A Building that keeps changing its appearance!!!

PraveenKumar
Member • Dec 22, 2011

A Building that keeps changing its appearance!!!

A Building that keeps changing its appearance!!!

Austrian firm Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner developed the Kiefertechnic Architecture Showroom in Styria, Austria. Office building including exhibition space for product presentation Shell construction: solid brick walls, reinforced concrete ceiling (floor), along the façade steel columns with concrete filling

Facades: consisting of aluminum posts and transoms with protruding bridges for maintenance purposes, respectively EIFS-facade with white plaster Sun screen: electronic shutters made of perforated aluminum plates. This facade changes continuously; each day, each hour shows a new “face” – the facade is turning into a dynamic sculpture.

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Kaustubh Katdare

Administrator • Dec 22, 2011

Trust me, it's not at all a new technology. In India; 99.99% of the buildings change their appearance.

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ISHAN TOPRE

Member • Dec 22, 2011

The_Big_K
Trust me, it's not at all a new technology. In India; 99.99% of the buildings change their appearance.
What do you mean? (Is it a joke or something?)

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 23, 2011

There is a building right across my home, where the top part (a dome like structure) seems to be detached from the building at a certain time of the day.

Magic! 😁

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 23, 2011

Dancer_Engineer
There is a building right across my home, where the top part (a dome like structure) seems to be detached from the building at a certain time of the day.

Magic! 😁
Or an optical illusion?

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 23, 2011

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Or an optical illusion?
Hehe...
The building color matches the color of the sky and it looks like the dome is hanging in the sky. 😛

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 23, 2011

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Hehe...
The building color matches the color of the sky and it looks like the dome is hanging in the sky. 😛
But it looks so only at one particular angle right?

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 23, 2011

Praveen-Kumar
But it looks so only at one particular angle right?
Yes, a particular angle range.

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 23, 2011

Dancer_Engineer
Yes, a particular angle range.
Why don't you post a picture of it here? 😀

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 23, 2011

Ok I'll get a snap the next time I catch hold of the dome hanging in the sky 😛

Will post it tomorrow.

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 23, 2011

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Ok I'll get a snap the next time I catch hold of the dome hanging in the sky 😛

Will post it tomorrow.
Eagerly waiting for it... 😁

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 25, 2011

Ok here is the snap of the hanging dome.
The max that I could capture, to get a better view I would have to jump 90degrees from the window. 😛
So find out in the image. 😀

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ISHAN TOPRE

Member • Dec 25, 2011

Oh that's the color effect. Illusion as you rightly called it 👍

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 25, 2011

Here is another snap of the building.

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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Oh that's the color effect. Illusion as you rightly called it 👍
😛 😁
Actually, you get a better view if you stand perpendicular to the wall which matches the color of the sky.
That is where I could not jump 😛

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ISHAN TOPRE

Member • Dec 25, 2011

yep. Even if you view the first photograph (tilting and seeing from right to left), you can get that HANGING effect almost real.

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 25, 2011

Yes! 😀

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 25, 2011

Wow!!! Looks seriously cool man!!! Awesome!!! 😁

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 25, 2011

Praveen-Kumar
Wow!!! Looks seriously cool man!!! Awesome!!! 😁
Yeah!
The first time I saw it, I was like :O :O .....Mom...MAGIC!! 😁
I get to see it everyday 😛

And the dome keeps changing its color at night. 😁

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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Yeah!
The first time I saw it, I was like :O :O .....Mom...MAGIC!! 😁
I get to see it everyday 😛

And the dome keeps changing its color at night. 😁
Change colour at night??? 😲

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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Change colour at night??? 😲
Oops!
I mean the lights inside the dome keep changing the color at regular intervals.

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 25, 2011

Awesome... Then post a video of the same... 😁

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CIVILPRINCESS

Member • Dec 25, 2011

awesome picture dancer_engineer 😁
there is one other attempt to for such buildings that don't remain in the same form. here is one post about it : #-Link-Snipped-#
check out this video:

the video shows a faster movement of the building. in reality it is a slow movement. 😀

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 25, 2011

Isn't this about the new Infosys building in Dubai?

