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structures” DYNAMIC ARCHTECTURE
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DYNAMIC adjective
(of
a process or system) characterized by constant change, activity, or progress
Physics
of or relating to forces producing motion. Often contrasted with static.
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STRUCTURES •
noun
The
arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex
A
building or other object constructed from several parts.
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Dynamic structures
"designed by time, shaped by life" David Fisher’s tower of endless shapes is the introduction of the fourth dimension, Time, as an essential part of the building philosophy.This concept brings first of all a dynamic use of space: not only does the Rotating Tower adjust to its surroundings, it can also comply with its tenants’ needs.
THE MAN Dr. Fisher graduated with Honors from the School of Architecture in Florence. In the mid-eighties he became involved in different construction methods in New York, setting up and managing large industrial facilities, as well as in the building and development activity of hotel projects.
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Dr. Fisher's professional activity has always been focused on two concepts: an industrial approach involving the use of prefabricated units, and Dynamic Architecture, where the traditional three-dimensional design meets a fourth dimension: Time. With his invention of the Dynamic Tower, he is transforming Time to herald a New Era of Architecture.
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After thousands of years in which buildings were static, David Fisher’s Dynamic Skyscraper is an important step ahead towards Future Architecture. The Rotating Tower brings three main futuristic aspects, three revolutions. The first revolutionary aspect is related to the shape of the building, which changes continuously. It is “Architecture as Part of the Environment”, adjusting to the sun and the wind, to the view and to our momentary requirements. Each floor, in fact, can rotate separately, changing every second the shape of the building. You can therefore wake up with the sun rising into your bedroom and enjoy the sunset over the ocean at dinner time. The Rotating Skyscraper takes on shapes imposed by time and life, never appearing the same in any two given moments. It is the first building to have four dimensions: Designed by TIME, shaped by LIFE.
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The second revolution that the Dynamic Skyscraper brings is the method of construction. To this futuristic design solution, David Fisher has added another unique innovation: Prefabrication. It is in fact the first building produced in a factory, giving construction a new industrial approach. The entire building, aside from the concrete core, is made of prefabricated units which arrive to the construction site completely finished, including flooring, water piping, air conditioning and all finishes. These units, made of steel, aluminium, carbon fibre and other high quality modern materials, are installed “mechanically” on site, offering luxury finishing, very fast construction time, usage of a limited number of workers, thus reducing site risks and enabling cost savings.
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The third revolution is born from combining technology and luxury with environment . The skyscraper's wind turbines, positioned horizontally between each floor, and solar ink on its many roofs will produce energy making the tower the first selfpowered building. Thus the Rotating Tower, a unique architectural solution, becomes also a "power station" producing green energy for the city.
DYNAMIC STRUCTURES Examples and applications
Suite Vollard •
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is an existing futuristic residential building in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. It is the world's first spinning building The floors each have double sheets of glass on the facade, tinted silver, gold, or blue, depending on the floor. This provides "a spectacular effect" as the floors rotate in opposite directions. The bottom floors of the building are mostly an executive center.
Suite Vollard General information Architectural style
Futurism
Completed
2001
Height
50 metres (160 ft) Technical details
Structural system
Concrete
Floor count
15 Design and construction
Architect
(Bruno de Franco)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suite_Vollard
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The Dynamic Tower (also known as Dynamic Architecture Building or the Da Vinci Tower) is a planned420-metre (1,378 ft), 80-floor spinning skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, designed by architect David Fisher . 90% of the tower will be built in a factory and shipped to the construction site. This will allow the entire building to be built in only 22
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The entire tower will be powered from wind turbines and solar panels. Enough surplus electricity should be produced to power five other similar sized buildings in the vicinity. The turbines will be located between each of the rotating floors.They could generate up to 1,200,000 kilowatt-hours of energy. The solar panels will be located on the roof and the top of each floor.
DYNAMIC TOWER PLAN Plan configuration
Villa floor
Plan configuration
KINETIC FACADES:
KIEFER TECHNIC SHOWROOM
Location :Bad Gleichenberg, Austria Architect :Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner Architektur, Graz, Austria In earlier times, façades were characterised by window arrangements and axes. They often featured surface relief with architectural elements from the relevant period or style. The structure of the façade also determined the ground plan; the greater the number of window axes in a room, the more important the function of the user.
KINETIC FACADES:
KIEFER TECHNIC SHOWROOM
These façades change continuously; each day, each hour shows a new “face” - the façade is turning into a dynamic sculpture.
