Comments on: Singapore’s Floating Apartment Building http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/singapores-floating-apartment-building/ Deliciously Geeky... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:25:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/singapores-floating-apartment-building/comment-page-1/#comment-167325 Richard Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:56:25 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/singapores-floating-apartment-building/#comment-167325 Actually a building of this sort (hanging on a central core) was put up in Vancouver BC Canada about 30+ years ago. It is only about 20 stories and one single building around a single core. I guess that would make the Twin Towers hanging building 2.0 and the one now planned for Singapore is v 3.0. The one in Vancouver was touted as being "more" earthquake proof than anything then erected in the city at that time. Actually a building of this sort (hanging on a central core) was put up in Vancouver BC Canada about 30+ years ago. It is only about 20 stories and one single building around a single core. I guess that would make the Twin Towers hanging building 2.0 and the one now planned for Singapore is v 3.0. The one in Vancouver was touted as being “more” earthquake proof than anything then erected in the city at that time.

]]> By: nomadicalloy http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/singapores-floating-apartment-building/comment-page-1/#comment-166546 nomadicalloy Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:25:20 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/singapores-floating-apartment-building/#comment-166546 doesn't this remind you of a scifi movie? doesn’t this remind you of a scifi movie?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/singapores-floating-apartment-building/comment-page-1/#comment-166520 Anonymous Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:46:17 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/singapores-floating-apartment-building/#comment-166520 apparently it's not by OMA itself, but by one of their partners - Ole Scheeren - working outside the firm. http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=946 apparently it’s not by OMA itself, but by one of their partners – Ole Scheeren – working outside the firm.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=946

]]> By: Andrew Liszewski http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/singapores-floating-apartment-building/comment-page-1/#comment-166394 Andrew Liszewski Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:04:53 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/singapores-floating-apartment-building/#comment-166394 Agreed. But even though the Twin Towers looked like fairly 'ordinary' buildings they were the first to use a revolutionary new design. If I'm not mistaken it was the first to use a central concrete core which allowed the outer walls to be made of steel and glass and each floor to be all open space. But people saw what happened to what they thought was a standard building design so I have to wonder if unique designs like this would give the average person even less confidence. Agreed. But even though the Twin Towers looked like fairly ‘ordinary’ buildings they were the first to use a revolutionary new design. If I’m not mistaken it was the first to use a central concrete core which allowed the outer walls to be made of steel and glass and each floor to be all open space.

But people saw what happened to what they thought was a standard building design so I have to wonder if unique designs like this would give the average person even less confidence.

]]> By: CRConrad http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/singapores-floating-apartment-building/comment-page-1/#comment-166388 CRConrad Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:54:45 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/singapores-floating-apartment-building/#comment-166388 But then again, the Twin Towers were brought down even though they *weren't* as exotically shaped as this project, so maybe people won't think the exotic shape has anything to do with that. But then again, the Twin Towers were brought down even though they *weren’t* as exotically shaped as this project, so maybe people won’t think the exotic shape has anything to do with that.

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