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Roll It Home

Posted by Alex | June 9th, 2010 | Filed under Design, Sustainability

In my continuing fascination with small space living, I’ve lusted after the design efficiency of the 72 square foot Micro Compact Home, dreamed about on what remote patch of land I would plant an itHouse, and lingered over the pages of Tiny, a picture book of homes under 1,000 square feet. But in all those clever uses of space, I’ve never seen one that takes advantage of rotation like the Roll-It house, a project by students at the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design [ITKE] at the University of Karlsruhe.

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While I might not want to live there full time, the spinning bed-to-desk component is pretty damn cool, and something that could easily be incorporated into other small spaces. Check out more pictures, and details, at Arkinet.

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(via notcot.org)

2 Responses to “Roll It Home”

  • [...] also a design challenge, and we’ve been inspired by everyone from designers offering purely conceptual ideas, to our friend Dee Williams (of Portland Alternative Dwellings) who’s walking the talk in her [...]

  • July 6, 2012 at 4:56 am | isobel o'growney says

    how much does it cost ? need the prices for my homework assignment

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