Dynamic Architecture

[Gutterflower]

Hey all

Did a quick search and didn't find this anywhere else.

 

 

I came across this a while back when looking into the worlds tallest buildings but never thought it would get built.

 

This rather dramatic video shows it off in some style

http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/90sec.html

 

Now i cant decide if this is an awesome idea or a lame duck but you have to agree it would look awesome. even when its traveling at a normal speed (not the sped up videos),

 

Apparently there are now proposed projects in Moscow and (predictably) Dubai

would love to see one of these built.

 

Cheers

Dave

[Kalepi_Konei]

How do you live in that thing. Two words for you...motion sickness. And how do they expect to even get the energy to RUN the thing. I remember reading somewhere that there going to put up a few windmills for windpower but its not going to be NEARLY enough. Another thing, how do you get to your room in a moving building, moving stairs, wobbly elevator? This looks like it'll cause a WHOLE lot of problems.

[jmicha]

^Actually, there are four MASSIVE turbines that generate electricity from the rotation of the floors, and it will be able to produce enough electricity for it, as well as five other buildings of similar size. The building rotates based on the wind for the majority of the time, unless there is a special reason to control the spinning. And the way you will enter the building is similar to that of a rotating platform on a log flume or rapids ride. The core, where the elevators and stairs are located, is stationary and when you exit the elevator, you will step onto the rotating floor and walk to the entrance door. Quite simple actually.

[Gutterflower]

actually i believe they will have many smaller turbines

 

The Dynamic Tower, the world's first building in motion, takes the concept of green buildings to the next level were it will generate electricity for itself as well as other nearby buildings, making it the first skyscraper designed to be self powered.

 

The building generates electricity from wind turbines mounted horizontally between each floor, eighty story building will have up to seventy nine wind turbines, making it a true green power plant while traditional vertical wind turbines have some environmental negative impact, including obstruction of views and the need for roads to build and maintain them, the Dynamic Tower's wind turbines are practically invisible and extremely quiet due to their special shape and the carbon fibre material they are made of.

 

Another environmentally green element of the Dynamic Tower is the photovoltaic cells that will be placed on the roof of each rotating floor to produce solar energy, approximately 20% of each roof will be exposed to the sun, so a building that has 80 roofs will equal the roofing space of 10 similar size buildings.

 

If they pull this off it will be pretty impressive

[jmicha]

Huh, now I'm wondering where I got my information from.

 

But yeah, this building is a great step forward in the whole green movement of architecture. For one, it's just a really cool concept, and two, it provides WAY more energy than it needs.

[Kalepi_Konei]

Ok, thanks for explaining, okay, now that I know that, this seems pretty awesome! Though the money it saves for energy is probably going to take a while to pay off for just building the thing.

[haux]

This has shown up all over the Web, and no one really questions it. It seems cool though really odd. There's a Web site or two out there that are trying to debunk this.

 

Apparently the architect has never built a skyscraper or been in architecture in decades.

 

So it sounds like it's fake, or this proposal won't go anywhere.

[Airtime&Gravity]

It is a cool concept, but I just don't see it being built even in Dubai. Even though it would rotate slowly, I just don't see anyone wanting to live in that building.

 

I also remember reading not to long ago that Chicago was a possible location for one of these.

[Brandy524]

So is it supposed to constantly be moving? Because that would be hard to tolerate. But if it rotated like at the top of every hour, just to change the view, that would be nice.

[jmicha]

^Why would it be hard to tolerate? The speed at which it would rotate would be so slow you would hardly notice it. The only indication that you are even moving would be the slightly changing view when looking out the windows. It's no faster than a rotating restaurant, and if rotating doesn't cause problems when people are eating, then I doubt it would cause problems in every day living.

 

I also think there is actually a good chance of Dubai getting this tower. I mean, seriously, Dubai is home to huge manmade islands in the shape of palm trees and the world, is building a half-mile tall tower, has plans to build a potentially 4,000 foot tower, and will be home to more 1,000+ foot towers in about 5-10 years then even exist today. A rotating tower seems like it would fit in fine in Dubai, and is no more of an engineering challenge than some of the projects currently under construction or in development. There is already a rotating apartment building (forget where. Somewhere in Europe) and apparently the residents love it there. I think we will be seeing this tower come into existence in not too long.

[Brandy524]

Everyone may not find it hard to tolerate, but some that are easily prone to motion sickness might. I've read (I forget where) that a big cause of motion sickness is when your eyes see that you're moving, but you can't feel it. It messes with your equilibrium. So with those big windows and seeing the movement, but not necessarily feeling a big movement, it might be hard to live in, for some people but not all.