Living in a wheel

AllesWirdGut's TurnOn is a compact housing concept inspired by scenes from 2001: A Space Odyssey and by the car industry. Architect Herwig Spiegl explains, "Carmakers join networks and share ideas, and because of that they have been able to make advances to create cars that at one time would be considered ‘science-fiction' into a reality. But in the field of architecture, we rarely collaborate on new ideas and designs, and we are still using old ideas. We use the same parameters for housing that we did a thousand years ago—plane floors surrounded by edged corners."

TurnOn consists of several revolving modules linked together. Each module's interior would be outfitted for a specific room or function, such as a kitchen, bedroom, or exercise room. The wheel turns, and as the positioning of the module changes, so does its function. While cooking, the couch becomes the ceiling, the dining table a wall. Another module would house the bathroom, including the toilet, shower, and bath. One would simply rotate the module to utilize one of the facilities.

The buyer could customize and accessorize to their own tastes and price range and the modules could be arranged in infinite combinations.

Via Life Without Buildings and Core77. More images. See also Snail Shell System.