A Skyscraper That Can Disappear

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If you’re one of those people who usually think new skyscrapers are ostentatious eyesores, the Infinity Tower, a 1,500-foot entertainment complex proposed for Cheongna, Korea, will offer a little bit of solace: It will only be an eyesore some of the time. Using a sophisticated system of cameras and LEDs, the building is designed to disappear with the push of a button.
The technological premise is the same one you see trotted out every so often for prototype invisibility cloaks: Cameras on one side of the building will project an image to screens on the other. Through careful consideration of viewing angles, the folks at GDS Architects think they’ve worked out how to create the most dramatic effect possible for pedestrians while remaining in the bounds of architectural and fiduciary reality. In a statement, GDS president Charles Wee said, “Instead of symbolizing prominence as another of the world’s tallest and best towers, our solution aims to provide the world’s first invisible tower.” It will also have the world’s third highest observation deck.

The design, which beat out 140 others in a 2008 and recently received construction permits from the Korean government, calls for 16 weatherproof cameras distributed at three different heights on the skyscraper’s skin. The images they capture will then be digitally processed to account for the structure’s shape and beamed out the other side across 1,500 LED strips. The facade was designed with pedestrians in mind–the arrangement of the cameras and LEDs is based on the precise angles from various viewing points around Incheon’s Cheongna district, about 20 miles west of Seoul, where the building will sit. The effect would only be activated for a few hours a day, when weather conditions permitted–the lights inside the 450-meter tall tower make after-hours invisibility impossible.
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http://www.wired.com/design/2013/09/a-skyscraper-that-will-disappear-using-high-tech-camouflage/
 
Its an interesting idea to say the least...

Wonder if it will actually make it into the final building though.
 
Won't someone please think of the birds .. La dee la dee laaaaaa .. *THUNK* :wtf:


ps. I've been staring at the picture of that tower for 7 minutes now and it hasn't disappeared even once!!! :mad:
 
evilstebunny said:
Won't someone please think of the birds .. La dee la dee laaaaaa .. *THUNK* :wtf:


ps. I've been staring at the picture of that tower for 7 minutes now and it hasn't disappeared even once!!! :mad:
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No no no, you are doing it wrong. It does disappear... when you close you eyes:D
 
Hack their system and upload your own message across the whole building's skin :twisted: :D
 
spiderz said:
Hack their system and upload your own message across the whole building's skin :twisted: :D
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Can you imagine.. hacking the system and putting porn on...

I can just see some teenage hacker is already plotting this...

Or you could play pong on the entire building.
 
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