2024-12-20T01:22:43-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150000149/a-tower-designed-to-hang-from-an-asteroid-in-earth-s-orbit Nicholas Korody 2017-03-29T12:22:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ug/ugsb8m2q37p5ssud.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Following on the heels of that <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149999090/a-tower-that-arcs-high-above-new-york" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paperclip-esque tower design</a> for New York, here&rsquo;s another &lsquo;out there&rsquo; skyscraper design. Literally, this one is &lsquo;out there&rsquo;&mdash;in Earth&rsquo;s orbit. Designed by Clouds Architecture Office, this speculative <a href="http://www.cloudsao.com/ANALEMMA-TOWER" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">building</a> would hang from an asteroid, which would be lowered into orbit. Then a high strength cable would descend down to Earth and support a super tall tower.&nbsp;</p><p>&ldquo;Since this new tower typology is suspended in the air, it can be constructed anywhere in the world and transported to its final location,&rdquo; state the architects. &ldquo;The proposal calls for Analemma to be constructed over Dubai, which has proven to be a specialist in tall building construction at one fifth the cost of New York City construction.&rdquo;</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/cl/cl7iiz3s7sdawtsp.jpg"></p><p><strong>From the architects:</strong></p><p><em>Orbital mechanics for Analemma: geosynchronous orbit matches earth's sidereal rotation period of one day. The tower's position in the sky traces out a path in a figure-8 form, returning the tower to exactly the same position in the sky each da...</em></p>