Friday 24 July 2015

As The Old Expression Goes,

'if you build it, they will come,'


that is the hope behind the Dutch Windwheel, which is being backed by DoepelStrijkersMeysters, and BLOC, is a massive undertaking: it will be a 570 foot-tall-wind-turbine-structure (that’s 174 meters) that will utilise the wind to form electricity, the massive floating wheel on water will house 72 apartments and 160 hotel rooms, and 40 rotating cabins will be included on it so that tourists can get a bird’s eye view of Europe’s largest port city, the Dutch Windwheel will also have restaurants and a large-sized panoramic deck, as well as commercial office spaces, 

the inner part of the massive wheel is where almost 300,000 square feet of living, commercial and social spaces will be located, while its exterior-outer-ring will be used to educate tourists of Rotterdam’s rich past, the outer ring will move just like a Ferris Wheel goes - round and round, but naturally, thanks to kinetic powers,

the Dutch Windwheel is expected to attract over 1.5 million visitors a year and it is widely anticipated to be a new economic engine for Rotterdam, the new structure will no doubt generate millions and millions of dollars annually for the region and its surrounding area and this is great for creating jobs and new opportunities of sorts, 'We wanted a 100-per-cent-sustainable building that serves as a platform for all kinds of innovations,' says Lennart Graaf, who is a lead developer on the project, the team of inventors have not yet indicated how much it will cost to build the Dutch Windwheel, and they have not yet outlined how much it will be to buy property or commercial space on it, they have not also revealed how much it will cost for tourists to check it out when it opens, but what a radical design and set of ideas.


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