With more ideas than time to really work on them I have the habit of sometimes quickly making a model to see what it will look like and what the major design problems are. Some of these models are presented on this page
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The thing I wanted to look into was a flying livingroom. When teher is wind you could let the line out and as a kite fly above the rest of your house. The propellor you see is not for propulsion but it is the windgenerator.
The room is fitted with as many windows as possible, so that the view of teh world is unobstructed. When the wind dies down simple winch in an you are on top of the house again
This strange building consists of 5 identical units on top of each other but at an angle of 120 degrees. The result is a spiral type of building.