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Meet ReActor, a Balancing and Rotating House That Spins 360 Degrees

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ReActor is the newest work in an experimental, performative series of “social relationship architecture” designed and built by internationally renowned architect-artist duo Alex Schweder + Ward Shelley…

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ReActor is a habitable sculpture, where Schweder + Shelley will live in full view of Omi’s audience. The 44-foot by 8-foot structure rotates 360-degrees atop a 15-foot concrete column.

In response to its inhabitants’ movements, exterior forces, and interior conditions, making visible the intimate relationship between architecture and its inhabitants.

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The symmetrical timber structure has been divided in half, with each artist allocated their own living quarters. a shared bathroom is positioned at the center of the plan. The only way the house cannot move is up and down.

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