The table was designed to suit the need of the owners who newly bought a ready built house and lot in Tokyo. They wanted a big dining table where a family with young children can eat together and spend time to communicate with each other. However the dining room is too small, It only measures 10sm. Therefore, I came up with a design of 2 pieces of circular tables which has a smaller top that could extend to a living room when needed, and be tucked away when not in use with a smooth rotation mechanism.
The bigger top table could serve as the main dining table. For parties or kid's play time or artwork, the lower smaller table could be turned out from underneath the bigger table as an extension table.The total size and shape and each other’s angle of 2 table can be gradually changed freely, therefore family comfortably sit and communicate in a suitable distance to each other on various situations.
The bigger table measures 1.6m in diameter and 0.72m in height,made from Oak. And the size of the small table is 1.1m in diameter and 0.65m in height,made from white birch plywood with Melamine-surfaced.These 2 tables shared one leg as the central axis with rotating mechanism supported by a wooden nut.