Rolling Room Rolls Over the Competition

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Student-designed housing takes the mobile home to a new level.

You might say that students from the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) University of Karlsruhe in Germany have come full circle -- they designed a completely round concept house called Roll It.

The circular room was developed for a design competition with the Institute for Industrial Design, and students Christian Zwick and Konstantin Jerabek came out on top. Or should I say rolled out on top? (Okay, we'll stop with the puns!)

"Roll It" is essentially a round structure composed of three hamster wheel-like pieces, each made of laminated oriented strand board (OSB) panels. These panels are glued together to form the circular membrane. The exterior also features a wrapping that functions as ad space for project sponsors.

On one side of the room is a doorway and on the other is a window. Inside, curvy protruding built-outs serve as a desk, chair and bed. The middle portion has window-like cutouts all the way around so that whichever way you roll, your Roll It is always filled with natural light. There's even a kitchen with a sink, although you can't see it in these photos.

I wonder if this concept would ever catch on as viable mobile housing? I guess if you don't like your neighbors you can just roll away!

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