Reversible Destiny Lofts

Avant-garde architects Shusaku Arakawa (an artist) and Madeline Gins (a poet) have recently unveiled a childishly wacky/cool apartment complex in the Tokyo suburb of Mitaka. Curiously, the nine apartments in it are meant to be uncomfortable. "People, particularly old people, shouldn't relax and sit back to help them decline," Arakawa told Newsweek International. What that means is the nine apartments are shiny and plastic-like with big geometric shapes -- like a McDonalds Playland laid out after a little too much peyote. From Newsweek:

Inside, each apartment features a dining room with a grainy, surfaced floor that slopes erratically, a sunken kitchen and a study with a concave floor. Electric switches are located in unexpected places on the walls so you have to feel around for the right one. A glass door to the veranda is so small you have to bend to crawl out.

And they cost $750,000, at least double what other places in the same nabe go for. Now that's uncomfortable.