What happens to a wind turbine when its working life finally ends? In the Dutch city of Eindhoven, designers found an extraordinary answer by turning one of the machine's most recognizable components into a place to live. Called Nestle, the project transforms a retired wind-turbine nacelle—the large housing at the top of a turbine—into a compact, building-code-compliant tiny house. Created by Dutch architecture and design studio Superuse in collaboration with energy company Vattenfall and other partners, Nestle demonstrates how components from decommissioned renewable-energy infrastructure can potentially be reused instead of simply being recycled or discarded.
The prototype was completed in 2024 and presented during Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, where its unusual appearance offered visitors a glimpse of what circular architecture can look like when designers work with an object that was never intended to become a building.
