Thu, Jun 26th, 2008 | 12:25am |
Bananas!
Kirat submitted a story about a
shape-shifting building being constructed in Dubai. An innovative way to blow off some of the ludicrous amounts of money they have over there, now that they've already created
elaborate man made islands for houses.
The 80-story Dynamic Tower, described as the "world's first building in motion," will also be the first skyscraper constructed from prefabricated units, according to a press statement released by New York-based architect David Fisher's Dynamic Group.
Each floor would be capable of rotating independently, powered by wind turbines fitted between each floor.
"You can adjust the shape the way you like every given moment," Fisher said. "It's not a piece of architecture somebody designed today and that's it. It remains forever. It's designed by life, shaped by time."
Apartments will sell for about $3,000 per square foot, making each unit range in price from about $4 million to $40 million. Work on the tower is to be completed by 2010, according to Dynamic's Web site.
Seems a little overkill. Also I don't get how there's wind turbines between each floor...where would the blades of the turbine fit?
Posted by: junosand on Jun 26th, 2008 | 11:27am
also, what's the deal with shape-shifting on symbii? why is it all the rage now?