Kinetower

Morphing Kinetower Skyscraper Concept Is a Mind (and Literal) Bender

03/17/2011

Kinetower

There are many <a href="http://inhabitat.com/seeds-of-life-cairo-garbage-city-envisioned-as-a-soaring-skyscraper-on-stilts/">skyscrapers</a> on Inhabitat that are almost beyond comprehension in their genius, but Kinetura is breaking serious new ground with their metamorphic Kinetower. With its flexible exterior windows, the tower blooms and billows much like a balloon, except that sunlight causes the response instead of air. <a href="http://www.kinetura.com">The unique skyscraper</a> bends our perceptions of what architecture is capable of - check out a video of it in action after the jump.

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The flexible exterior glass panels can billow and bloom either when prompted by the user or in response to sunlight. The tower is seen here in its static state.

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The architects call this process Metamorphism, and the building literally transforms itself.

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Here the building begins to open itself up

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The building continues to open itself up, forming what the architects call another dimension

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This living building is literally mind-bending

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More than just a fancy trick, the movement is actually an energy-regulator.

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Buildings of the future are no longer static, but dynamic and responsive to their environment.

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Kinetower

There are many skyscrapers on Inhabitat that are almost beyond comprehension in their genius, but Kinetura is breaking serious new ground with their metamorphic Kinetower. With its flexible exterior windows, the tower blooms and billows much like a balloon, except that sunlight causes the response instead of air. The unique skyscraper bends our perceptions of what architecture is capable of - check out a video of it in action after the jump.

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