Some people have built rotating houses. Imagine how much more complicated that is, what with the electrics, plumbing etc. 

I've thought about fantasy house designs where parts turn.  My solution was to have the stairs and plumbing in the center that doesn't turn, with the top room spinning around it via electro-magnets.

craigb


I've thought about fantasy house designs where parts turn.  My solution was to have the stairs and plumbing in the center that doesn't turn, with the top room spinning around it via electro-magnets.

sapcey could build that. He'd use a mouse to start and stop it. Or summat like that.

bapu

craigb


I've thought about fantasy house designs where parts turn.  My solution was to have the stairs and plumbing in the center that doesn't turn, with the top room spinning around it via electro-magnets.

sapcey could build that. He'd use a mouse to start and stop it. Or summat like that.

LOL!
 
It worked! My grand daughter just about fell out of her chair laughing. 
 
Turning the house is not a problem.....I'm kinda hung up on the floating part.
 
Got the plumbing issues solved-kinda- just started thinking about after the post above..
Easy but the house has to stop turning at specific location(s) to use facilities.
Probably a good safety feature while showering anyway.

sharke


Some people have built rotating houses. Imagine how much more complicated that is, what with the electrics, plumbing etc. 

seriously???  why in the world would anyone want their house to rotate? 
 
 
besides - that thing looks like the Jupiter 2. 

My house rotates.

At 360^o in 24 hours.

Each and every day.

HGTV has a show on the channel on occasion called Extreme Homes...and yeah, they do have houses that turn.... not completely in a circle but such that it tracks the sun on a daily basis and returns to the starting point during the night.  All electrical, plumbing, and other utilities are on flexible connections and hoses to make it all happen. 

And what is wrong with a house looking like the Jupiter 2?  That was one cool ship. 

as ships go, yeah, it's just a "saucer" - cool enough I guess, but I wouldn't want to live in it on earth!

spacey

bapu

craigb


I've thought about fantasy house designs where parts turn.  My solution was to have the stairs and plumbing in the center that doesn't turn, with the top room spinning around it via electro-magnets.

sapcey could build that. He'd use a mouse to start and stop it. Or summat like that.

LOL!
 
It worked! My grand daughter just about fell out of her chair laughing. 
 
Turning the house is not a problem.....I'm kinda hung up on the floating part.
 
Got the plumbing issues solved-kinda- just started thinking about after the post above..
Easy but the house has to stop turning at specific location(s) to use facilities.
Probably a good safety feature while showering anyway.

Well, with my approach, the facilities are in the middle area that doesn't turn so no issue there.   As for why, I can think of several reasons with the biggest two being able to turn away from the sun during summer and towards the sun during winter.