Head Down Architecture

The upside down house called “The World Stands on its Head” was built as a tourist attraction in Trassenheide, a German town on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom.

The Polish born German business man who had it built wanted it to be an “experiment for the senses.” The Cape Cod-style house had to be built with a steel frame because of the tremendous weignt on the section of the roof poking into the ground. The 120 meter square home has to be accessed through the attic. About the only thing the right side up is the stairs because the visitors need to go up them to get to the “ground” floor

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UPSIDE-DOWN HOUSE - SZYMBARK, POLAND

Name	Upside-down House
City	Szymbark
Country	Poland
Architect	Danmar (a timber company)
Characteristic	House

Placed in the town of Szymbark, Northern Poland, the Polish timber construction association Danmar have made an upside down house. Danmar specialise in handling timber frame, wooden houses and have made a model village of cases of their tackle a 1:1 scale. The representative behind Danmar chose to raise an upside down house as an explanation of Poland's one of a kind stand against the Communist administration. From a promoting perspective Danmar build, upside down house is currently a famous vacation spot with many guests entering the model village. The house is built from wood and is not just upside down yet is likewise based a grade. Going into the house numerous travelers gripe of feeling gently nauseous and woozy as all the odd points in the house make it extremely troublesome to discover your parity. Laborers who developed the house needed to take customary breaks as they additionally experienced the bizarre vibes of working in a house that is been turned on its head.

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Upside Down Houses

Around the world, a number of groups looking to draw tourists have constructed upside-down houses, complete with inverted furnishings and decor. Collected here are photos of four recent examples of his topsy-turvy architecture in China, Russia, Germany, and Austria, As a bonus, all of the interior shots are interactive -- click on them to flip the view and see it "right side

Laborers work at an upside-down house under construction in Fengjing Ancient Town, Jinshan District, south of Shanghai, China, on March 17, 2014. Workers are putting the final touches on this eccentric tourist attraction built at the "China Folk Painting Village". (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

A tourist jumps inside an upside-down house in Fengjing Ancient Town on May 1, 2014. You can click on the image in your browser to flip the scene upside down. [Click image to flip view] (Reuters/Aly Song) #

Tourists visit an upside-down house in Fengjing Ancient Town on May 1, 2014. [Click image to flip view] (Reuters/Aly Song) #

A woman poses inside the upside-down house in Fengjing Ancient Town on May 1, 2014. [Click image to flip view] (Reuters/Aly Song) #

A dog dressed for the cold runs in front of the Upside Down House at the All-Russia Exhibition Center in in Moscow, Russia, on January 17, 2014. Its creators say the interior can cause visitors to experience dizziness. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) #

A visitor walks through the Upside Down House at the All-Russia Exhibition Center in Moscow on January 17, 2014. [Click image to flip view] (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) #

Visitors walk through the Upside Down House at the All-Russia Exhibition Center on January 17, 2014. [Click image to flip view](AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) #

Workers put finishing touches on the nearly-completed "The World Stands on its Head" ("Die Welt Steht Kopf") House on the Baltic Sea Island of Usedom on September 3, 2008 in Trassenheide, Germany. The upside down house, complete with upside down interior furnishings, was the brainchild of Klaudiusz Golos and Sebastian Mikiciuk. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) #

Workers attach a coffee table to the "floor" in the nearly-completed living room of "Die Welt Steht Kopf" House in Trassenheide, Germany, on September 3, 2008. [Click image to flip view] (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) #

A worker attaches a faucet in a bathroom of "Die Welt Steht Kopf" House on September 3, 2008. [Click image to flip view](Sean Gallup/Getty Images) #

Workers attach a bowl to the dining room table in the nearly-completed "Die Welt Steht Kopf" House on September 3, 2008. [Click image to flip view] (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) #

People walk out of an upside down house built by Polish architects Irek Glowacki and Marek Rozanski, in the western Austrian village of Terfens on May 5, 2012. (Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler) #

People stand in the garage of the upside down house in the Austrian village of Terfens on May 5, 2012. [Click image to flip view](Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler) #

A woman stands inside the bathroom of the upside down house in Terfens, Austria, on May 5, 2012. [Click image to flip view](Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler) #

People stand inside a child's room in the upside down house in Terfens, Austria, on May 5, 2012. [Click image to flip view](Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler) #

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Designer+Builder : July 2014

http://www.joomag.com/en/newsstand/designer-builder-2014-july-pravasi-special/0614090001405940942

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