Dynamic Tower
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| Dynamic Tower | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Cost | USD 330 million [1] |
| Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Status | Proposed |
| Use | Hotel Residential Office [1] |
| Height | |
| Roof | 420 metres (1,378 ft)[2] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 80 [2] |
| Companies involved | |
| Architect | David Fisher [1][3] |
| Developer | Dynamic Architecture [4] |
The Dynamic Tower (also known as Dynamic Architecture Building or the Da Vinci Tower) is a proposed 420-metre (1,378 ft), 80-floor tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[2][5]
The tower is expected to be architecturally innovative for several reasons:
Uniquely, each floor will be able to rotate independently.[3] This will result in a constantly changing shape of the tower. Each floor will rotate a maximum of 6 metres (20 ft) per minute, or one full rotation in 90 minutes.[1][3]
It will also be the world's first prefabricated skyscraper [1] with 40 factory-built modules for each floor.[6] 90% of the tower will be built in a factory and shipped to the construction site.[1] This will allow the entire building to be built in only 22 months.[5] The only part of the tower that will be built at the construction site will be the core.[1] Part of this prefabrication will be the decrease in cost and number of workers (90 instead of 2,000 needed).[7] The total construction time will be more than 30% less than a normal skyscraper of the same size.[8] The majority of the workers will be in factories, where it will be much safer.[8] The modules will be preinstalled including kitchen and bathroom fixtures. The core will 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 will be powered from wind turbines and solar panels. Enough surplus electricity should be produced to power five other similar sized buildings in the vicinity.[4] The turbines will be located between each of the rotating floors.[9] They could generate up to 1,200,000 kilowatt-hours of energy. The solar panels will be located on the roof and the top of each floor.[4][8][9]
In 2008, the designer of the Dynamic Tower said that he expected it to be completed in 2010.[2] The location of the Dynamic Tower has been finalised.[5]
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TIME's Best Inventions of 2008 #16 The Dynamic Tower [1]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Da Vinci Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=62055. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ^ a b c d "Dubai plans 'moving' skyscraper". BBC.co.uk. 2008-06-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7472722.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ a b c "Dubai Puts a New Spin on Skyscrapers". Wall Street Journal. 2007-04-11. http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/PRESS/Giornali_Divisi/dopo_dubai_11-04-07/wall-street-journal_A3.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ^ a b c "Dynamic Architecture Building". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=dynamicarchitecturebuilding-dubai-unitedarabemirates. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ^ a b c "Fisher baits industry over Dynamic Tower location". ArabianBusiness.com. 2009-02-14. http://www.arabianbusiness.com/546645-fisher-baits-industry-over-dynamic-tower-location. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ^ a b "Believe Him or Not, He Puts a Fresh Spin on Architecture". WSJ.com. 2009-02-11. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123432213609971519.html. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ^ "UAE's Dynamic Tower will be 'factory built'". ArabianBusiness.com. 2009-02-09. http://www.arabianbusiness.com/546228-uaes-dynamic-tower-will-be-factory-built---architect. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ^ a b c "Construction". Dynamic Architecture. http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/_PREFABRICATION.html. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ a b "Green Construction". Dynamic Architecture. http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/_GREEN.html. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
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