The Leaning Tower of ... RONGOTAI
What's the actual point of having a lean into the wind
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Wonder if it will ever be blamed for an accident caused by a pilots misinterpretation of perspective and pre-conditioning by expecting the thing to be standing vertical. Time will tell.
Oh well, I thought Oz architects were bad with buildings that look like they were designed within the limitations of CAD version one-point-oh.
Oh well, I thought Oz architects were bad with buildings that look like they were designed within the limitations of CAD version one-point-oh.
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Airways New Zealand has lodged a resource consent application with Wellington City Council for a 32-metre-high airport control tower, designed to lean into the prevailing northerly wind at an angle of 12.5 degrees.
It would have to be built on a hydraulic turntable.
Half the year its a NW 15-25/G35-55Kts and the other half of the year its S 15-35/G60Kts.
Only time its calm is when its deciding which way to blow from.
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from Fairfax NZ....
Top goes on Wellington's new airport control tower
Wellington's new airport control tower has had its roof lifted into position.
By TOM HUNT | 8:32AM - Tuesday, 16 May 2017
One of Wellington's largest cranes has lifted the top of Wellington's new control tower into place.
— Photograph: Monique Ford/Fairfax NZ.
IT IS tilted at an odd angle and plonked in the middle of a car park but Wellington's new control tower has its crown.
A massive crane on Tuesday morning lifted the top of the new airport control tower into place without hitch.
The new tower — built with an intentionally distinctive lean — is positioned in the Lyall Bay Warehouse car park.
Dubbed the leaning tower of Rongotai, once completed it will lean at a 12.5 degree angle into
the prevailing northerly wind. — Illustration: Studio Pacific Architecture.
In 2015 Wellington City Council granted resource consent for the new control tower for Wellington Airport, being built by Airways New Zealand.
The $18 million, 32-metre-high tower is designed to lean into the prevailing northerly wind at an angle of 12.5 degrees. Building began in January 2016.
The top floor will give air control officers 360-degree views.
The 10-tonne steel roof frame was lifted into place by one of Wellington's largest cranes.
Work began on the new tower in January 2016. — Photograph: Kevin Stent/Fairfax NZ.
Airways chief executive Ed Sims said the were “proud to see the tower taking its final shape on the Wellington skyline”.
“While there's still a lot of work to come before the tower is operational, this is an exciting milestone.”
The building has 13 base isolators.
The next step will be to complete the cladding — aluminium panels on the east and west sides, and glass facades on the north and south.
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Top goes on Wellington's new airport control tower
Wellington's new airport control tower has had its roof lifted into position.
By TOM HUNT | 8:32AM - Tuesday, 16 May 2017
One of Wellington's largest cranes has lifted the top of Wellington's new control tower into place.
— Photograph: Monique Ford/Fairfax NZ.
IT IS tilted at an odd angle and plonked in the middle of a car park but Wellington's new control tower has its crown.
A massive crane on Tuesday morning lifted the top of the new airport control tower into place without hitch.
The new tower — built with an intentionally distinctive lean — is positioned in the Lyall Bay Warehouse car park.
Dubbed the leaning tower of Rongotai, once completed it will lean at a 12.5 degree angle into
the prevailing northerly wind. — Illustration: Studio Pacific Architecture.
In 2015 Wellington City Council granted resource consent for the new control tower for Wellington Airport, being built by Airways New Zealand.
The $18 million, 32-metre-high tower is designed to lean into the prevailing northerly wind at an angle of 12.5 degrees. Building began in January 2016.
The top floor will give air control officers 360-degree views.
The 10-tonne steel roof frame was lifted into place by one of Wellington's largest cranes.
Work began on the new tower in January 2016. — Photograph: Kevin Stent/Fairfax NZ.
Airways chief executive Ed Sims said the were “proud to see the tower taking its final shape on the Wellington skyline”.
“While there's still a lot of work to come before the tower is operational, this is an exciting milestone.”
The building has 13 base isolators.
The next step will be to complete the cladding — aluminium panels on the east and west sides, and glass facades on the north and south.
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• CuriousCity: Hundreds of planes land at Wellington Airport every day. How do they do it?
• Airport gets go-ahead for leaning tower
• Tower to lean into wind
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It's the end of an era tomorrow as the old Wellington Airport control tower closes and the new “Leaning Tower of Rongotai” takes over control duties.
As the following newspaper article states, the old tower (which is sited in a residential street), would be a perfect pad for an aviation enthusiast once it comes onto the market.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/106...after-60-years
As the following newspaper article states, the old tower (which is sited in a residential street), would be a perfect pad for an aviation enthusiast once it comes onto the market.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/106...after-60-years
