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Pioneer 

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Angelo Invernizzi

Villa Girasole is still considered unusual, extraordinary and pioneer on sustainable design. You must know such envisioned design, built by its owner, engineer Angelo Invernizzi between 1929 and 1935, in Verona.

As an artificial sunflower, he created his own dream house which would rotate to ”maximize the health properties of the sun by rotating to follow it” and is basically mounted over a revolving system. 

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Gears and mechanical revolving system. Villa Girasole. Angelo invernizzi. 1935 Detail plan. Villa Girasole. Angelo invernizzi. 1935 Main concrete structure. Villa Girasole. Angelo invernizzi. 1935 Floor Plan + Section showing mechanical revolving system. Villa Girasole. Angelo invernizzi. 1935