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> It took Dunick and his colleagues five years to design a system that ensured all the services such as water, electricity and sewage piping were independent and could rotate with the house as it moved – something the local council required before it would sign off on the build.

I'm curious what the actual system is -- I can't find additional information on it. Does anybody know?

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It’s not the same rotating house, but Tom Scott did a video last year that has a great 3D render of the system that designer used to facilitate their build!

https://youtu.be/gisdyTBMNyQ?si=qA3jyigfe4SMzDNn

Unsure about this particular house in NZ, but there's one in California that Tom Scott did a video on with a very good animation of how its electricity/water/sewage slip ring works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gisdyTBMNyQ

A "slip ring" for fluid service is called a rotary union.

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