Dynamic Architecture’s rotating skyscraper project, which was first announced in 2008 before being put on hold, has been rekindled.
Located in Dubai, the building, known as the Dynamic Tower, will be built in four dimensions and will constantly change shape, reported The National.
“It will never look the same,” architect David Fisher, speaking recently on Your Discover Science channel on YouTube, reportedly said. “The floor is rotating very smoothly. You don’t hear anything.”
According to Mr Fisher, each apartment would be able to independently rotate 360 degrees, with the speed adjustable.
A stationary core would be built containing the elevator, with the apartments connected onto the centerpiece, the report said.
The project is planned to have no electricity costs as wind turbines would be placed between the floor of each storey, it added. “It is a green power station. It will power the entire building,” Fisher reportedly said.
It is also planned to be the world’s first pre-fabricated skyscraper, whereby individual units are built off site, including plumbing and electrical connections, before being hung from the central core.
The UAE is home to a number of rotating restaurants, and there were separate plans for a rotating residence in Dubai, reported The National.
In 2015 it was confirmed that High Rise Properties’ Dh250m Rotating Residence had been cancelled, said the news portal.
The 16-storey freehold rotating tower consisting of four town houses and retail areas in Jumeirah Village South was due for completion in 2008, it said.
