A rotatable building structure (10) contains a vertical central core (14) for supporting suspended floor units (12) surrounding the core. An annular platform (22) extends from the core at corresponding floor units for providing accessibility to and from the central core. The floor units contain a dr
A rotatable building structure (10) contains a vertical central core (14) for supporting suspended floor units (12) surrounding the core. An annular platform (22) extends from the core at corresponding floor units for providing accessibility to and from the central core. The floor units contain a drive mechanism (38, 40, 42) for rotational displacement. The wind load on the exterior side of each floor, and/or horizontal wind turbines that turn around the core but is a separate part of the floor itself, solar panels situated as a roof cover on top of each floor and a wind tool (46) deployable from the floor unit provides alternative wind power assist for rotating the floor units.
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1. A rotatable building structure comprising: at least one central core;a plurality of floor units attached to said central core, one or more of said floor units being an individually rotatable floor unit in rotatable displacement about the central core with the central core passing through each ind
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A rotatable building structure comprising: at least one central core;a plurality of floor units attached to said central core, one or more of said floor units being an individually rotatable floor unit in rotatable displacement about the central core with the central core passing through each individually rotatable floor unit and each individually rotatable floor unit moving independently from floor units above and below said respective individually rotatable floor unit, said one or more individually rotatable floor units having a cross sectional plan view with outermost exterior perimeter points that are a non-uniform distance from said central core and with an exterior circumference in its entirety is visible from the exterior of the rotatable building structure at all times during rotation so that during rotation of the one or more individually rotatable floor units the outermost exterior perimeter points of the one or more individually rotatable floor units create a variable vertical external profile of the rotatable building structure;wherein said one or more individually rotatable floor units is accessible from the central core and has one or more of at least one living, hotel, office and/or commercial unit. 2. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotatable building structure comprises means to convert wind energy into electrical power. 3. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of floor units comprising multiple consecutive levels of individually rotatable floor units having cross sectional plan views with outermost exterior perimeter points that are a non-uniform distance from the central core, each level of individually rotatable floor units being independently displaceable. 4. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein one or more annular platforms provide accessibility to said one or more individually rotatable floor units from the central core. 5. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 4, wherein the one or more annular platforms extends below and partially supports the one or more individually rotatable floor units. 6. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 5, further comprising an interface between the one or more annular platforms and the one or more individually rotatable floor units includes slide means for permitting displacement of the one or more individually rotatable floor units along the one or more annular platforms. 7. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more individually rotatable floor units are rotatable independent of one or more adjacent floor units of said plurality of floor units. 8. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the central core includes at least one supporting structure adapted to support the one or more individually rotatable floor units, the one or more individually rotatable floor units further being displaceable along said rotatable building structure. 9. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cross sectional plan view of each individually rotatable floor unit attached to the central core are taken from the group consisting of non-uniform shapes and asymmetrically mounted floor units about the central core for providing the variable vertical exterior profile during rotation of the one or more individually rotatable floor units. 10. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said central core has an interior, said plurality of floor units suspended from and surrounding the central core, said plurality of floor units being positionable at vertical increments along the central core corresponding to floor levels, one or more annular platforms fixedly connected to the central core, said one or more annular platforms corresponding to one or more of the respective floor units and being accessible from the floor units, said central core further having a passageway from the one or more annular platforms to the interior of the central core. 11. The rotatable building structure as claimed as claimed in claim 1, wherein the central core has an interior that contains at least one of an elevator shaft and a stairway. 12. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more individually rotatable floor units are suspended from and/or positioned on at least one rail member mounted to the central core and include a roller bearing for cooperative interaction with the rail member for rotational displacement of the one or more individually rotatable floor units. 13. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprises a wind tool deployable from at least one of said one or more individually rotatable floor units for providing a wind generated force. 14. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more individually rotatable floor units are connected on a horizontal plane with respect to the central core at selected heights along the central core. 15. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 14, wherein the selected heights for mounting the one or more individually rotatable floor units are asymmetrical. 16. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more individually rotatable floor units define a peripheral boundary wall, said periphery boundary wall being aerodynamically designed and selectively repositionable for reducing the effect of wind loads in a case of a storm or hurricane. 17. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one floor unit of said plurality of floor units is provided with solar panels. 18. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 17, wherein each floor unit is provided with solar panels. 19. