World's first rotating skyscraper planned for Dubai
We’ve seen rotating restaurants before but what about a skyscraper that rotates 360 degrees from its base?
The world’s first rotating skyscraper, capable of turning clockwise and anti clockwise, has been imagined by architect David Fisher of Dynamic Architecture.
Soaring 80 storeys and 388 metres above the streets of Dubai, the Dynamic Tower could be finished in 2020 if all goes to plan.
Artist’s impression of the interior of a unit in the tower. Photo: Dynamic Architecture.
Each apartment in the building would be able to rotate independently and control its speed.
Fisher recently said the tower “will never look the same” at any time, speaking to Your Discover Science channel on YouTube.
He also said the rotations would be very smooth, and residents would not hear any noise.
Fisher first announced the project in 2008 but put the idea on ice; he said he got the idea for a rotating tower while staring out of the Olympic Tower in New York, in about 2004.
“I noticed that from a certain spot you could see the East River and the Hudson River, both sides of Manhattan,” he said on Dynamic Architecture’s website.
“That is when I thought to myself: ‘Why don’t we rotate the entire floor? That way, everybody can see both the East River and the Hudson River, as well as Saint Patrick’s Cathedral!'”
Artist’s impression of the Dynamic Tower. Photo: Dynamic Architecture.
If individually rotating apartments weren’t enough of a futuristic drawcard, residents can control the rotation with their voice.
Up to 79 wind turbines would be placed horizontally between each storey to power the building, along with solar panels on the roof.
An elevator would run through the building’s concrete core, but unlike the average elevator it would let residents transport their car up and park it next to the apartment.
