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Created: 12/20/08
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mut architecture's skywheel was designed in 2008 by john mascaro and leo morand. The project proposes a new way of conceiving the use of the southern tip of Roosevelt Island by transforming it into a community that resides in, works in, plays in, and learns in a massive ferris wheel type structure that derives its power from the currents of the East River.
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  • project : Skywheel
    location : Roosevelt Island, NY
    date : february 2008
    program : residential skyscraper
    type : competition
    budget : --
    team : Léo Morand & John Mascaro
    status : unbuilt
    The Sky Wheel rises above the southern tip of Roosevelt Island, New
    York. A representation of a non-hierarchical structure evolves in the
    form of the Ferris Wheel. In this structure, the cars, the inhabitants,
    quite literally scrape the sky.
    The Southern tip of Roosevelt Island points down the East River, is
    level at it’s nadir with East 46th street in Manhattan. Home to nothing
    more than an abandoned smallpox hospital called the Renwick
    Ruin, this stretch of earth sits nestled between Manhattan and the
    borough of Queens, with a view that shoots down the eastern coast
    of Manhattan Island.
    Paddle wheels sunk within the powerful changing currents of the
    East River rotate to force into action a system of worm-gears. On
    each side of the wheel the worm gears sync, and rotate shafts which
    span over 400 feet, extending to the hub of the wheel. A second series
    of gears translates the force, whichever direction the tidal strait
    The structure, a quiet giant, attaches all the moving components,
    the arms, the gardens, elevator shafts, the base which extends to
    the restructured Renwick Ruin resting on the ground - the only surface
    foot-print for the entire project. That this system rotates slowly
    belies the power, the force of its gradual spin. Split in two halves 100
    feet apart from each other these components are bound to the axel
  • skywheel designed by mut architecture (john Mascaro and Leo Morand)
  • skywheel designed by mut architecture (john Mascaro and Leo Morand)
  • skywheel designed by mut architecture (john Mascaro and Leo Morand)
  • skywheel designed by mut architecture (john Mascaro and Leo Morand)
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mut architecture's skywheel was designed in 2008 by john mascaro and leo morand. The project proposes a new way of conceiving the use of the sout… Read More
mut architecture's skywheel was designed in 2008 by john mascaro and leo morand. The project proposes a new way of conceiving the use of the southern tip of Roosevelt Island by transforming it into a community that resides in, works in, plays in, and learns in a massive ferris wheel type structure that derives its power from the currents of the East River. Read Less
Published: December 20, 2008
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