Rotating ... apartments

11 floors - 11 apartments - 11 hosts. And they all revolve. Rotated 360 degrees. Although the right, although the left. The only building in the world with revolving flats were put under a key in the middle of December 2004 in the Brazilian city of Curitiba (Curitiba). And some believe that the tower is a revolution in architecture. Had created a wonder of the world for 10 years, the Brazilian construction company Moro Construcoes Civis LTDA. Project leaders - architects Bruno de Franco (Bruno de Franco) and Sergio Silk (Sergio Silka) - say it is "a work of art, a totally new concept of housing." These things called the unique structure of the Suite Vollard (among other things, the names of buildings and a series of etchings by Picasso coincide completely, it's probably no coincidence). Although the tower was opened more than once - this was reported, for example, in 1999 and 2002 - presumably, she was only completed by the end of last year. Sale of apartments began Dec. 16, 2004. It is known that one of the 11 rotating kvartirok area of ??about 300 square meters in an environmentally friendly area Ecoville, 45 minutes from the beach, went for $ 300,000. Miracle flat So, let's round apartment belongs to us. What do we have? Let's start with the fact that all sides we are surrounded by a balcony with windows (PVC frames) from the floor and the ceiling. Glazing (a total of 30 square meters) divided installed every 90 degrees doors into four sectors with different shades of color mirror (double, 3 mm each) of glass: silver, bronze, green and blue. Thus, sunlight penetrating through the intricate glass, paints, each sector corresponding color. Must be obtained nicely. The central part, for obvious reasons, does not rotate. It includes: kitchen, laundry, bathroom and bedroom for guests. Each apartment - more precisely, the capsule around the central node - rotate individually, so equipped with its own, independent of other system engines. Console - Technology on the verge of fiction to bring an apartment to move, you need to use a computer like a remote control mounted on the wall of the stationary part of the apartment. Remote perceives and voice commands. You can program the motion in advance - there is a timer. Concrete platform, on which is installed flat, rotating gears, chains and other mechanisms. Optimal load - 150 kilograms per square meter, totaling 13 tons. Full rotation of 360 degrees clockwise (or counterclockwise) takes about an hour straight. Faster does not work. The authors of the project say that the speed increase is fraught with vertigo. Cunning, of course. Vinyl lucky .... On the facade there is no masonry, which means it is constructed of vinyl and metal structures. Result incredible - we have no problems with noise or integrity - says Bruno de Franco on the site of the Institute of PVC. - Vinyl is a better solution: a combination of compliance, performance and good looks. "Indeed, there is no contact between the designs do not, so do not hear the noise due to friction. Nothing more is known about the Suite Vollard. We can only consider the photographs. Gradual Revolution Meanwhile, architecture, buildings of this type is called "revolving tower (house or building)". Therefore, if there is "a type", it means Brazilian tower - not only building that is spinning in our world? "This is what it means. And we have a revolving restaurant do not take into account. Another "only in the world building" that can rotate 360 ??degrees, a 105-meter high tower of the Center for Science Glasgow (Glasgow Science Centre). 2,5 minute visitors to get to the top of the cabin, and thence survey the city in all directions . There is also a story about American couples - Eleanor and Richard Foster (Eleanor, Richard Foster), who decided to build a rotating house (Round House) in mid-1960. They like a huge mushroom building, the completed in May of 1968, turned in any direction at ten different speeds. The fastest complete revolution took place in 50 minutes, the slowest - in half a day. Residence Foster largely predates the Suite Vollard: the same glass walls, a fixed central part, and so on. In September 2002, after the death of a spouse unusual the building was sold to someone. Or take the South African firm Petrel Engineering. It is in 2001 erected a house in their homeland, the second floor is an area of ??280 square meters makes a full circle for half an hour, but at the slowest speed follows the sun. And so on . However, the existence of the above buildings uniqueness Suite Vollard not cancel because of another such residential apartment buildings on the planet do not. But then, if rotating the building - a revolution in architecture, it is obviously long-playing, and what lies ahead is anyone's guess.