Residence, Rotor House (21st Century)*

Artist/Designer: Luigi Colani

Project Location: Germany

Figure 1: Hans Colani Rotor House. Source: Kim, Pod House Design is a Hit With Space Saving Rotation Rooms. 2009, Digital Image. Available from Luxury Launches. ( Source | Accessed : December 26, 2013 )

Figure 2: Hans Colani Rotor House. Source: Kim, Pod House Design is a Hit With Space Saving Rotation Rooms. 2009, Digital Image. Available from Luxury Launches. ( Source | Accessed : December 26, 2013 )

Figure 3: Hans Colani Rotor House. Source: Kim, Pod House Design is a Hit With Space Saving Rotation Rooms. 2009, Digital Image. Available from Luxury Launches. ( Source | Accessed : December 26, 2013 )

Figure 4 ( Source | Accessed : January 20, 2017 )

Style/Period(s):
Contemporary

Primary Material(s):
Plastic, Wood

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Moco Loco Article | Accessed : January 20, 2017

Hanse Haus | Accessed : March 10, 2018

Significant Date(s):
21st Century

Additional Information:
Project Description:
The Pod House by Hans Haus looks extremely sleek and classy from with outside with its wood exterior. However, this is nothing when compared to the spectacular interior of the house. The show stopper of the house is the rotating cylinder adjacent to the living area. This amazing 20 feet cylinder is nothing ordinary as it contains four rooms that can be rotated into view. It is controlled by a remote and this makes the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen dance to the tip of your finger. It saves on circulation that is usually taken up by hallways and other support spaces. The rooms have a color theme that increase their aesthetic values that are further accentuated by the curved entrance. It looks like a house straight out of a futuristic movie.

Publications/Texts in Print:
Blanchet, Elisabeth and Sonia Zhuravlyova. Prefabs: The social and architectural history of 20th-century prefabricated housing. London: Historic England Publishing, 2018.

Colani, Luigi. Designing Tomorrow. Car Styling; Second Printing edition, 1979.

Mehly, Bruce. Luigi Colani. Paris: Dis Voir, 2000.

Building Address:
Oberleichtersbach, Germany.

Supporting Staff/Designers:
House was made in collaboration with pre-fabrication company Hanse Haus

Tags:
Hans Colani, Rotor House, residential architecture, Luigi Colani, rotating house, HANSE HAUS, prefab, fabrication,

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