A Bosnian self-taught innovator has built a rotating house to please his wife, who had disturbingly requested a more diversified view from their family dwelling. This allows her to observe the rising sun one moment and passers-by the next.
“I got weary of her complaints and periodic refurbishment of our family house, so I said, ‘I’ll construct you a rotating house so you can spin it as you desire,” Vojin Kusic, 72, narrated as he stood in front of his new house, which has drawn a lot of attention.
The house, which is located on a fertile plain near the town of Srbac in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, spins around a 7-metre axis devised by Kusic, with views of cornfields and farms shifting to forests and the river at a predetermined speed.
“At its slowest pace, the home can spin a full round for 24 hours, while at its quickest speed, it can spin a full circle in 22 seconds,” Kusic said.
His wife refused to say anything about the new house.
Kusic said he was inspired by Serbian-American inventors Nikola Tesla and Mihajlo Pupin, and that coming from a poor family without the possibility of a good education had forced him to look for ways to make things by himself.
“This is not an innovation, it only requires will and knowledge, and I had enough time and knowledge,” he said, adding that he had built the house completely by himself.
The project took six years to finish, except time off for a hospital stay due to a heart condition. The house is more resistant to earthquake damage than stationary houses, he said.
“I asked doctors to try to prolong (my life) for at least a year because I have this project in my head, and… nobody will know how to complete it.”
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