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Da Vinci Tower
Information
Location Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Status Proposed
Use Hotel
Residential
Office [1]
Roof 313 m (1,027 ft) [2]
Floor count 68 [2]
Cost USD 330 million [1]
Companies
Architect David Fisher [1][3]
Developer Dynamic Architecture [2]

The Da Vinci Tower (also known as Dynamic Architecture Building) is a proposed 313 m (1,027 ft), 68-floor tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai (in دبيّ,) is one of the seven emirates and most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE Dubai (in دبيّ,) is one of the seven emirates and most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE [2] The tower is expected to be architecturally innovative for several reasons. Uniquely, each floor will be able to rotate independently. A rotation is a movement of an object in a circular motion A two- Dimensional object rotates around a center (or point) of rotation [3] This will result in a constantly changing shape of the tower. Each floor will rotate a maximum of 6 metres (20 feet) per minute, or one full rotation in 90 minutes. [3][1] It will also be the world's first prefabricated skyscraper. Prefabrication is the practice of assembling components of a Structure in a Factory or other Manufacturing site and Transporting complete [1] 90% of the tower will be built in a factory and shipped to the construction site. [1] This will allow the entire building to be built in only 18 months. [1] The only part of the tower that will be built at the construction site will be the core. [1] Part of this prefrabrication will be the decrease in cost and number of workers. The total cost will be 23% less than a normal skyscraper of the same size, while only 90 people will work on the construction site. [4] The majority of the workers will be in factories, where it will be much safer. [4] The entire tower will be powered from turbines and solar panels. A turbine is a rotary Engine that extracts Energy from a Fluid flow Photovoltaics ( PV) is the field of technology and research related to the application of Solar cells for Energy by converting Sunlight directly Enough surplus electricity should be produced to power five other similar sized buildings in the vicinity. [2] The turbines will be located between each of the rotating floors. [5] They could generate up to 1,200,000 kilowatt-hours of energy from the movement of the floors. The solar panels will be located on the roof. [2][5][4] Construction of the Da Vinci Tower, if built, is expected to be completed in 2009.

Referencess

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Da Vinci Tower. SkyscraperPage. com. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Dynamic Architecture Building. Emporis. com. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.
  3. ^ a b c "Dubai Puts a New Spin on Skyscrapers", Wall Street Journal, 2007-04-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.  
  4. ^ a b c Construction. Dynamic Architecture. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.
  5. ^ a b Self Powered. Dynamic Architecture. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.

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