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a wind-power generator is mounted to the central core. 20. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a wind-power generator is rotationally mounted between two of the floor units. 21. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 20, wherein the wind-power generator includes one or more arcuate shovel blades for intercepting wind to generate a unidirectional rotational force. 22. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, comprising a plurality of wind-power generators each mounted between two of the floor units, where the two floor units are different for each wind power generator. 23. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 22, wherein the wind generators move independently from the floor units themselves, and will turn due to a wind load and according to a wind velocity. 24. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising means to convert a resistance to a movement created by a wind load on the building structure into electrical energy. 25. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plumbing system wherein a connection of pipes between the one or more rotatable floor units and the central core comprises a first toroidal pipe fixed to the central core and having a partial opening, and at least one second pipe fixed to the one or more individually rotatable floor units that is sealingly connected with the partial opening to allow a flow of clear water, waste, or air conditioning cold water to flow between the first toroidal pipe and the second pipe. 26. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 25, in which the second pipe is a toroidal pipe fixed to the one more individually rotatable floor units and having a partial opening communicating and sealingly connected to the partial opening of the first toroidal pipe in order to allow fluid communication between the first toroidal pipe and the second pipe, the first toroidal pipe and the second pipe acting as one pipe sliding one into the other allowing exit and entry connections to vary their mutual position. 27. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plumbing system comprising a toroidal pipe fixed to the central core and connected with one or more corresponding pipes of a floor trough connection which are arranged at predetermined positions to allow fluid communication between the toroidal pipe and the one or more corresponding pipes in given positions when rotation stops for a short time, allowing the one ore more corresponding pipes situated on the one or more individually rotatable floor units to feed a tank that will be positioned in the rotatable building structure. 28. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plumbing system comprising a toroidal pipe fixed to the central core and connected with at least one flexible pipe of the one or more individually rotatable floor units through one or more movable connections arranged to allow fluid communication between the toroidal pipe of the central core and the at least one flexible pipe, the one or more movable connections being capable of being automatically shut and disconnected when they are close to being completely stretched and automatically connected and opened when arriving at another connection thereby avoiding stoppage of rotation of the one or more individually rotatable floor units. 29. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: one or more lighting elements arranged to independently rotate around the central core of the rotatable building structure in order to produce the optical effect of motion or change of shape of the building according to the position and the speed of rotation of the one or more lighting elements. 30. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 29, further comprising: an intermediate space between adjacent floor units of the plurality of floor units;a rotatable supporting structure on which the lighting elements are arranged within the intermediate space;the one or more lighting elements on the supporting structure capable of rotating at a speed the same as or different from a speed created by a movement of the one more individually rotatable floor units themselves. 31. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 30, wherein said one or more lighting elements can move towards and back from the central core. 32. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 31, wherein said lighting element are connected to telescopic rods radially arranged in respect to a building vertical axis. 33. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 29, further comprising a supporting structure of lighting elements rotatably supported on or more of the floor units. 34. The rotatable building structure as claimed in claim 29, wherein motion of said lighting elements is configured to be synchronized. 35. The building structure of claim 1 wherein the floor units are prefabricated modular components configured to be composed at a lower level and lifted up to a destination level along the central core to be fixed to the central core. 36. The building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the floor units are prefabricated modular components, each floor unit is configured to be lifted up along the central core to an installation level and then fixed to the central core to create the floor unit at the installation level. 37. The building structure as claimed in claim 36, wherein the floor units are made of modular units each comprising a lower deck and an upper deck with partition walls of separate pre-assembled units configured to be installed on a temporary level, before lifting the respective floor unit to an installation level. 38. The building structure as claimed in claim 36, wherein the prefabricated modular components are made of steel, aluminum, carbon or any combinations thereof. 39. The building structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein each floor unit is configured assembled at a ground level, lifted up as a unit along the central core and fixed to the central core at an installation level. 40. The building structure as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a drive mechanism which provides a drive force to at least one of the one or more individually rotatable floor units to rotate the one or more individually rotatable floor units with respect to the central core at a user selected speed and direction. 41. The building structure as claimed in claim 40 wherein the drive mechanism is computer controlled. 42. The building structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein the at least one living, hotel, office and/or commercial unit has one or more electrical connections. 43. The building structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein the at least one living, hotel, office and/or commercial unit has one or more plumbing connections from the one or more individually rotatable floor units to a central unit pipe in the central core.
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