Milan 08: Dutch designer Jack Brandsma will exhibit his SpareSpace temporary office units in Milan next month.

The project consists of three different crates (above) that transform into a desk space, table and bar (below) that can be rapidly deployed in vacant buildings.

When the host building is let or sold, the mobile office facilities can be packed and removed within 24 hours and moved to a new location.

Brandsma hopes SpareSpace will inspire creatives and make otherwise empty builings more attractive to prospective buyers or tenants.

Four work units, the table and bar will be on display in a building under construction in Via Ventura 6, Milan, during the furniture fair. The installation will be used by local people in need of a work space at that time.

Above and below: a current SpareSpace installation in use in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Photographs are by Sabina Theijs.