In the north of the island of Taiwan, there was a mysterious place that, like a magnet, attracted lovers of everything alien. Its name is Sanzhi Pod, but travelers called it the UFO city because of the unusual houses built here.
In general, the topic of this city has been circulating on the Internet for a very long time, and for sure many people know about it. I just started collecting information in more detail and more fully to supplement ours. Everyone has already agreed that there is some kind of attraction in this :-) So who didn’t know until now, now he finally finds out, and who knew, maybe he will learn something new.
The mysterious city of Sanzhi Pod, or UFO houses (named for their shape), was an abandoned resort complex in Taiwan. It was intended for the rest of American military personnel serving in East Asia.
The original idea for the flying saucer house complex came from Yu-Ko Jou, an employee of plastics company Sanjhih Township plastics. The first building permit was obtained in 1978. The houses were designed by Finnish architect Matti Suronen. However, already in 1980, construction was suspended due to the bankruptcy of Yu-Jou.
Sanzhi Pod City was abandoned 2 years after construction began. He remained in oblivion for 28 years, after which it was nevertheless decided to demolish it. To this day, it is known as the mysterious "ruins of the future."
Subsequently, all attempts to resume the project were unsuccessful. Also during the construction of the complex there were several accidents. Superstitious people immediately rushed to attribute them to the Chinese Dragon, which became more active during construction. Many felt that the place was haunted. As a result, the construction was abandoned, left unfinished, and soon this place turned into a ghost town.
The houses were eventually scheduled to be demolished at the end of 2008, despite petitions to keep one of them as a museum. This was not agreed to, and demolition began on December 29, 2008. These photos are a kind of tribute to the ruins of the future, alien houses in the city of Sanzhi.
Thanks to its unusual architecture and reputation as a haunted city, it soon began to attract tourists, despite the fact that it continued to be derelict.
The UFO Houses (also known as the Cocoon Houses) were a complex of derelict, round, colorful buildings in Taipei, Taiwan.
The project was suspended in 1980 due to financial losses, lack of funds and several deaths during the construction of the complex.
Abandoned to the mercy of fate and vandals, the city has found itself on the tourist map thanks to its bizarre architecture and supernatural appearance.
During the period of desolation, the city became the subject of a movie and was also an MTV film set.
Legend has it that the spa's neglect and deaths during its construction may be the work of a Chinese Dragon sculpture that was disturbed by the widening of the access road to the town. Others have speculated that Dutch soldiers were buried at the site during the colonization of Taiwan by the Netherlands after 1624.
The UFO Houses are a group of quirky, colorful, dilapidated buildings that were once supposed to be a resort community, but the city of Taipei decided to demolish them.
Before being wiped off the face of the earth, this place attracted photographers with its unusual atmosphere and good coastal location. Despite a petition to leave one of the town's houses as a museum, their demolition began on December 29, 2008.
By 2010, all the houses had been demolished and the site was being prepared for a commercial seaside resort and water park.
This mysterious and atmospheric ghost town is located in the north of Taiwan. Houses in the form of mysterious flying saucers seem to take us to another planet or to a post-apocalyptic future. What secrets does this abandoned futuristic building hide? Who was it built for and what happened to it?
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The strange and wonderful town of San Zhi in Taiwan is an abandoned resort complex. The houses in this city were shaped like a flying saucer, which is why they were called UFO houses. The city was purchased as a resort for US military personnel serving in East Asia.
The original idea to build such houses belonged to the owner of the Sanjhih Township plastics company, Mr. Yu-Ko Chow. The first building license was issued in 1978. The houses were designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen. But in 1980, construction was halted when Yu-Chow declared himself bankrupt. When the company went bankrupt, the construction project was halted. All efforts to resume work came to nothing. During construction, several serious accidents occurred due to the supposedly disturbed spirit of the mythical Chinese dragon (so claimed by superstitious people). Many believed that the place was haunted. As a result, the village was abandoned and soon became known as a ghost town.
1. Orange UFO houses. San Zhi was abandoned two years after the start of construction and stood there for 28 years when it was decided to demolish it.
2. Yellow houses.
This legendary ghost town was located in the San Zhi area of Taipei City, Taiwan.
4. Due to its unusual architecture and reputation as a ghost town, its fame quickly spread, and the city began to attract tourists, but continued to deteriorate.
5. UFO-shaped houses began to be built in 1978. The unusual complex was conceived as a resort for American military personnel who were stationed in East Asia.
6. Reflection in a broken window.
7. The project was abandoned in 1980 due to financial losses, lack of investment and a large number of deaths during construction.
Once, during the construction, a nearby Chinese dragon sculpture was damaged. After that, the number of deaths at the construction site increased dramatically, as if the Chinese shrine began to take revenge.
