Revolutionary Tower in Brazil

An anonymous reader writes "Have you ever thought about retiring in Brazil? If you have thought about doing so, this might be just the piece of real estate you were looking for. 'An unusual apartment building was inaugurated in Brazil, each of whose 11 storeys turns independently, giving lucky residents 360-degree views of the eco-friendly city of Curitiba.' Now, if they could only tilt it a little bit to look like Pisa's Tower..."

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Dead or Alive

[Code-Ex]

You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round

Don't p*ss of the maintenance people...

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...next thing you know, they turn the RPMs up to about 60 and you're stuck to the outside wall.

Great for the folks on the top few floors...

[tattoi.nobori]

But what about folks on the bottom of the stack? $300k seems a bit steep for a remote-controlled, revolving street-level apartment. ^_^ "hey look honey, it's the gas station again! ...there's the liquor store... yep.. alright! gas station again!"

But that's using 1950's technology

[i41Overlord]

The Seattle Space Needle uses a one-horsepower motor to rotate its restaraunt once per hour. It can be done easily.

I'm sure with modern technology, we could design a much more powerful motor that would spin the restaurant at 15,000 rpm.

Re:But that's using 1950's technology

[AndrewStephens]

The Seattle Space Needle uses a one-horsepower motor to rotate its restaraunt once per hour. It can be done easily.

I'm sure with modern technology, we could design a much more powerful motor that would spin the restaurant at 15,000 rpm.

Thats how they clean it. Every night the last person out fulls the restaraunt with warm-soapy water and then pushes the spin-cycle button. 45 minutes later the whole place is clean, fresh, and ready for the next day.