0-14 Tower

Constructed in the heart of Dubai’s Business Bay, 0-14 Tower is a twenty-two-storey tall commercial tower standing on a two-storey podium. Designed by Architects Jesse Reiser and Nanoko Umemoto of RUR Architecture, in collaboration with developer Shahab Lutfi, this tower stands out for both its height and area covered – a sizeable 30,000 sq.ft.

The façade of this tower consists of a doubly skinned envelope which contains 1,000 circular openings in the 40c thick concrete outermost skin. These circular openings on the facade serve as a solar screen, letting in light, air, and visibility into the interior occupants. The openings on the shell are modulated depending on structural requirements, views, sun exposure and luminosity. The façade also serves as a structural exoskeleton, absorbing all of the tower’s lateral forces and acting as a physical barrier for the building’s window wall. The concrete shell creates highly efficient, column-free open spaces in the buildings interior.

A space nearly one meter deep between the shell and the glazing creates a 'chimney effect,' a phenomenon whereby hot air has room to rise and effectively cools the surface of the window wall behind the perforated shell. This passive solar technique essentially contributes to a natural component to the cooling system for O-14, thus reducing energy consumption by 30%, just one of many innovative aspects of the building's design.

Dynamic Towers

Dynamic Towers – world’s first building in motion will also be the first skyscraper constructed from prefabricated units in Dubai. This 80-storyed dynamic tower is designed by Italian architect David Fisher with 420 meters height. The apartments will be able to spin 360 degrees, giving the tower a different look every time.

Each floor will be able to move at different speeds and in different directions independently would combine the Emirate’s lavish tendencies and Dubai’s architectural superiority with new eco-friendly technology. This tower is designed in such a way that it can power itself and also for the other five smaller buildings in its surroundings.

This dynamic skyscraper is occupied for various purposes as 1st-20th floors by offices, 21st – 35th floors by luxuries hotels, 36th – 70th by residential condominiums and finally 71st – 80th floors are in use by luxuries villas.

The entire tower will receive its power generated from 79 wind turbines and solar panels. The turbines will be located between each of the rotating floors. Each turbine has the peak ability to produce around 0.2 megawatt hours of electricity and it estimated to produce around 1,200,000 kilowatt-hours of energy per year. The system is not only meant to create enough energy to power to the entire tower but still have juice to spare for five other similar sized buildings in the vicinity. The solar panels will be located on the roof and the top of each floor. The cells will be 15% open to the sun’s rays on all 80 floors for the full day helping to power the building.