how do you do lateral design on this?
never, but never question engineer's judgement
one massive round lift core at the center.
i doubt it can go that high especially because you need door openings on the core. maybe they should start with a few floors on the top? not the whole thing!
never, but never question engineer's judgement
leave it to the delegated engineer!
i think the first sentence of the article says it all (insert architect joke here).
i read another article that said leslie robertson is involved...
you would need a non-movable (round?) core at its center to stablize the whole structure. it would just be the outer section that would rotate.
a equally challenging part would be how you keep the darn thing from leaking in a driving rainstorm! of course, maybe it doesn't rain much!
well, without an adequate lateral force resisting system, maybe one of its unique shapes is a crumpled heap on the ground once the wind kicks up a bit!
whell you can fine-tune it to avoid resonance
if you had a heavy enough circular steel core i think you could achieve it.
there has been a discussion of the practicalities of this type of structure previously (in the pub i think). there would be a non moving lobby surrounding the core and the wall with the door to the apartment would be connected to the outside moving part.
this would be very expensive to build, but in dubai that doesnt seem to be an issue.
this brings to mind that hotel at disneyworld that was all modular prefab construction and the different rooms were supposed to be swappable, but in real life once they were installed and under load, they were never going to be able to be moved again.
hg
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one massive round lift core at the center.
i doubt it can go that high especially because you need door openings on the core. maybe they should start with a few floors on the top? not the whole thing!
never, but never question engineer's judgement
leave it to the delegated engineer!
i think the first sentence of the article says it all (insert architect joke here).
i read another article that said leslie robertson is involved...
you would need a non-movable (round?) core at its center to stablize the whole structure. it would just be the outer section that would rotate.
a equally challenging part would be how you keep the darn thing from leaking in a driving rainstorm! of course, maybe it doesn't rain much!
well, without an adequate lateral force resisting system, maybe one of its unique shapes is a crumpled heap on the ground once the wind kicks up a bit!
whell you can fine-tune it to avoid resonance
if you had a heavy enough circular steel core i think you could achieve it.
there has been a discussion of the practicalities of this type of structure previously (in the pub i think). there would be a non moving lobby surrounding the core and the wall with the door to the apartment would be connected to the outside moving part.
this would be very expensive to build, but in dubai that doesnt seem to be an issue.
this brings to mind that hotel at disneyworld that was all modular prefab construction and the different rooms were supposed to be swappable, but in real life once they were installed and under load, they were never going to be able to be moved again.
hg