Posted on 03/28/2017 12:36:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An artist's impression of how the proposed asteroid-suspended Analemma Tower would look.
The building will be suspended from an asteroid orbiting 50,000kms from the earth A New York-based firm is proposing that Dubai be the site of a futuristic, asteroid-suspended skyscraper that orbits around the world.
The speculative Analemma Tower - which is being proposed by the Clouds Architecture Office - is designed to be suspended downward on an asteroid orbiting 50,000km from earth. It would orbit in a figure-eight pattern across the northern and southern hemispheres in a 24-hour cycle each day.
A design close-up of the asteroid from which the proposed skyscraper would be suspended using high-strength cables
On its website, the firm notes that "Analemma inverts the traditional diagram of an earth-based foundation, instead depending on a space-based supporting foundation from which the tower is suspended. "This system is referred to as the Universal Orbital Support System (UOSS).
"By placing a large asteroid into orbit over earth, a high-strength cable can be lowered towards the service of earth from which a super tall tower can be suspended," the website noted. "Since this new tower typology is suspended in the air, it can be constructed anywhere in the world and transported to its final location."
The best location to get started, Clouds Architecture noted, is Dubai.
"The proposal calls for Analemma to be constructed over Dubai, which has proven to be a specialist in tall building construction at one-fifth of the cost of New York City construction," the designers said.
World's next tallest tower
The initial design - which Clouds Architecture is billing as "the world's tallest tower" - includes separate parts of the tower dedicated to business; sleeping quarters; devotional activities; a gardening and agricultural centre; "transfer stations" that allow for the transfer of people and goods between the earth's surface and the orbiting structure; and space for dining, shopping and entertainment.
The two highest sections of the tower - starting at between 17,000 and 20,000 metres above earth - are reserved for a reliquary section (which would house religious relics) and a funerary section. The tallest point of the tower above earth is planned for about 32,000 metres above ground.
This is how the Analemma Tower would look from space
To power the building, Analemma's designers plan to instal space-based solar panels, which - "installed above the dense and diffuse atmosphere" - would receive constant sunlight. Water is to be filtered and recycled in a semi-closed loop, and re-filled with condensation captured from rain and clouds.
Once built, the tower's proposed orbit would take it in a figure-eight pattern around the world, "where the tower would move at its slowest speed at the top and bottom of the figure eight, allowing the possibility for the towers occupants to interface with the planet's surface at these points".
Just hangin’ out 60,000 feet in the air!
DANG!
Originally touted by Engineering has the Unlikely, Altitude Support System. Luckily, marketing stepped in.
are reserved for a reliquary section and a funerary section.
You know: for all the Iron Workers who died hanging the thing.
An “A” for a high school science project. An “F” for a real world blueprint.
i thought drugs are a capital offense over there
Sure. This thing is a complete crock. Anyone who has ever run up in the man lift on a new ‘Tower’ would laugh their butt’s off on this entire premise. Plus this from the old days as we greeted each other on site.........’DLD’ baby..(D)on’t (L)ook D()own!!!! It was a long time ago. My old legs shake just looking at new hi-rise photos!
That’s the most da idiotic idea that I have seen in a long time.
Is this in the humor section? The author’s name is Bernd....
Oh jeez. Anyone that understands orbital mechanics would know instantly why this idea is borderline retarded.
Anything that is in orbit is in an equilibrium between its forward velocity and freefall towards the center of the gravity well. Dropping an anchor into the atmosphere would be one of the quickest ways imaginable to destroy that equilibrium.
Why is always the people who don’t seem to have bothered to learn basic science that want to tell the rest of us we should “aim high”? Learn the basics first before you try that, or you’re going to shoot yourself in the foot.
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