BY: ROB HOFFMAN
Eighty miles from New York City’s bustling core is a rotating wooden structure, resembling an alien spacecraft and designed to withstand nearly any disaster. It is an ecological mansion of epic proportions that resides atop a 28-acre slot of land in New Paltz, with a number of unusually futuristic features, especially for a home carved out of organic wood and designed to fit snugly with the surrounding forested environment.
Eighty miles from New York City’s bustling core is a rotating wooden structure, resembling an alien spacecraft and designed to withstand nearly any disaster.
Domespace is an ecological mansion of epic proportions.
Designed by Patrick Marsilli, the home known as Domespace, is one of two major concepts from Solaleya, an ecologically inspired architecture company with a mission to provide stunning, functional homes that preserve environmental integrity. The most interesting thing about the home, though, is that it can be rotated towards or away from the sun on demand. By simply pushing a button, the cylindrical home spins around like a massive carousel.
The most interesting thing about the home, though, is that it can be rotated towards or away from the sun on demand.
The company behind this design, Solaleya is an ecologically inspired architecture company with a mission to provide stunning, functional homes that preserve environmental integrity.
The Domespace is also a prefabricated model, meaning it was designed to pop up and take down quickly. The structure is 2,300 square feet all-in-all, with a towering 40 foot ceiling. It also comes with the option of adding solar panels to harness sustainable energy.
The structure is 2,300 square feet all-in-all, with a towering 40 foot ceiling.
According to Gizmag, Domespace is designed aerodynamically to stand strong in the face of harsh174mph/280kph winds, and is also capable of withstanding Richter-eight level earthquakes. This is because each Domespace is strategically built “over an elastomeric belt that works as a ‘silencer block’…like a piece of rubber that cushion vibrations,” according to Solaleya’s website.
Domespace is designed aerodynamically to stand strong in the face of harsh174mph/280kph winds, and is also capable of withstanding Richter-eight level earthquakes.
The only downside, as you might expect, is that the home costs just shy of a million dollars, at $950,000. At least it’s sure to make one wealthy hipster a very happy man or woman. In the meantime, the design is a major step forward in the architectural realm of home conception—fingers crossed these things pop up in an increasing number of locations over the next decade and the price drops significantly.
Image sources: solidworks.com, gizmag.com
