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There’s An Amazing House In Tehran Whose Rooms Rotate 90° To Adapt To The Weather
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There’s An Amazing House In Tehran Whose Rooms Rotate 90° To Adapt To The Weather

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Tehran-based architectural studio Next Office are the brains behind the Sharifi-ha House, which features motorized rooms that pivot up to 90 degrees to face entirely in or out at the push of a button, depending on the occupants’ mood or the weather.

The building was completed last year. This interesting room feature was inspired by old Iranian mansions that were traditionally built with both summer and winter living rooms. Plus, having room (no pun intended!) for spatial adjustments also allows the building to have an additional introverted or extroverted dimension to its personality.

The technique used by the Next Office for the turning mechanism is the same as the one used in theatre productions. Goes to show that old-school is really the new cool, doesn’t it?

More info: nextoffice.ir (h/t: slate)

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10 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's just awesome... No words for it... I want to live in this house...

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In Teheran? Not me. It's great to look at but I'd hate to see you having to walk around in a burqa just to get to swivel some rooms around

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10 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it more resource efficient? Does the saving on a/c exceed the energy needed to drive the rotation motor and extra building materials?

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That's just awesome... No words for it... I want to live in this house...

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In Teheran? Not me. It's great to look at but I'd hate to see you having to walk around in a burqa just to get to swivel some rooms around

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Is it more resource efficient? Does the saving on a/c exceed the energy needed to drive the rotation motor and extra building materials?

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