As the World Turns
THIS just seems absurd.
An Italian architect said he is poised to start construction on a new skyscraper in Dubai that will be “the world’s first building in motion,” an 80-story tower with revolving floors that give it an ever-shifting shape.
The spinning floors, hung like rings around an immobile cement core, would offer residents a constantly changing view of the Persian Gulf and the city’s futuristic skyline.
The story doesn’t do a whole lot to explain the “how,” and I’m pretty sure there’s absolutely no way to address the “why” to any rational person’s satisfaction.
And while Fisher’s claim that “his tower will revolutionize the way skyscrapers are made” seems perfectly true, one is left wondering why we’ve stopped trying to change things for the better.
Maybe this is the key:
Fisher acknowledges that he is not well known, has never built a skyscraper before and hasn’t practiced architecture regularly in decades.
This inspires me to start posting about architecture again…you know-the one thing I’m ’supposed to know about’. I promise I’ll post about Dubai soon enough.
For now, I’ll just say that as a rendering, this image absolutely sucks, and is indicative of the commonplace imagery that only happens when idiots with high-powered 3D graphics programs like Maya or Form Z try to render something hyper realistically.
Notice the reflections don’t match the horizon line? Notice that the sunset second from the right is too orange compared to the rest? And where’d the land on the horizon go? Too much realistic detail without any reality equals architectural pornography.
Not very edifying.
Your blog is impressive,it is always in my mind after i read it.