Most of these houses were built to follow the movementmovement of sunsun around the Earth and enjoy its benefits. Their architects have to be daring to create their homes or those of their sponsors who can then interact with the environment differently than if they lived in a traditional house.
In the Heliodome in Alsace, “one of the best responses” to the climate emergency
Heliotrope by Rolf Disch
Despite its tunestunes futuristic, this atypical CO neutral house2 was not built in recent years, but in 1994. Created by thearchitectarchitect Rolf Disch who lives there, this 260 m2 house2 on four floors is built around a central moving column which rotates 15 degrees per hour. On its roof there are oversized solar panels and rainwater is collected, filtered and reused. But that’s not all, triple glazing allows you to capture the heatheat L’winterwinter.
- Its added bonus: it is one of the first houses in the world to produce moreenergyenergy that she does not consume it inside!
The San Diego Revolving House
Considered the “ most famous revolving house in the world », it was built in 2002 and is the fruit of the imagination of Al and Janet Johnstone who wanted to live in a round house. They end up rotating it so that the view of the rooms can change. Twenty years later, they put it up for sale for $5.3 million. Built on two floors, the 440 m2 villa2 pivots thanks to driving wheels on a rail in steelsteel.
- Its added bonus: its complete rotation in both directions can last between 33 minutes and 24 hours, even its outdoor terrace can rotate!
La Girasole Rotating Solar House in Canberra
Its owner dreamed of a house that would follow the path of the sun during the day. His dream was fulfilled! This house, completed in 2013, runs based on a program that calculates the precise location of thestarstar thus being able to take advantage of its rays in winter or, on the contrary, turn the backback in summer to stay cool. The solar energy captured by the 24 photovoltaic panels allows for an almost zero energy bill. As a bonus, a 120,000 liter water tank can collect rainwater and return it to drinking water.
- Its added bonus: it takes around 10 minutes to complete the complete rotation of its 56 tonnes.
The rotating house in the Californian desert
THE desertdesert California is not so deserted… In Snow Creek Village there is a small rotating house built in 1963 at the instigation of a Los Angeles businessman who joined forces with an aerospace engineer friend . This futuristic structure of approximately 80 m2 rotates 130° to escape the intense desert sun and has only one bedroom, one bathroom, a kitchen and a central fireplace. Originally powered by solar panels, they were released in 2005. Despite everything, the house, which rotates thanks to 16 wheels on a rail connected to a motor, is no less interesting, it was priced at $279,000 in 2012 (and already acquired in 2002 for $85,000).
- Its extra thing: it would have welcomed the Beatles in 1965, passing through the region.
Villa Girasole
Certainly one of the oldest futuristic and rotating houses, Villa Girasole was designed by the Italian architect Angelo Invernizzi in the 1930s. sunflowersunflower, the house follows the sun in its movement. Four years of work were necessary to complete this project. The rotation of the villa takes place on a durationduration of more than 9 hours, a significant duration compared to current rotating houses.
- Its “minus” thing: unfortunately the mechanism of the Villa Girasole can no longer allow its rotation due to thecollapsecollapse of the land below.
