Wind dam by Chetwood Associates

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Building Design shows a power-generating "wind dam" designed by architects Chetwoods that uses a giant spinnaker sail slung between mountains to funnel wind into a turbine.

Chetwoods have submitted a proposal to suspend the first wind dam across a gorge at Lake Lagoda in north-west Russia.

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One Response to Wind dam by Chetwood Associates

  1. subdivision says:

    this is amazing, really inventive

    plus it looks like something coming from the Greek mythology!!

  2. Matt says:

    You need a better rendering program. try rhino, vray, maya or mental ray

  3. Daniel Brown says:

    Cool, shall we expect one to appear on clerkenwell green next summer then?!

    See you there…

  4. roadkill says:

    very efficient contraption…. they need to take into account some sort of protection from all those flying pigs…. may hamper proceedings a bit

  5. Brian says:

    I hope there aren’t too many species of birds that like to fly through that gorge…

  6. rkeytect says:

    Looks like a g-string or a jockstrap strung across the landscape…

  7. Stephan says:

    Very cool! Did someone propose that to Al Gore?

  8. Nawatzki says:

    it is wonderful concept.. but like brian says birds? shear off the sides of sails? shadow issues with water for fish and algae? maybe a clearer fabric?

    outstanding though!

    champion idea!!!

  9. horst thorn says:

    sorry, but this is one of the biggest bullshit i’ve ever seen… there are much more efficient possibilities to generate natural power without disturbing landscape… please stay a little bit cooler besides all those eco discussions

  10. Pat says:

    Thats the best idea I have seem yet. Keep thinking.

  11. Fu Manchu says:

    When I picture “the future”, I picture crazy-looking, yet practical things all over the place. This really fits in with my idea of “the future”.

  12. Ihrdeppen says:

    oh well… a modern, high security nuclear reactor is doing less harm to nature than this f*ing MONSTER!
    what’s next, chetwood? a mega freezer to stop global warming?
    seems you can sell every stupid concept in this age of blindfold mass hysteria.

  13. RawThinkTank says:

    I think the landscape looks cooler now.

    But what about a HURRICANE ?

  14. erm says:

    I think its a good start, but me thinks this would not be efficient enough.

  15. hugo says:

    I don’t understand how the spinnaker sail is full of wind yet the water on the lake is flat like a millpond.

  16. Bill Myers says:

    Of course it's a silly idea, but what fun!

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