DUBAI | Dynamic Tower (Rotates) | 1,378 FT / 420 M | 80 FLOORS

[edythe]

Dubai is at it again. I wonder how long it will take to finish this one.

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20...840586269/1042

[[SP]Neo]

very interesting..but not the first proposal for a rotating tower in dubai i think...in the animation in the last seconds the tower looks really pretty.

[Don098]

Dubai needs to be stopped.

[M II A II R II K]

Next they'll come up with a skyscraper that alternates what floor you're on, and then have a group of buildings that exchange floors between them so your address would be constantly changing.

[M II A II R II K]

Some insteresting illustrations.

[BrandonJXN]

Originally Posted by M II A II R II K

Some insteresting illustrations.

Is it me or does this look like Sim Tower?

[Dequal]

Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

Is it me or does this look like Sim Tower?

Lol, I didn't even know that game existed :p until I saw this:
http://www.ellosnuncaloharian.com/im...simtower_2.png

[koops65]

GOD, some people are so skeptical! Let them build it and then criticize it afterwards... I heard the same sh*t about Burj Dubai and now, a few years later, it's nearing completion. So what if it rotates? Just another innovation that will become normal in the future... Engineering problems that engineers LOVE to solve, and will perfect, I'm sure. Buildings like this are radical now, but will become commonplace. (Not at this height though!) Even if this particular tower doesn't get built, others similar to this will be. Some people dump on Dubai just because they think it's economy is based on OIL, (false) or because they wished their hometown built such spectacular buildings and now they feel like they're being left behind. Get over it! Motion sickness? Who the hell would move into a structure like this if they thought they might have problems like that? There might be something about the motion of the building in the tenant agreement, or lease, or whatever it's called, that recognizes this aspect of the building. Personally, I can't wait to see a tower like this in motion! I wish I could afford to buy a unit in one of the upper floors!

[Duffstuff129]

I heard that pre-fabrication for the floors had already begun, but considering how the architect is about as credible as a... uh... Democrat (I kid! But you get my point) can anyone truly confirm that?

And also, as revolutionary as this idea is, look at the last disheveled looking part of the rendering. I don't care amazing (mathematically and from an engineering standpoint) it is, it's just plain ugly.

However, it does look rather nice in the first few frames.

BTW: this is the rendering I'm talking about: http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...ate%202big.jpg

P.S. If anyone can tell me how thumbnail, it would be greatly appreciated.

[FLBlake]

Evidently the building is to be strictly inhabited by supermodels.

[kayosthery]

Great, but what happens when I flush the toilet?

[GO_UAE]

Originally Posted by kayosthery

Great, but what happens when I flush the toilet?

You end up infront of my stormstrike earthshock !

on a more serious note , i have no idea

[FLBlake]

Originally Posted by kayosthery

Great, but what happens when I flush the toilet?

Reduce, re-use, & recycle. Solids fertilize gardens, and liquids can be filtered for plant consumption also. And I don't think supermodels go to the bathroom, so no problems there.

[BuildItUp]

Originally Posted by kayosthery

Great, but what happens when I flush the toilet?

It vaporizes and dissolves ...

[Pandemonious]

EVERY floor is built with MASSIVE 30-45' or more cantilevers, and they have a car elevator so you can bring up and further load your cantilever apartment with your vehicles huge loads? This project is just a stupid gimmick. As shown, it is completely impractical from pretty much every standpoint, even for being in Dubai. I am also wondering how they harvest the energy from the "turbines", if they just spin around the core, how do they transfer that energy into a generator, and where do they put them all? When the building shape is totally disconfigured as it is on the image on the far right there is just a huge chaotic maze of huge moment loads acting all over the tower core. Aside from all of the mechanical logistics to work out with plumbing, electrical, etc. the structural acrobatics going on all over the place just make this project seem like nonsense... that and it doesn't even look very cool or attractive as some random mess of forms for almost 1,400'.

[Dequal]

Personally, this is a very interesting way to build new skyscrapers. It's a new dimension that is given to architecture and designing of towers.

The design is really amazing. If you see the videos of what such a tower can do, I can't wait to see anything like that.

But in reality, I don't know if it's possible to build something like that. Parking your cars in the tower itself is useless and even stupid. So if this building is really going to be build, I think they will 'delete' this part.

I read the 'toilet flush'-problem: I have no idea how they will solve this problem... Each floor rotates 360° so it's not possible to connect any pipe at all with the center of the building which is on solid ground.

Maybe more details will be published in a few weeks about these two skyscrapers (one in Dubai and one in Moscow as far as I know).

[aaron38]

I saw a yahoo article that mentioned the wind turbines between floors, but a car elevator? For 1300 feet?
I mean, parking my Lamborghini on the 80th floor next to my French maid strikes me as just a bit egotistical, but hey, it's Dubai, just run with it I guess...

[malec]

Don't think this was posted here.

[Dr. Taco]

yawn

[vanhenrik]

i wonder how mutch the averidge floor are going to way !
it is going to be hevey for the bearrings in the center !