Rotating Views

Industrial designer Shin Kuo doesn't think it's fair that some people always have the best
views. Why not give everyone in a building a chance to see how things look from the top?

So Kuo came up with a bold idea—a design that would make it possible for the units in a
building to move so that a resident’s view and perspective constantly change. His solution
was to devise a system through which each unit slides on a spiral track around a central pillar
to a new location. The residents would determine how frequently their living spaces rotated.

Each home’s gas and electric lines would detach before places start moving, and then
reattach to new ports at its new spot. There would even be a touch of an amusement park in
Kuo’s concept, which he calls “Turn to the Future.” When it’s time for a unit to rotate to the
penthouse, a crane would lift it up from the ground floor right through the center of the
building to its new position at the very top.
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Research of the Main Building Characteristics for Rotating Buildings
K. C. Chou
September 2014

According to Chou (2014), the continuous evolution of traditional construction

technique compels the new generation building technology to renovate the present thinking
mode of static building into dynamic building behavior pattern. The building development of
buildings' exterior structure and the variance in shaping has breakthroughs with the
maturation of BIM technology. At present, with the renovation and evolution of building
technology, the dynamic building mode of rotating building is shown up and innovated
continuously in various countries. Therefore, this study aims to discuss the main building
characteristics and key technical indicators of the future rotating buildings. The major
technical projects implemented in the present rotating building construction cases in Taiwan
and abroad are analyzed by literature review, case study and survey. Eight key technical
indicators are found by statistical analysis and expert feedback of Delphi Method. The
statistical analysis of case demonstration is carried out to demonstrate the research findings.
The research findings can be used as theoretical reference for new building technology R&D.
They can increase the substantive effectiveness of design construction and technical
development of the future rotating buildings, so as to enhance the construction technique
quality and management of the future rotating buildings, and to contribute to the national
goal for sustainable green construction.

Chou, K. C.(2014). “Research of the Main Building Characteristics for Rotating Buildings.
Scientific. https://www.scientific.net/AMM.638-
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