Revolving dynamic skyscraper!!

iv-tecman · 25 Jun 2008 at 13:53

Well, its certainly very avant-garde in terms of something like this has never been unveiled before. As for practical application over form, remains to be seen...

Make a nice addition to the rapidly growing Dubai skyline.... I do however like it, it looks very cool.

Andeh · 25 Jun 2008 at 14:09

it definitly needs a secondary fire escape. Remember what happened 7 years ago in New York?

Gackt · 25 Jun 2008 at 14:11

What a waste of money and resources. Still, looks cool.

Tefal · 25 Jun 2008 at 14:14

KaHn said:
KaHn

/edit: Also i can think of another building which used a central access point, the world trade centers used a concept like this and that added to how it fell iirc.

yes it's design was the main reason unlike any other tower it fell in on it's self, which probbably saved thousands of lives in the buildings around it.

Tefal · 25 Jun 2008 at 14:15

Gackt said:
What a waste of money and resources. Still, looks cool.

but it's not a waste, the money goes to builders etc who then spend it on other things and so on and so on, it's a massive boost to the economy.

Besides what else are they going to do with their trillions of dollars

Tefal · 25 Jun 2008 at 14:16

Frapple said:
...if only the rest of the work had oil.

But then oil would be worthless

DampCat · 25 Jun 2008 at 14:16

Actually KaHn he's not far wrong. Dubai have hardly any oil, and it contributes to something like 5% of the emirates total economy. Prince Mo, and his father before him, were adamant that tourism was the way forward, and have invested huge sums of their own wealth to push forward the idea that Dubai is a world leading state. Since then, the sports functions and real estate have flourished, with house prices rising around 150% in the last 2 years alone (my sister has made a lot of money from this. She's currently up 70% on a house that hasnt even finished being built yet. lucky cow). I dont know what prices the commerce sites are worth but with huge companies like Coca Cola, IBM and Cisco investing in land, i can only imagine that those prices are rising too.

It's run entirely by one family, and they're very clever with how they're doing it.

gillywibble · 25 Jun 2008 at 14:24

I'd be as sick as a parrot.

Tefal · 25 Jun 2008 at 14:25

gillywibble said:
I'd be as sick as a parrot.

Parrots are sick? How sad

Solaris · 25 Jun 2008 at 14:33

So where are the toilets going to be in this building? All that going to flow down the middle too?

DampCat · 25 Jun 2008 at 14:41

Don't see why not. I'd imagine all the floors will rotate relative to each other anyway, so it could be like

Code:

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Hard to explain in code. I mean is one floor going to be revolving faster than the one above it? Or will the be timed? If timed, then they could run like flexible pipework. If its random, then the denter would be fine im sure.

You could shup it down in the elevator to save on costs.

shauncr91 · 25 Jun 2008 at 14:43

Booner! said:
A giant inflatable tubular slide that goes around the outside of the building would be cool

Like this:

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Just add flowing water in it and you have an amazing water side![/QUOTE]

And an amazing accident :D