the comfort of circulation of activities in the loft-type apartment.
