An avant-garde architectural project by Luigi Colani (Switzerland) for HANSE HOUSE (Germany). This modernist gem features lots of fiberglass while it’s outside is made with wood. 36 m2 of actual floor space features a cylinder with rotor technology which allows you to change the same rotor cylinder from kitchen to bath to sleeping area when turned. Place saving, functional and economical. HANSE HOUSE tells us that this is just a prototype for now and that no mass produced units are available yet. The prototype however can be visited in Germany.

Conception

It has been Luigi Colani’s idea to design a house showing minimum interior measurements and maximum space to live in. This conception is realised by assigning the approx. 18 sqm big living room to three different functional areas, each of these about 2 sqm big.

These functional areas „bathroom“ „kitchen“ and „sleeping room“ are located in a movable rotor. The needed functional area is being moved around so that its opening is connected with the living area.

This means, that one of the three functional areas, which is accesible from the living room, is part of this room. So you get a 20 sqm bathroom, a 20 sqm sleeping room and a 20 sqm kitchen. And in total, this means together with a separate toilet and the corridor, there is an overall living space to live of: 3 times 20 sqm plus 7 sqm = 67 sqm instead of the 36 sqm resulting from the original 6 to 6 meters layout.