http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/duibai.tower/index.html
very cool idea, but i personally wouldnt feel comfortable being in it
Jesus, they have way too much money over there.
saw this earlier, thats a whole lotta fail waiting to happen imo
they have a hard enough time keeping buildings up that have supports at all 4 corners
Wonder how it holds up to airliners smashing into it.
Or how the elevators work with everything spinning
lol, thats a great question. didnt even think about that
up the center obviously, then aligns w/ whatever floor it’s on…
^ seems like an engineering nightmare.
it’s a fucking spinning building! i think that there are bigger problems then that!!!
how about water and sewer hookups?
I never fail to be amused with how people from western new york don’t have any faith in engineering. “did you see the picture, that will never work” I’ve never run into this anywhere else… it’s always more like “I bet that took a while to figure out” etc…
But some have expressed skepticism. Fisher has never built a skyscraper before.
Good!
Interesting.
The first things I worry about are long term reliability, namely foundation stability from all that movement and life of what ever the hell kind of bearings would allow for building’s floors to move.
Speaking of which, I wonder how the cien tower works?
i’d think analyzing the all the wind loads on the infinite shape possiblites would be one of the harder engineering tasks.
I can’t read, does it actually spin or does it only rotate x degrees?
Because that (spinning) would make things a lot more challenging.
Do you have to be this tall to ride?
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Its just a larger version of the 100 rotating eateries built atop skyscrapers in the 80s.
Only the outter ring of the building would rotate. Utilities, elevators etc will be stationary.
x2…i was just watching something on tv about this…the outer part of the building moves…the inner “foundation” stays stationary
lol people get paid tons and tons to figure this out, as per their job title, ENGINEER. they engineer shit. aka make it work.
^ lol…i mean fuck, i figured it out without even being an engineer…they could pay me tons of cash to do the same thing… “ok check it…we’re gonna make the outside of the building move, but…wait for it…keep the inside foundation stationary!!” BAM! wheres my cash!?
99.9999999999% of your posts make me LOL
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