한국 토지주택공사 (LH)측에 따르면 현재로서는 이 건물의 기본 설계만 이뤄진 단계로, 시공사 선정이나 실시 설계는 아직 이뤄지지 않았다고 한다. 이 건물의 설계에 참여한 업체는 GDS 아키텍츠와 삼우건축사사무소, ANU 디자인 그룹이 있다,
LH 관계자는 완공시기나 착공시기는 아직 정해지지 않았다고 밝혔다.
만약 디자인대로 완공된다면 이 건물의 높이는 450미터로 세계에서 여섯 번째로 높은 타워가 된다.
타워 인피니티의 가장 큰 특징은 LED 스크린과 카메라를 이용해 건물을 “보이지 않는 (invisible)” 상태로 만든다는 것이다. 건물의 여러 부분에 위치한 카메라는 타워의 주변 환경을 촬영한 뒤 실시간으로 이미지를 타워에 부착된 LED 스크린으로 보내게 된다.
이러한 이미지는 디지털 처리과정을 통해 파노라마 형태의 이미지로 변환되어 상영된다. 즉, 건물의 뒤에 있는 풍경을 촬영해 앞쪽에 있는 LED 스크린에 상영하는 형태로 인해 마치 건물이 없는 것 같은 착각을 불러 일으키는 것이다. (코리아헤럴드)
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S. Korea OKs construction of ‘invisible’ building
By Yoon Min-sik
From “cloaked” alien tanks and jets in the computer game “Starcraft” to a transparent flying fortress in the movie “Avengers,” invisible structures have always been considered a product of imaginary science, whose rightful place is within the boundaries of fiction.
That is until South Korea recently authorized the construction of “Tower Infinity,” a 450-meter-high skyscraper which is to use high-tech projectors to make it appear as if the building is not really there.
The glass tower, backed by the Korea Land & Housing Corporation, is to be erected in South Korea’s main gateway city of Incheon, on the outskirts of Incheon International Airport. The project is still in the very early stages of development, according to a KLHC official.
“The contractor (for the project) has not been decided yet,” the official said, adding that only the basic concept design of Tower Infinity had been confirmed.
The basic layout of the tower was designed by a consortium of Samwoo Architects & Engineers, ANU Design Group and U.S.-based GDS Architects.
The working design and specific dates for construction of the tower have not been set, the official said.
If constructed as originally designed, it will be the sixth-tallest tower in the world behind Tokyo SkyTree, Guangzhou’s CantonTower, Toronto’s CN Tower, Moscow’s Ostankino Tower and Shanghai’s Oriental Pearl.
The main feature of Tower Infinity, however, is not its height, but its unique camouflage system that combines the usage of cameras and LED panels to make the building virtually “invisible.”
Multiple cameras placed at three different heights on six different sides of the building will capture real-time images of the surroundings. The images will then be projected on LED screens on other sections of the building.
The images will be altered to create panoramic visuals to elude the eyes of beholders.
“Instead of symbolizing prominence as another of the world‘s tallest and best towers, our solution aims to provide the world’s first invisible tower,” Charles Wee, design principal of GDS, said in a statement.
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minsikyoon@heraldcorp.com)
