Le corbusier's Sunflower house?

Question

I remember seeing a b/w photo in an architecture book (pre WWII - the photo that is, not me) of a family house somewhere in France built on a turntable so it can rotate through the day to track the sun - hence the name Sunflower. Was convinced that it was Le Corbusier's but haven't been able to find any reference at all. Anywhere. Only other similar house is Heliotrope by Rolf Disch but it's definitely not it. Would definitely appreciate some help. Cheerio

Answer 1

Modern bio-solar houses are a high-tech, ecology-friendly version of what Le Corbusier called "a machine for living."

He was obsessed with solar energy, so the idea of his putting revoloving elements within his buildings - natrually moved to the structure itself.

as a child I saw a short documentary about it on "Tomorow's World" = it swiveled on its base to follow the sun - a better solution to screen glare than getting up every ten minutes and drawing the curtain a little further closed each time...

i can't recall it's exact name however

Answer 2

ok