MEGALITH'14
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Kharagpur
EDIFICE
Introduction
Dynamics is a branch of physics (specifically classical mechanics) concerned with the study of
forces and torques and their effect on motion, as opposed to kinematics, which studies the
motion of objects without reference to its causes. The concept of movement in a structure is
known as dynamic architecture. Dynamic structures modify their shape constantly. It
involves fourth dimension: time.
These 'dynamic buildings' marks the beginning of a new era in the architecture, a challenge to
the traditional architecture. The Dynamic Buildings define the start of a new conception
in architecture: a concept of Buildings in motion, in contradiction with the same idea of real
estate, that it is at heart of every construction.
Apart from the semantic issue, this new conception of architecture not only changes the
aspect of cities, but also the idea of modernity, beyond the relationship between buildings and
who lives in, and between buildings and the atmosphere that accommodates them.
Maintaining an only architectonic structure, always in evolution, the skyscraper offers infinite
solutions: in fact every floor rotates apart from the other, creating a building with infinite and
always various shapes.
Present Scenario
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MEGALITH'14
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Kharagpur
The Dynamic Tower (also known as Dynamic Architecture Building or the Da Vinci Tower) is a
planned 420-metre (1,378 ft), 80-floor moving skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
designed by architect David Fisher.
Similar to the Suite Vollard completed in 2001 in Brazil, each floor will be able to rotate
independently. This will result in a constantly changing shape of the tower. Each floor will
rotate a maximum of 6 metres (20 ft) per minute, or one full rotation in 90 minutes.
Problem Statement
What is expected of the student is :
 Give a detailed analysis of the mechanism of design and construction of the building
and also present a discussion on the prefabrication technique and how it’s going to
be useful in construction.
 Present a brief idea of the eco-friendly nature of these types of structure.
 Discuss some points that how it can help to boom industrialization.
 What sort of problems that we can face during and after construction and the ways to
overcome it.
 What should be the approach of Indian government to accomplish the goal of the
construction of these type of structures in India.
Rules and Regulations
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The event is open to all.
The maximum team size is four.
The participants will have to submit an abstract based on the questions asked in the
problem statement.
The report should be submitted with minimum font size of 11 and single line spacing.
Relevant statistics and data can be added as appendices at the end.
All submissions must be done before 26th January,2014.
Mail your submissions to ' [email protected] ' with subject as
Edifice_Submission_Teamname
Selected teams will have to present their ideas (in the form of Power Point
Presentation) during Megalith 2014 in IIT Kharagpur.
The decision of the Megalith Team shall be final and binding.
Contacts
Pankaj Kumar
Ph-No: +91-9434123558
Email-id: [email protected]
Website: megalith.co.in
Karthik Kantipudi
Ph-No: +91-7699575433
Email id: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]