8. Despite the fact that the city was never completed, over time it still appeared on the tourist map. People were drawn to its unusual architecture and otherworldly appearance.
9. This picturesque place has repeatedly been filmed for the MTV channel.
10. View from the roof of buildings.
11. Destruction from within.
12. Legend has it that the resort was doomed due to the fact that during the expansion of the access road during construction, the sculpture of the Chinese dragon was damaged.
13. According to another version, ghosts were to blame for everything: historians have established that this place was once an old mass grave of Dutch soldiers, which appeared after the Netherlands made Taiwan its colony in 1624.
14. Place for the landing of alien guests?
15. To curious people traveling along the north coast between Tamsui and Keelung, the UFO Houses appear as a group of quaint, brightly colored, dilapidated buildings that were supposed to be a holiday village. But the Taipei government decided to demolish them.
16. Before being demolished, this place was often chosen by photographers because of the unusual atmosphere and beautiful coastline.
18. Without windows, the house looks like a peddler.
19. There were often rumors that many people saw ghosts near the complex or that there were a large number of unexplained traffic accidents on neighboring roads.
20. One of the developers of the UFO house project said that there were a lot of rumors about the presence of ghosts at the construction site. In his opinion, all this was a lie.
21. There were also rumors that more than 20,000 skeletons of people who were victims of murders were found at the site at the start of construction work.
22. Traditionally in the construction business, it is necessary to pay respect to the spirits before starting work in a new place. Ghost stories have nothing to do with it.
The weird and wonderful Sanzhi Pod-City, made up of UFO houses (so named because of their flying saucer-like shape) is a now abandoned resort complex in Taiwan. Sanzhi Pod-City was originally positioned as a recreation base for American military personnel who were stationed in East Asian countries.
The original idea for the UFO Township came from an employee of Sanjhih Township plastics, a plastics company, Yu-Ko Jou. The first building license was issued in 1978. The design was developed by Matti Suronen, an architect from Finland. Alas, construction stopped in 1980 when Yu-Jou went bankrupt.
After his company was declared bankrupt in 1980, work on the project was stopped. Attempts to revive the project failed. There were several accidents and accidents, which many superstitious people attributed to the fact that a certain Chinese shrine was damaged during construction work. Many also believe that the area was haunted. One way or another, but as a result, the entire town was abandoned, construction work remained unfinished, and soon Sanzhi Pod-City became a ghost town.
At the end of 2008, the buildings were scheduled to be demolished, despite incoming petitions for one of the buildings to be preserved and turned into a museum. Demolition work began on December 29, 2008. 
1. Orange "flying saucer". In a town that has stood abandoned for 28 years and which is now called nothing more than "ruins of the future."
2. Yellow "flying saucer".
3. Pool.
4. View from the window of one of the "flying saucer" houses. Due to its unusual architecture and dubious reputation as a ghost town, Sanzhi Pod-City's fame quickly spread and eventually the abandoned town became a tourist attraction. However, the destruction continued
5. Pool in the abandoned city of "flying saucers" Sanzhi Pod-City, Taipei, Taiwan.
6. Reflection in a broken window.
7. The project was abandoned in 1980 due to financial losses, lack of investment and a large number of deaths and accidents during construction.
8. The vandals were not long in coming.
9. During the construction, an unusual town even appeared on television - it was often used as a location for filming, including MTV.
10. View from the roof of one of the houses.
11. Inside the houses now reigns destruction and desolation.
12. Legend says that the unfortunate fate of the town may be due to the fact that in order to expand the access road during construction, an ancient Chinese shrine was disturbed - a sculptural image of a dragon.
13. Others believe that this area was once the burial place of Dutch soldiers, which appeared after the Netherlands made Taiwan its colony in 1624.
14. What is a playground for little aliens?
15. Even now, the abandoned city invariably attracts tourists and other curious people.
16. Lovers of unusual photographs often come here.
17. The town stood abandoned for almost thirty years.
18. Somehow these houses resemble the locations of some computer game.
19. There were rumors that many people saw ghosts near the abandoned city. In addition, there are a large number of unexplained traffic accidents on nearby roads.
20. One of the builders involved in the creation of an unusual town, said that there were many rumors, but most of them were false: “First of all, there are certainly no ghosts here.”
21. There were also rumors that more than 20,000 skeletons were discovered in the area when construction work began, and that several brutal murders took place on the new building.
22. “There are no ghosts or anything like that here,” assures one of the builders. According to him, such rumors are the inevitable evil of any new building, especially a large-scale one.
Futuro House is more like spaceship aliens than on a human dwelling. In 1968, its design was developed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen. The flying saucer house is well suited for the role of a mountain chalet, a house in the backyard or in the woods on the edge. The radical design of the Futuro House proved successful and continues to live on today.
