Dynamic Tower
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The Dynamic Tower (also known as the rotating tower or the Da Vinci Tower) is a cancelled Script error: No such module "convert"., 80-floor moving skyscraper, designed by architect David Fisher.[1][2]
Similar to the Suite Vollard completed in 2001 in Brazil,[3] each floor is designed to rotate independently,[4] resulting in a changing shape of the tower. Each floor is designed to rotate a maximum of Script error: No such module "convert". per minute, or one full rotation in 180 minutes.[5][4]
It was proposed as the world's first prefabricated skyscraper with 40 factory-built modules for each floor.[5][6] Fisher said that 90% of the tower could be built in a factory and shipped to the construction site.[5] This would allow the entire building to be built more quickly.[2] The core of the tower must be built at the construction site.[5] Fisher said that the prefabricated portions would decrease the project's cost and the number of workers,[7] and that construction will take 30% less time than a normal skyscraper of the same size.[8] The majority of the workers would be in factories, working under safer conditions.[8] Kitchen and bathroom fixtures would be pre-installed. The core would serve each floor with a special, patented connection for clean water, based on technology used to refuel airplanes in mid-flight.[6]
The entire tower is proposed to be powered from wind turbines and solar panels. Enough surplus electricity should be produced to power five other similar sized buildings in the vicinity.[9] The turbines would be located between each of the rotating floors.[10] Fisher said that they could generate up to 1,200,000 kilowatt-hours of energy each year. The solar panels are expected to cover the roof and the top of each floor.[9][8][10]
In 2008, Fisher said that he expected the skyscraper to be completed in 2010.[1] In 2009, Fisher said construction would be complete in late 2011.[11] Fisher did not "say where the tower would be built, [...] because he wanted to keep it a surprise."[11] Fisher acknowledges that he is not well known, has never built a skyscraper before, and has not practiced architecture regularly in decades.[12] By 2019, construction had not started, and there has been no official announcement of the building site.[13]
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- TIME's Best Inventions of 2008 #15 The Dynamic Tower [1]
External links
- Dynamic Architecture - Rotating Tower Official website
- Profile and images from Specifier Magazine
- The Da Vinci, Upward Spiral - slideshow by The First Post
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