Upside Down House, Poland
Daniel Czapiewski, an olish businessman and philanthropist, completed this house in 2007, and since then, the community of Szymbark has used it as a tourist attraction. Due to the tradesmen’s disorientation during building, the house took five times as long to build as a typical one. As people visit the Upside Down House and wander around on the internal ceilings, they say they feel queasy and giddy. The home is intended to symbolize Poland’s transition from communist control to democracy, which was marked by an uncertain time. The inside decor looks like it dates back to the 1970s, and the television is playing socialist propaganda among other things.
Upside Down House, Poland
Heliodome, France
This Eric Wasser-designed bio-climatic solar home functions as a 3D sundial that tracks the sun’s movement throughout the day to collect solar energy for free heating in the winter and to cool the home and store solar energy in the summer. The Heliodome is a stunning structure made of wood, glass, and concrete that maximizes solar energy while completely eradicating CO2 emissions. Wasser’s desire of a green home is realized, despite the fact that the neighborhood is divided over the structure’s unusual architecture and claims it resembles a spacecraft.
Heliodome, France
