“3 Scenes of Home” is a house concept that uses a rotating mechanism like a stage and is equipped with a rainwater harvesting system that operates without electricity.
The rotating house concept “3 Scenes of Home” includes a bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom. (Video: Vimeo).
Supra-Simplicities, an architecture studio based in New York and Taiwan, has introduced the concept of the 3 Scenes of Home, which integrates sleeping, dining, and bathing spaces into a compact base. This concept was submitted to the MicroHome 2023 competition organized by Buildner and received an honorable mention from the jury, as reported by Design Boom on January 20.
The 3 Scenes of Home enhances the flexibility of living space. The structure has minimal environmental impact as it occupies a small area in the natural landscape and recycles rainwater for daily use through its rooftop rainwater collection system.
To optimize the quality of life in a small-scale house, Supra-Simplicities encapsulates everything into three rooms: a bedroom, a kitchen that doubles as a dining area, and a bathroom, all within a circular wooden space. Using a rotating stage mechanism, the rooms on the rotating platform can flexibly swap places with one another. This design allows architects to eliminate unnecessary transitional spaces, such as hallways or corridors between rooms. The entire transition process from one room to another relies solely on the rotation mechanism.
Exterior design of the rotating house 3 Scenes of Home. (Photo: Design Boom).
The house features a front side that welcomes natural light and a back side that remains hidden in shadows. Each room can only be accessed when rotated outward to connect with the front, similar to the function of a theater stage.
In addition to the three-room rotating mechanism, Supra-Simplicities has also installed a rainwater harvesting system to collect and store water for residents’ daily use. This system operates primarily by gravity and does not require electricity. It consists of a rainwater collection tank, a vortex filter, and pipes that filter out most pollutants. Afterward, the water is purified to drinking quality using reverse osmosis equipment to supply all three rooms. Finally, all wastewater flows down to drainage pipes, connecting to a septic tank for storage and further treatment.
