Revolving Façade? Amazing!

Richard Wilson, an English sculptor designed a system that rotates and revolves as part of a building's façade. The artpiece is called ‘Turning the Place Over’, and is on display at Liverpool until the end of next year. According to the Liverpool Biennial press release:

“The revolving façade rests on a specially designed giant rotator, usually used in the shipping and nuclear industries, and acts as a huge opening and closing ‘window’, offering recurrent glimpses of the interior during its constant cycle during daylight hours.

The construction programme started in February 2007 and involves the careful deconstruction of the façade across three floors of the building, which is then reconstructed and fixed to the enormous pivot installed at the heart of the building. This astonishing feat of engineering will stun audiences on many levels. Disturbing and disorientating from a distance, from close-up passers-by have a thrilling experience as the building rotates above them.”

Here's a video of the revolving façade in action:



Via Boing Boing