The flying saucer house by Matti Suuronen was sold as a kit that could be easily assembled and set up on almost any terrain. Its plastic construction and futuristic aesthetic are recognizable decades later. And most importantly, Futuro House easy to disassemble, move to a new location, and reassemble.
The basis of the house of aliens from the Finnish architect is a metal ring on four legs, which can be installed on a site with a surface slope of up to 20 degrees. This eliminates the need to carry out preparatory work on the site for the move.
While the supporting legs of the Futuro House are made of forged metal, the shell of the house of the future is made of a new building material for that period - fiberglass reinforced plastic. The motive for this choice was the desire of the creator to reduce weight as much as possible - if necessary, Futuro House can be transported by helicopter, without even disassembling it. Reinforced fiberglass plastic turned out to be good choice with good thermal insulation. In addition, it is easy to form rounded elements of the house from it to create an ultra-modern look from the beginning of the space age.
The main entrance to the Futuro House is a hatch at the bottom of the plastic case, which can be reached by a metal ladder. Living space only 50 sq. m., however, the house in the form of a flying saucer from Matti Suuronen does not suffer much from this and has a good layout: it has a spacious living room, a combined dining room and kitchen, a toilet and a separate bedroom. In addition to the metal base, the assembly kit included eight identical plastic pieces - four for the bottom and four for the top. They are easy to transport to the site individually and fasten together. After the design was adapted for mass production, Matti Suuronen created special furniture, so the alien spacecraft was sold fully furnished.
Matti Suuronen was proud that he managed to create a house with a low production cost, adapted to any conditions of use. He hoped to solve the housing shortage around the world with Futuro House, but his flying saucers never became a truly mass product.
Total released less than 100 houses Futuro House before stop production in 1973. The reason for the collapse of Suuronen's space idyll was oil crisis which made plastic a prohibitively expensive building material. Around the world, there are about sixty Futuro Houses left in various conditions, used for different purposes.
Although they did not become the new standard in affordable housing, Matti Suuronen's spirit of ingenuity lives on today in innovative new building projects. Created over fifty years ago house flying saucer Futuro House, with its elegant and simple geometry, attracts attention today - it still looks modern and stylish.
Photo | House flying saucer Futuro House Matti Suuronen
House-flying saucer will go under the hammer
The house-flying saucer, which is located in Tennessee, was put up for auction on eBay. The house itself is located in the foothills, above the road leading to the top of Chattanooga Signal Mountain. "Plate" was built back in 1970, it was at this time that the TV series "Star Trek" (Star Trek) was released. According to representatives of the auction, 100 thousand are already offered for the house.
This house is still considered a striking architectural example, and even in those days it was super fashionable. The building is built in the shape of a flying saucer and fully justifies this name, because it has a round shape, small square windows-portholes and even its own landing strip - a light path leading to the house. A retractable ladder leads inside, which is removed at the touch of a button.
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The house put up for auction in the United States will appeal to all lovers of science fiction. The fact is that the building was built in the shape of a flying saucer.
The house "landed" on a mountainside in Tennessee in 1970 in the wake of the popularity of the space theme. On Saturday, it will become the property of the highest bidder on eBay. 
Ultra-modern for those times, the house rises above the surface of the earth on six "legs". The entrance is designed in the form of a ladder retractable at the touch of a button. The dwelling has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and several small square windows.
On the this moment The maximum bid for a "flying saucer" is $100,000, according to ASSOCIATED PRESS. 
In the US state of Tennessee, a house in the form of a flying saucer is for sale, AP reports.
This house appeared along the road leading to Signal Mountain, near the city of Chattanooga, in 1970, just as the legendary Star Trek series ended on television. Considered ultra-modern at the time of construction, the round house has small square windows, lights, and stands on six pillars.
The house is multi-level, there are three bedrooms, two bathrooms. The entrance stairs are removed at the push of a button.
Realtor Terry Posey, who handles the sale, says the current owner has only owned the house for four months. They allegedly already offer $100,000 for the house.
John Kleeman of Litsfield, Connecticut, who is a big space enthusiast, says he knows of flying saucer-shaped houses in Florida, Connecticut, and California. They appeared during the landing of the Americans on the moon. "Then it was fashionable," says Kliman.
The unusual shape of the house in Chattanooga also determined its interior: the ceiling there is sloping, and the side walls are low. The house is larger than the prefabricated and movable UFO-shaped structures known as the Futuro buildings, which were designed by Finnish architect Matti Sueronen in 1968.
The house was built by a certain Curtis King, who has already died, and his family, because they liked everything unusual, writes www.factnews.ru.
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