Would you ever live in something that looks like it tumbled right out of a science fiction film? These abandoned, eccentric homes in New Jersey are incredibly unique, and were once meant to be the visionary home of the 21st-century. Read on to learn more about this zany domiciles, and then be sure to check out the exploration video by YouTube channel “TheUnknownCameraman” to peek inside one of these strange homes.
These unique homes were designed by Matti Suuronen, and were an off-beat housing movement in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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The homes often feature a distinctive flying saucer shape, and airplane hatch doors. They were meant to be the sustainable homes of the future.
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They’re made of fiberglass-reinforced polyester plastic and polyester-polyurethane, and measure about 26 feet in diameter.
Wikimedia Commons Photo of a Futuro home in New Zealand.
Fewer than 100 were built, which makes these abandoned examples in New Jersey extremely rare.
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These homes truly look as if they were built to travel the galaxy. Take a look at the odd structures in the video below:
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Photo of a Futuro home in New Zealand.
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