Rolf Disch has designed a new house with a solar-collecting array on top that follows the Sun all day long, but the real feat of engineering comes from the structure itself. The entire house rotates on a central axle. The front of the house is composed of triple-glazed glass to point toward that glowing ball of gas in the sky during the winter, while a heavily insulated backside rotates around to keep the heat at bay during those warm summer months.
And that balcony you see at the top? That isn’t a simple railing system; those are solar vacuum tubes for heating water and moving it throughout the house. This house is so energy efficient it actually generates more energy than it needs. And I thought the five-star energy rating for my new home was a big deal.
The house has been the personal residence of the Architect since 1994.
Published by Michael April 16th, 2007 in Dream Homes
Tags: energy-efficient, generates more energy, house, ive-star energy rating, Rotating, warm summer months
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great post! hope you keep updating your dream homes!
wow…this house is pretty crazy! It is exciting to see advancements in efficiency like this.
dear,
its a great piece of engineering.
more and more people should get involved with such energy efficient homes!!
regards
The greatest compliment to Rolf is if we all ask for a copy of the design. It is so innovative, one of its kind is not enough. Please send me the architectural plans so that I may copy the house in Australia. Thanks.
Like youre design of the i wish you can design me a house like yours so i cut back
on my engery foot print on the planet limiting green house gas production