With 29 participants and two speakers, the Cruquis Tea House was well occupied as usual and the atmosphere, after the summer recess, excellent. Italian architect David Fisher conceived a tower in which residents can enjoy 360-degree views in revolving flats. Hotels/restaurants/offices are planned in the lower floors. With a height of 400 metres (80 floors), a fixed concrete core of 30/20 metres and a total diameter of 60 metres, the Dutch engineering firm IV-consult in Papendrecht, investigated the structural possibilities.
Solutions were found for permanent supply and drainage of gas, light and water. The separately moving floors consist of a steel structure with rubber wheels, running over a ring connected to the fixed core. In connection with the well-being of the residents (seasickness, dizziness, etc.), the floor rotates at a maximum speed of 360 degrees in an hour and a half. The core has space for all vertical transport (utilities, people, goods, yes even to take your car to your own floor). The project is meant for the rich of the rich. A flat comes to Euro 20-80 million. Due to economic crises, the development of the project, planned in Dubai, has been put on hold. Will it be reality or fiction?

Description

Italian architect David Fisher conceived a tower in which residents could enjoy 360-degree views in revolving flats.
The Dutch engineering firm IV-Groep in Papendrecht turned the architect's idea into "Bolts and Nuts" and created a concept design. The key questions here are: What does the turning mechanism look like and what is the continuous supply and drainage of water and power.
An employee of the IV-Groep, Ad van den Dool, will give the lecture

12.00 reception with drinks
12.30 sandwich lunch
13.30 lecture by IV-Groep employee

Speaker(s)

Ad van den Dool, IV-Groep

Location

Cruquis Tea House

Cruquisdijk 32, 2142 ER Cruquis

Organiser

Region North-Holland

Name and contact details for information

Eli Herremans, tel 035-6246572

feikje-eli.herremans@zonnet.nl