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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Awesome... Then post a video of the same... 😁
Dude, you are very demanding! 😛

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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Dude, you are very demanding! 😛
Er... You are making *us* to demand... 😛

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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there is one other attempt to for such buildings that don't remain in the same form. here is one post about it : #-Link-Snipped-#
Wow, that's cool. I have not read any news about such buidling.
Does it actually exist in the real world? :O

According to the article, the buidling is still under construction right?
What's the current status? Must visit once! 😉

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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Er... You are making *us* to demand... 😛
LOL 😁

Ok, will try; but can't promise. 😀

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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LOL 😁

Ok, will try; but can't promise. 😀
That's nice... 😁

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CIVILPRINCESS

Member • Dec 25, 2011

Praveen-Kumar
Isn't this about the new Infosys building in Dubai?
no this is not the infosys building 😀
that one is hyped for its architectural beauty 😀

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CIVILPRINCESS

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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Wow, that's cool. I have not read any news about such buidling.
Does it actually exist in the real world? :O

According to the article, the buidling is still under construction right?
What's the current status? Must visit once! 😉
actually its still in the development stage. 😀 david fisher (the architect) is facing some opposition stating it is not safe. so the scientists are working on it. 😀

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

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actually its still in the development stage. 😀 david fisher (the architect) is facing some opposition stating it is not safe. so the scientists are working on it. 😀
Is that Infy (hyped) and this one, one and the same building?

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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actually its still in the development stage. 😀 david fisher (the architect) is facing some opposition stating it is not safe. so the scientists are working on it. 😀
Yes, that looks dangerous to me 😲
There are a few structures / buildings in the world with revolving top, have you heard about it?
I have been in one, in Jammu City.

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CIVILPRINCESS

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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Is that Infy (hyped) and this one, one and the same building?

no its not the same!

this is the infosys building

it is not revolving... it just has the spiral look! 😀

this is the rotating tower i said.

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CIVILPRINCESS

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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Yes, that looks dangerous to me 😲
There are a few structures / buildings in the world with revolving top, have you heard about it?
I have been in one, in Jammu City.
yeah i've heard of such buildings 😀 i remember seeing one hotel in Singapore where the top alone keeps revolving. but that was when i was a kid 😉 😀

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Kaustubh Katdare

Administrator • Dec 25, 2011

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no its not the same!

this is the infosys building

it is not revolving... it just has the spiral look! 😀

this is the rotating tower i said.

That's not Infosys building. It's an upcoming project in UAE; that I last heard got scrapped because of lack of funds.

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CIVILPRINCESS

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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That's not Infosys building. It's an upcoming project in UAE; that I last heard got scrapped because of lack of funds.
i read that it is the infosys building in kuwit.

check this link...
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CIVILPRINCESS

Member • Dec 25, 2011

also this link : #-Link-Snipped-#

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 25, 2011

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also this link : #-Link-Snipped-#
Someone from the Infosys has to confirm...

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Kaustubh Katdare

Administrator • Dec 25, 2011

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also this link : #-Link-Snipped-#
Still doubtful. But if it's actually an Infosys building; I'm sure they've awesome plans 😀

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 26, 2011

Praveen-Kumar
That's nice... 😁
Alright Dude...check 😛

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 26, 2011

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Alright Dude...check 😛

You rock Dancer!!! Am a fan of you now!!! 😁

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 26, 2011

The lights change at a slow speed, i have fast-forwarded the video clip (x4). 😀

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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

Member • Dec 26, 2011

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The lights change at a slow speed, i have fast-forwarded the video clip (x4). 😀
Oh okay... What building is it actually?

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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 26, 2011

Praveen-Kumar
Oh okay... What building is it actually?
It's a Residential building.

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CIVILPRINCESS

Member • Dec 29, 2011

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Wow, that's cool. I have not read any news about such buidling.
Does it actually exist in the real world? :O

According to the article, the buidling is still under construction right?
What's the current status? Must visit once! 😉
i stumbled across this link now. check it out 😀
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Dancer_Engineer

Member • Dec 29, 2011

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i stumbled across this link now. check it out 😀
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Did you read the comment on the article? 😁

BTW, you being a civil engineering; do you think this project will be successful?
What's your take on it? 😀

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CIVILPRINCESS

Member • Dec 29, 2011

Dancer_Engineer
Did you read the comment on the article? 😁

BTW, you being a civil engineering; do you think this project will be successful?
What's your take on it? 😀
i think it can be built successfully. we have already started construction of even more complex buildings like the 1km high tower which i think will be the most difficult one. when that itself is being carried out with no fear i think this will not be much of a problem. only thing we've to take care of is the safety and strength of the precast blocks. 😀

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