Only $4 million for all that?
This guy just sold that bungalow in the background for $3M in Palo Alto:
Itās nifty, but pinched-puppy clean-up is going to be messy.
No $4million for design and construction, the land (read: location) was not included in that figure.
What happens if it malfunctions?
What happens when itās real winter, not wintry?
Itās a nifty thing, and Iām surprised to see it actually executed! Stuff like this usually shows up on BLDBLG as a conceptual project that never happens.
How āgreenā is it ā that is, the energy consumption of rotating vs. HVAC?
Itās cool this concept has been made real. I can imagine how dynamic living structures could be useful. That said, this implementation has cleaning and maintenance nightmare written all over it. Perhaps in the future, when general-purpose robots can maintain such dynamic structures on a daily basis, and the house can be automated to keep the rooms at whatever angle provides the best view or lighting without conscious intervention, this sort of thing will become practical. Also, the industrial ābeeeeep-beeeeepā warning that sounds whenever a room is being rotated trains the user to never use it.
There is a āSpaceship Houseā west of Denver that originally featured a dining area that could rotate to allow diners to choose whether they dine inside or outside. That feature has been removed. Similarly, almost every rotating restaurant Iāve ever heard of has discontinued the feature. Technology just isnāt quite up to the task yet, it seems.
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