The system of folding shades beside is produced by Kiefer technic, a manufacturer of stainless steel medical equipment for their showroom in Bad Gleichenberg, Austria. The design was conceived by Giselbrecht+Partne rs.
In earlier times, façades were characterised by window arrangements and axes. With the introduction of window strips, these hierarchies were abandoned. Today it is possible that the complete exterior façade is transparent, and this very transparency indicates a modern character. For this reason we have been working for some time with dynamic façades that can be adapted individually to changing conditions and needs. Of course they can also be controlled by optimising programs if users are not present in the rooms behind. Thus it is possible to realise these new transparent façades and yet still maintain a cosy at-mosphere in the rooms. •
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OPEN RESTAURANT IN AMSTERDAM BY CIE
Open restaurant in Amsterdam by CIE architectst is one of several newly constructed kinetic facades adding to a growing collection of dynamically adaptable buildings around the world .
Q1 HEADQUARTERS The recently completed Q1 headquarters building in Essen Germany is shaded by 3,150 kinetic “feathers” that open and close based on user input and sensor data.
OTHER INNOVATION EXAMPLES
THE PROPOSED 'WATER DISCUS HOTEL'
a spaceship-shaped building perched in the water and looking not unlike a Jame Bond villain's lair - is set to be the first of several planned across the region.
AL BAHAR TOWERS, ABU DHABI
An ingenious marriage of traditional ideas and hyper-contemporary design, these two commercial towers — site of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council — stand out even in a city as devoted to avant-garde architecture as this UAE capital. The exterior of the buildings riff on the idea of mashrabiya , wooden lattice screens traditionally used in Middle Eastern homes to help cool rooms, now updated for the 21st century using computer-controlled panels. As the sun moves, the vertical strips open and close, letting in light while cutting out heat and reducing the need for air-conditioning. At night, all the panels close so that the buildings’ facades can be seen in all their glory.
Location :Bad Gleichenberg, Austria Architect :Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner Architektur, Graz, Austria In earlier times, façades were characterised by window arrangements and axes. They often featured surface relief with architectural elements from the relevant period or style. The structure of the façade also determined the ground plan; the greater the number of window axes in a room, the more important the function of the user.
A swing bridge is a movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravity, about which the turning span can then pivot horizontally as shown in the animated illustration to the right. Small swing bridges as found over canals may be pivoted only at one end, opening as would a gate, but require substantial underground structure to support the pivot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_bridge Advantages
As this type requires no counterweights the complete weight is significantly reduced as compared to other moveable bridges. Where sufficient channel is available to have individual traffic directions on each side the likelihood of vessel-to-vessel collisions is reduced.
The central support is often mounted upon a berm along the axis of the watercourse, intended to protect the bridge from watercraft collisions when it is opened. This artificial island forms an excellent construction area for building the movable span as the construction will not impede channel traffic. Disadvantages
For a symmetrical bridge the central pier forms a hazard to navigation. Asymmetrical bridges may place the pivot near one side of the channel. Where a wide channel is not available, a large portion of the bridge may be over an area that would be easily spanned by other means. A wide channel will be reduced by the center pivot and foundation.
When open, the bridge will have to maintain its own weight as a balanced double cantilever , while when closed and in use for traffic, the live loads will be distributed as in a pair of conventional truss bridges, which may require additional stiffness in some members whose loading will be alternately in compression or tension. If struck from the water near the edge of the span, it may rotate enough to cause safety problems (cf. Big Bayou Canot train disaster ).
THE FALKIRK WHEELPROJECT The world’s first rotating boatlift. The original concept of a wheel to act as a boat lift actually dates back to 19th Century Europe, but it was first seriously considered by British Waterways as a solution for Falkirk in 1994. The 35m high, 1500 tonne machine transports canal barges and other boats between the Forth & Clyde and the Union Canal in Scotland , a vertical drop of 18 metres.
ROLLING BRIDGE, UK
Consisting of a single rigid element that lifts to let boats pass, the Rolling Bridge gets out of the way by curling up until its two ends touch. Twelve meters long, the bridge is made in eight steel and timber sections, and is made to curl by hydraulic rams set into the handrail between each section.
THE SLAUERHOFFBRUG BRIDGE IN THE NETHERLANDS The Slauerhoffbrug, located in Leeuwarden, was designed by Van Driel Mechatronica to be a fully automatic bridge with an ability to sense and adapt to its surroundings.
THE SLAUERHOFFBRUG BRIDGE IN THE NETHERLANDS
