Upside down house

Klaudiusz Golos and Sebastion Mikuciuk created this upside down house for an exhibit in Trassenheide, Germany. It's clearly unlivable still a lot of fun. "Crazy Upside Down House in Germany" (Thanks, Lindsay Tiemeyer!)

[#1 posted by Spookyland, September 21, 2009 10:10 AM]

I like the second picture you posted. It looks like a handyman version of the last scene in The Blair Witch Project.

Har.

Mr. Spooky

[#2 posted by arkizzle / Moderator, September 21, 2009 10:13 AM]

I.Love.This

[#3 posted by Brainspore, September 21, 2009 10:18 AM]

Neat- I wonder how you get downstairs?

Just don't try to use the toilet.

[#4 posted by Anonymous, September 21, 2009 10:22 AM]

Not an original idea. There's been one in California for years (http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10167).

[#5 posted by SednaBoo, September 21, 2009 10:50 AM]

Surefire way for people to leave the toilet seat down

[#6 posted by pentomino, September 21, 2009 10:58 AM]

The State presents: The Sideways House Family!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHtBiuLNdLc

[#7 posted by igpajo, September 21, 2009 11:10 AM]

I have to wonder if the workers putting it together would get a bit disoriented at the start of every day. I assume you'd get used to it but it looks so convincing I imagine your brain would be fooled the first few minutes.

[#8 posted by TsukiNoKemuri, September 21, 2009 11:17 AM]

Reminds me of this upside-down restaurant in Japan:
http://under.s66.xrea.com/text/tour/sakasa.html
How delightfully disorienting that must be!

[#9 posted by pfurrie, September 21, 2009 11:21 AM]

He obviously owes more on the house than it is worth.

[#10 posted by mrgaric, September 21, 2009 11:22 AM]

1969
Sunrise, FL upside down house:

http://media.photobucket.com/image/upside%20down%20house%20sunrise%20fl/dustysage/Weekend%20Update%202009/012409/PostcardJunkie/upsidedownhouse.jpg

Leading the world in upside down technology

[#11 posted by gATO, September 21, 2009 11:29 AM]

So cool! Since I was a kid, I've dreamt of having an upside-down house; I've always thought that ceilings are much more interesting than floors, with all those beams and arches and stuff...

[#12 posted by Anonymous, September 21, 2009 11:39 AM]

Shades of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle!

[#13 posted by MrScience, September 21, 2009 11:40 AM]

I'm oustounded to be the first to mention Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and her magnificent upside-down house left to her by her late pirate husband!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Piggle-Wiggle

[#14 posted by Moriarty, September 21, 2009 11:52 AM]

And to think, this is how everyone in the southern hemisphere has to live every day.

[#15 posted by maxoid, September 21, 2009 11:53 AM]

It's like when you lay on the floor and look at the place upside-down, and try to ignore your inner ear, and just imagine yourself trying to get from room to room or fetch something from the fridge. Or run the sink, which would be endlessly entertaining.

Winsor McCay drew this out in lovely form, back in the day; palatial halls instead of modest houses, but still. Originality is in the execution, not the base idea.

[#16 posted by Shithead, September 21, 2009 12:02 PM]

I wonder if there is a turd on the floor?

[#17 posted by Evil Jim, September 21, 2009 2:09 PM]

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle!

Also, does anyone else remember the Sideways House sketch form The State?

[#18 posted by Anonymous, September 21, 2009 3:59 PM]

There's one in Poland
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=576129

AFAIK it's done as the promotional project of the house building company.

[#19 posted by arkizzle / Moderator, September 21, 2009 5:34 PM]

Tragically, a note was found this morning, explaining Doug's decision.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26005083@N08/3943133666/

[#20 posted by Anonymous, September 21, 2009 7:05 PM]

No Basement?

[#21 posted by Brother Provisional, September 21, 2009 9:25 PM]

Uncanny. I'm also in the childhood dreams of upside down houses camp. I used to daydream about what would happen if gravity suddenly reversed and everything fell to the ceiling.

[#22 posted by Anonymous, September 21, 2009 9:36 PM]

"Be a hero, shit on the ceiling."