Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Totally Shifty
Ok. So I was just reading this article on CNN that talks about the unveiling of plans for David Fisher's shape-shifting skyscraper in Dubai. It's called "Dynamic Tower" or something, and is being billed as "The World's First Building In Motion".
Holy Shit. So each floor will be able to rotate independently using the energy generated by wind-turbines installed in-between floors. I am not fucking kidding. You can check out an animated illustration of this amazingness here.
Pretty fucking amazing, right? Everybody else thinks so, too. So much so that the apartments within are slated to sell for $4 million to $40 million each.
But all is not totally peachy, though, as there has been some skepticism... Like, for instance, Fisher has never built a fucking skyscraper before. No lie. After he declared that his tower will "revolutionize the way skyscrapers are made", he acknowledged that he "[has] never built a skyscraper before" and "[hasn't] practiced architecture regularly in decades". But, no worries... He's got it all under control: He's hooking up with some certified architects in India and the U.K., and they're just stacking some prefab shit together anyway. So whatevs. It's cool.
Um. Who is putting up the money for this thing? I mean, it's a great idea and everything. (Ok.. It's a pretty bad-ass idea.) But, seriously, who wants to live in an oversized merry-go-round? It makes me nauseous just thinking about it. And, on a practical note, skyscrapers have their own special safety issues. Like being able to withstand windstorms and shit. Even whole architect/engineer teams that specialize in skyscrapers can overlook some grave detail. So who's the mega-rich douchebag who decided to let gramps give it a try?
Furthermore, it didn't take a whole lot of Google-searching to find out that not only is Dynamic Tower not the first rotating skyscraper in the world, it isn't even the first rotating skyscraper in Dubai ...since the rotating solar-powered Time Residencies Building will be finished the end of this year. And the Kinetic Pavilion, which allows floors to spin independently by way of wind-power, was proposed two years ago by California architect Michael Jantzen.
...Real fucking original, Dave. What's next? The world's first suspension bridge?
Labels: Ho Rofra, natural disaster, ranting
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Fail. Not the Dubai merry-go-round, but this post. Just another random, uninspired opinion devoid of humor or wit. I think the readers would rather see a reduction in posting frequency rather than having to wade through a blog populated by amateurs.
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: 6/25/2008 10:21 PM
: 6/25/2008 10:21 PM
have you seen this hotness?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4qhCJ9bnDo
I will play this game all day long! Long Live Deadliest Catch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4qhCJ9bnDo
I will play this game all day long! Long Live Deadliest Catch!
...This is part of the reason that buildings fall down. If everything's going to be going all spinny, how in the nine hells is anything going to be even remotely structurally sound? Also, to anonymous: fuck off. Razzy, I hope you don't feel like I'm taking the fun away from you. I just go along with your thought of : don't like it, go the fuck somewhere else. Ok. I'm done now....Mmmmm...BK chicken fries...
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Oh look.. some fucktard left me another random, uninspired opinion devoid of humor or wit. And he/she was such an insecure twat that they couldn't even own up to their lame attempt at an insult. I'd rather see a reduction in commenting frequency than have to wade through a response populated by ass-sucking.
Fail.
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Oh look.. some fucktard left me another random, uninspired opinion devoid of humor or wit. And he/she was such an insecure twat that they couldn't even own up to their lame attempt at an insult. I'd rather see a reduction in commenting frequency than have to wade through a response populated by ass-sucking.
Fail.
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