Transforming house turns inside out for summer, has 8 configurations
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Thick insulating walls that make ideal facades in the winter months change places with the glazed panels during the summer (Image: The D*Haus Comapny)
The D*Haus is designed to be reconfigured into eight different layouts (Image: The D*Haus Comapny)
http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/d-dhaus-d-dynamic-4.pngIt appears that a full-scale working D*Dynamic is yet to be built (Image: The D*Haus Comapny)
It appears that a full-scale working D*Dynamic is yet to be built (Image: The D*Haus Comapny)
The design is based on the Haberdasher's Puzzle, discovered by English mathematician Henry Dudeney (Image: The D*Haus Comapny)
The design's adaptability makes it ideally suited to extreme climates, D*Haus claims (Image: The D*Haus Comapny)
The design is based on the Haberdasher's Puzzle, discovered by English mathematician Henry Dudeney (Image: The D*Haus Comapny)
The transformation is enabled by tracks embedded into the ground (Image: The D*Haus Comapny)
Article Summary
Architectural outfit The D*Haus Company has unveiled a design for a remarkable transforming house, the D*Dynamic, which, taking cues from a mathematical problem posed at the turn of the 20th century, can fold itself into eight different configurations. The design's adaptability makes it ideally suited to extreme climates, D*Haus claims.
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