via Five of the Weirdest Homes in America (emphasis mine)
Bioscleave House Life Extending Villa
Location: East Hampton, New York
Price: $4 million (!!!!!)
Bed: 3 Bath: 2 Sq ft: 3,700
Claim to Fame: The first U.S. example of reversible destiny architecture, or “architecture against death”
About: This house was designed with the goal that the occupants be disoriented, uncomfortable, and thrown off balance, because, the thought goes, when you get comfortable, death is not far behind. The thinkers behind this “life-affirming environment” were the artist-poet-architect/ husband-and-wife team Arakawa and Madeline Gins. This “life-affirming” was part of their plan to cheat the fate that awaits everyone else. Alas, Arakawa died in May, 2010.
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