The interesting thing here is that besides “utopian” works such as a rolling house, a house floating in the middle of space, there are many ideas that almost match with modern housing styles, which are really exist in the middle of the 21st century.
“This movable house on wheels appears in the ‘fantasy of life in 2000’ themed advertising drawings , made in the 19th century. Appearance aside, it seems rather distinctive. In particular, this imaginary mobile home has a structure quite similar to what actually appears in our time, more specifically, large trucks converted into mobile homes for hobbyists. moving, is appearing more and more.Also, notice that the house in this picture has a roof garden, an architectural trend that is also very popular right now.
In the 20s of the 19th century, when wooden or concrete houses were still in vogue in the West, a few architects with out-of-time thinking predicted the dominance of materials. glass materials in the construction field in the future a century later. Noticing that, their fantasy drawings bear a striking resemblance to today’s glass modern home design.
Appeared in 1934, the spherical house design, with a “futuristic” appearance even for the times in which we live, is advertised as being able to move easily by tractor, acting as a housing solutions for remote areas.
A book written in 1957 reads as follows: “ Contemporary studies show that, in 1989, you could live in houses with exteriors made entirely of one type of glass. especially hard as a rock”. Based on this point of view, a “utopian” dome model was also born in the present time. Besides the special design, this dome is also described as being able to effectively utilize energy from the sun with a rotating dome. Along with that, the glass dome allows the house to own a hydroponic vegetable growing system to create a food source for the owner.
The model of the glass dome is also the inspiration for many other “out of time” ideas, especially the ambition to bring people to live in space. Specifically, in this case, the houses will be wrapped with two layers of special glass, helping to protect people from radiation as well as other harmful elements of the universe. Inside this layer of glass is an environment that is simulated like the Earth that helps to ensure life. Besides, there will be a series of such works gathered together in the middle of the space to form a whole urban area.
In addition to the trend of designing a model of a fictional house for life in outer space, there are also many ideas of the previous era towards the future of human settlements in the ocean, which is a huge space that cannot be inhabited. To this day, it is still almost unexploited to serve the growing demand for accommodation. In the illustration, conceived in 1964, it can be seen that the underwater house will have the form of a cocoon, with one side covered with glass material, to provide a beautiful view of the sea for the owner. In addition, there is a system of shafts connecting the cocoon that acts as an elevator to move up to the surface of the water, as well as supplying air and creating a fulcrum for the building.