Building that twists!!?

Question

I have just heard about this tower that will be built by 2010 I think in dubai and moscow. each floor will be able to twist on its own to get the view they want...

look at the video in here...

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/architecture_and_design/article4207801.ece

what do u think about it...

is it possible!

I feel like it would fall off right when its built and twisted for the first time :S

it will be 80 floors in dubai and 70 in moscow as of what I heard

Answer 1

woah. 0.0

Answer 2

Slug_meat points some gross generalities toward architects in his answer.  The truth is that the "architect" who designed this twisting tower, David Fischer, is hardly an architect.  He himself admits that he's never designed a skyscraper and hasn't practiced architecture in years.  Up until now, his greatest achievements have been designing pre-fabricated bathroom units.

This building will never become a reality.  For one, the $700 million price tag seems ridiculously small (despite Fischer's claim that prefabrication will save 10% in construction costs).  In fact, in early press releases, Fischer claimed the tower would cost $330 million...

Answer 3

Almost anything is possible if the owner is willing to spend the money to design and build.  That doesn't make it a good idea, and that doesn't mean the owner really understands what he is going to end up spending.

In my opinion, the design is rather ugly, but who cares about my opinion.  What they should care about is that the maintenance cost is going to be ridiculous.  There are a number of rotating restaurants on high rise buildings that no longer rotate because of the cost of machining and installing repair parts that quickly wear out.  This thing would be ridiculous to maintain, and would probably have very little usable space after considering that the electrical, plumbing, and, elevators, fire escapes, trash chutes, ventilation, etc. would have to be fixed in the center.  Just goes to show that most architects shouldn't be allowed to doodle without an engineer peeking over their shoulder to bring them back to reality. My bet is that this thing never gets completed.