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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Posted by Marcus Fairs
November 6th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
this is amazing, really inventive
plus it looks like something coming from the Greek mythology!!
November 6th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
You need a better rendering program. try rhino, vray, maya or mental ray
November 6th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Cool, shall we expect one to appear on clerkenwell green next summer then?!
See you there…
November 6th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
very efficient contraption…. they need to take into account some sort of protection from all those flying pigs…. may hamper proceedings a bit
November 6th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
I hope there aren’t too many species of birds that like to fly through that gorge…
November 9th, 2007 at 12:52 am
Looks like a g-string or a jockstrap strung across the landscape…
November 9th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Very cool! Did someone propose that to Al Gore?
November 11th, 2007 at 6:23 am
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!!!
November 13th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
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
November 16th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Thats the best idea I have seem yet. Keep thinking.
November 25th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
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”.
December 9th, 2007 at 2:04 am
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.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:39 am
I think the landscape looks cooler now.
But what about a HURRICANE ?
April 19th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
I think its a good start, but me thinks this would not be efficient enough.