Annunzio Lagomarsini was a retired builder who had good knowledge of structures and engineering. And in 1987 he came up with a crazy and cool idea at the same time.
The man lived in La Spezia, a coastal city in Italy and had one wish: to see the sea permanently. But he didn't have the money to buy a house near the water and that's where he got the idea for this amazing house.
He built it using recycled materials from buildings and naval shipyards and changed the design on the fly. He never drew a blueprint. It was all in his mind. That it had wonderful accuracy.
The house, of 110 square meters, is on a platform that allows it to be raised 20 meters in the air and can rotate 360 degrees (Lorenzo Tricoli - designboom).
After 7 years of work, in 1994 he completed his Flying House. A wonderful house of 110 square meters on a metal platform that allows to lift the construction 20 meters in the air.
The system you used
All through a system of levers and counterweights moved by hydraulic cylinders, which allow another wonder: the house rotates 360 degrees and can slide on two rails at a distance of 12 meters.
Lagomarsini fulfilled his dream: he could see the sea.
The man, during the construction of the house, created other unusual things on the ground, such as an anemometer tower that measures wind speed and pressure.
Lagomarsini turning the house 360 degrees (Lorenzo Tricoli - designboom).
There is one detail that is the most amazing: Lagomarsini suffered a work accident in 1968 that caused an 85% disability in one hand. Despite this, he raised the house with his hands and without anyone's help.
The house was never patented because everything was on his mind, like the tools he designed for construction.
Lagomarsini lived in the house, together with his wife, between 1994 and 2018, when the brilliant builder died (Lorenzo Tricoli - designboom).
The flying house has 3,000 screws obtained from the waste of various mechanical industries.
Lagomarsini lived in the house, with his wife, between 1994 and 2018, when the brilliant builder died. And his house is still there. Looking at the sea.
Source: designboom.
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