Engineering is becoming increasingly perfect also thanks to new materials and generative design: unimaginable heights of knowledge and competence, which are making representations of the future that seem like something straight out of science fiction films feasible. A skyscraper in Dubai is always a door to the future, and this dynamic tower confirms it.
Dubai's skyline could have an even more futuristic look thanks to the Turkish architect's concept Hayri Atak. Squall Tower, this is its name, is a skyscraper designed to physically rotate in the wind, according to a press release provided by the architect. A perpetual wheel, in my opinion.
The Squall Tower was recently unveiled on the website and on the architect's social media, offering an in-depth look at the building.
A tower synchronized with the wind
The concept of the structure designed by the team of Turkish architects Hayri Atak, Kaan Kılıçdağ, Büşra Köksal and Kübra Türk, combines three different parameters in the most appropriate way, to generate a kind of perpetual turbine.
The designers took inspiration from vertical wind turbines, and unlike skyscrapers that resist the force of the wind, Squall Tower moves smoothly with its surroundings.
The tower's high-rise structure features three ribbon-like segments designed to rotate slowly, at a fixed speed. The segments of the dynamic building rotate around a central axis, with numerous branches connecting everything together.
Rotation with minimal speed will be possible thanks to the aerodynamic design of the cross section of each of the three components of the Dubai Rotating Tower.
Squall Tower, perpetual pinwheel
With or without wind, a full rotation will be completed every 48 hours. Like many revolving restaurants, the tower will allow its occupants to have a comprehensive view of Dubai.
Regardless of the direction of the wind, says Atak, the Dubai skyscraper will be able to generate electricity thanks to its rotation.
A truly ambitious project, even in an already futuristic context like Dubai: it is not clear when or if the construction of the Squall Tower will take place.
If built, however, the tower will surely find a place on the list of the latter wonders of world engineering.
