a technical triumph! dynamic rotating skyscrapers

[rorym1980 0]

link to a yahoo video of skyscrapers that actually rotate each story independently, see for yourself at http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&cache=1&gid=188129&vid=720262&b=0

[justintime 8]

O_o dammmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnn, how the hell does the UEA come up with this?

[Easy Bakes 253]

Why woudl you want something like that?

WAY to many things could go wrong.

[hamsterTK 93]

wheeee!

....feeling.....nauseaous.....bllarprppppfff

[coolotter88 2]

I doubt it would make you feel nauseous since it probably rotates really slowly.

[Elbandito501 7]

I can see a major flaw already. If it rotates like that, that means that there can only be one main shaft in the middle of the building where you can have stairs, elevators, piping, etc, and if that gets messed up somehow, you can't really leave the building.

[ExiL3 10]

looks cool tho!

take care,

[JanYpe 17]

Cool video.

Imagine all the fun you could have with the controls to spin an entire building around.

[beebs 129]

I would get so nauseous working in an office there... no thanks.

[ilikehotdogsalot 307]

seriously, what's the point of that? some things UAE does is just ridiculous.

[MrCinatit 30]

So...who's going to BAT that sucker

[mproca 0]

So is there someone who would BAT it? And a question can be batted the animation too? Its just a great building!

[IDS2 3,346]

UAE at it again. How stupid. Hope the windows open easily and there are plenty of trash cans

[Micah 16]

Well, they sure have improved on the earlier design. I've been following this designer and project for years and at one time, it was going to be a residential complex with balconies. But, this is truly an improvement. I'll post the original design if I can find it. Btw, that skyscraper video is misleading. It moves very slowly... in fact, so slow that you probably wouldn't notice until hours later. If you notice when they show the inside, it goes from dawn to dusk in just a few seconds but only moves from one direction (north, for example) to another direction (northwest, for example).

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Good grief!  A building for civil servants.  They will be able to look out in the morning and the afternoon.

[Rymac91 15]

I'm looking at the building...just one thing on my mind...how fast will it move?

[Micah 16]

how fast will it move?quote>

Check my post.

[ACEfanatic 7]

While I can see some reasons to want to do this... (dynamic reaction to wind, windows that always have sun, etc.) it still strikes me as a very bad idea. If the central core is the only support, there is absolutely NO structural redundancy. Not a safe design.

-ACE

[Micah 16]

Originally posted by: Micah I'll post the original design if I can find it.quote>

 

As promised, here is the original design (actually, now that I think about it, this may be a similar building in Dubai by the same architect):

Dubai is not the only city building a rotating skyscraper. Houston is proposing one as well called the Westheimer Tower. It's not as awesome, but at least it's there:

 

Here's the thread discussing the tower.

[Za 164]

Now that's a strange idea! Leave it to the UAE to come up with something bizzare like that.

[schm0 27]

That is the stupidest use of electricity in the entire world. I would be pissed if I had to adjust my blinds every 30 minutes or so. Watching the big game on my widescreen, then the touchdown is obscured by the blinding glare from the sun. I don't care if the view out my window changes... What happens when the thing breaks down (and it will)? Are people so impatient and bored with looking out their balcony that they have to get one with a moving vista? If you want to look out a window and see the scenery move, um... get in a car or something. Someone will climb up this thing and get caught between levels and squished into smithereens. Another waste of technology for the extremely rich to blow their money on. What's the next thing? A house on wheels?

[SimRabbit 48]

These are some weird and funny shaped buildings

[commanderkai 38]

...What's the next dumb idea of the week? Hold on *sets a fire and begins pouring UAE money*

[dralin321 0]

(barfs on screen) now that is one nauseous building. UAE might have gone a bit too far with this one. Once people enter it's going to be one heck of a vomit fest in there. Even looking at it from a distance would make me puke. But I am worried about piping, wiring etc. All in all, I think it shouldn't be built, neither should the one proposed in Houston at that matter.

[autoVino 26]

http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net

pretty interesting.  The first one is to be built in Dubai and it's also supposed ot be self sufficient in power as well as being  a giant wind turbine.  It can move and twist.
Also building it would be much safer and quicker than conventional skyscrapers.

Sounds cool, but I would get very dizzy in it... what do you think?

[Godzillaman 21]

hmmm...someone should BAT it

It probably spins slow because the environment in the vid was going fast.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

I think it's really gimmicky (like everything else over there seems to be).

Also, the power it generates doesn't seem to have anything to do with the rotating, there's simply turbines between the floor slabs.

I wonder how well any of it would work in real life though.  I feel like a normal building would be more worthwhile.

[toxicpiano 125]

I like that idea, looks pretty as well!

[Micah 16]

There is already a thread for this.

But, I'd like to add that these are probably just for show and won't be the future of skyscrapers because companies aren't going to spend millions just to get their skyscrapers to spin. And lastly, this will not be the first one. They plan to build a 15-story spinning skyscraper in Houston called the Montrose Tower.

-Thread closed-

(Link to the older thread)

I can't find the link to the older thread.  If anyone else can, that would be great!

[beebs 129]

Easiest search I've done all day...