Innovation pushes forward the human limitations and imagination. Architectural marvels of the past have stood the test time because of pioneering ideas and breaking design boundaries.

A proposed hotel project in the Middle East has everyone turning heads with its ingenious approach of going sustainable – rotating the center round structure to produce its own energy.

But how is it possible? The design was inspired by a key component of ship design.

“The Dynamic Positioning (DP) system which is often used on ships will be used in this project so that the rotation can be fixed and the platform position can be maintained,” added the studio. 

“Dynamic Positioning is a computer-controlled system set out to automatically maintain a ship’s position and direction using its own propellers and thrusters.” 

A full rotation will take 24 hours. The rotation will also create a unique experience of seeing the landscape in different angles.

The hotel, which will eventually span more than 376,000 square feet, or roughly 8.6 acres, also will have 55 vertical wind turbines that can generate 25kw of electricity each.

Another interesting sustainable feature is rainwater harvesting that can be used as greywater. This can then be used to water the surrounding plant and clean the hotel public places.

Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio, based in Istanbul, has taken the lead in this ambitious 5-star hotel project and has started its design last year. Its implementation is expected to be in the year 2025.

About Hayri Atak

Hayri Atak is an architect, designer and instructor who conducts his works in several different scales such as environment, city, building and industrial design. He graduated from Istanbul Technical University department of Interior Architecture and studied architecture in Auburn University in part of his undergraduate education. He had the opportunity to participate in various workshops at Rural Studio. Afterwards, he completed his master’s degree in Istanbul Technical University “Facade Design and Technology” and then completed his “Hotel Design in Interior Architecture” education at Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA). He adopts concepts such as futurism and informatics in architecture and stands out with his modular and organic formed works in line with these sense of design. He closely follows many topics such as parametric design, prototyping techniques, robotics in architecture and continues on his works with Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio (HAADS).

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