tours.polycentriques/Holonic Tower

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A new concept for the rebuilding of the World Trade Center: a polycentric tower

The Twin Towers tragedy has revealed the serious safety defects inherent in the central core concept used for all towers today.

The architect Denis Sloan Engineers Peter TERRELL Claude DELALANDE

proposes a new patented construction concept—the polycentric tower. This makes total devastation impossible and enhances both the rapid evacuation of persons and the massive intervention of emergency workers thanks to the gridded, centrifugal design of circulation.

The building consists of a powerful visible peripheral structure with large grids framing independent blocks of buildings.

The whole is comparable to a number of linked towers set around a large central area. Very stable but tall nevertheless, the structure consists of several pillars and the related platforms.

To achieve the floor areas of the Twin Towers, the structure could attain a height of 600 metres and consist of some fifty building units of about fifteen floors each. Denis Sloan's concept is modulable and can be used for buildings of more modest size and various shapes.

The configuration consisting of pillars combined with platforms forming the equivalent of bridge decking provides the greatest possible strength when exposed to all types of aggression (earthquakes, fire, etc.).

Each pillar contains numerous lifts (elevators) and broad staircases. The pillars also house essential networks and fluids systems.

The platforms form a horizontal link between all vertical circulation routes and house reception premises and large safety/fire relay units.

Polycentric towers respond to current requirements with regard to safety and well-being and do not involve any technical construction difficulties.

Sincerely

Email: claude.delalande@gmail.com

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