Pivot · Rotational · Celegon

Ergon Living

Swing-and-slide pivot that halves a door's clearance footprint

Manufactured in Mirano (Veneto, Italy), Ergon Living needs no masonry or building work and adds no cost over a traditional opening system. It's compatible with wood, glass, metal, and plastic doors, and adapts to existing subframes regardless of material — wood, masonry, metal.

Celegon publishes a layout in which a fully accessible vestibule fits in just 4 m² of floor area. The system's defining use case is space-constrained interiors: en-suite bathrooms, walk-in closets, narrow hallways, opposing-door situations.

BrandCelegon

Made inItaly

SourceManufacturer →

CategoryPivot · Rotational

Open in half the space.

Ergon Living is Celegon's swing-and-slide pivot — a rotary-translating mechanism that opens the door from both sides with the same push-to-open ease as a traditional swing, but reduces the required clearance footprint by 50%. The leaf rotates AND translates as it opens.

Geometry

Rotational-translational motion

The Ergon mechanism rotates the door around a virtual pivot that itself translates along an arc. The combined motion sweeps roughly half the arc of a hinged door — the leaf clears its opening without consuming as much surrounding floor.

Sizing

Single-leaf dimensional table

Reference table for single-leaf Ergon Living installations. Width and height ranges, minimum door thicknesses per variant (S40, T.E., T.E. Slim), and the arm size selection grid based on leaf dimensions.

Three jamb conditions

Three hardware variants for three jambs

S40 places the rotation rod in the leaf itself (40 mm minimum thickness). T.E. places the rod in the jamb for jambs with a vertical upright. T.E. Slim is the version for flat jambs without an upright — engineered around plane jamb construction.

In motion

The Ergon family.

Ergon Living — single-leaf rotation

Ergon Community — multi-leaf, healthcare

Compack 180° — bi-fold, full opening

Variants

Configurable options.

Ergon Living S40

Rotation rod inserted within the door leaf. Min 40 mm hollow-core thickness. Two jamb construction options.

Ergon Living T.E.

Rotation rod inserted in the jamb (with vertical upright). Min 35 mm thickness — hollow, solid, or glazed.

Ergon Living T.E. Slim

Rotation rod in the jamb (flat jamb, no upright). Min 35 mm thickness. For plane-jamb construction.

Ergon Living Folding

Bi-fold variant pairing the rotational-translational geometry with a folding leaf — separate technical manual.

Videos

See it move.

Product overview — Ergon Living in motion

Installation: Ergon Living S40 (rotation rod in leaf)

Installation: Ergon Living T.E. (rotation rod in jamb upright)

Installation: Ergon Living T.E. Slim (flat-jamb variant)

Specifications

The numbers.

Maximum leaf weight

70 kg

Maximum width

150 cm (1500 mm)

Maximum height

300 cm (3000 mm)

S40 minimum thickness

40 mm (hollow-core)

T.E. / T.E. Slim minimum thickness

35 mm

Clearance reduction

~50% vs. traditional swing

Hardware finishes

Anodized black, anodized silver

Arm sizes

Base, small, large

Compatible door materials

Wood, glass, metal, plastic

Subframe compatibility

Any (wood, masonry, metal)

Applications

Where it belongs.

En-suite bathrooms, walk-in closets, and other space-constrained residential rooms
Healthcare facilities (Celegon's Community line targets this sector)
Office and commercial layouts requiring flexible space planning
Narrow floor plans and small-footprint entry vestibules (4 m² accessible vestibule)
Areas with opposing-door / clashing-door constraints

Engineering & Patents

The technology underneath.

Proprietary swing-and-slide rotary-translation mechanism CATAS laboratory testing (referenced by datasheet naming)

Documentation

Manufacturer’s datasheet.

PDF · Celegon

Specify this system

Specify Ergon Living for your project.

Tell us the wall opening, the door size, and the finish you're targeting. We'll quote against the project, share the manufacturer's CAD details, and ship samples to your studio.

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