美國紐約計劃建造世界上最長的倒U型建築

The race to build the world's most spectacular skyscraper has reached new heights - and taken a turn in direction.

建造世界上最壯觀摩天大樓的競賽又達到了新高度，並且還有方向上的轉變。

Designs for 'The Big Bend', a slender tower that would transform Manhattan's skyline, have been unveiled.

“大彎拱”是一座細長的塔樓，它可能會給曼哈頓的天際線帶來很大改變，這一設計最近剛剛公諸於世。

Described as the 'longest building in the world', the project's concept drawings reveal a skyscraper reaching an apex then curving back down. And featuring an elevator system that can travel in curves.

這座塔樓被認爲是“世界上最長的建築”，該項目的構圖展示了一棟衝入雲霄並在最高處折回的摩天大樓。此外還繪製了一個可以轉彎的電梯系統。

In a bid to work around the challenges of New York's zoning laws, design studio Oiio has imagined an innovative concept to straddle Billionaire's Row on 57th Street.

在一次變相挑戰紐約城市分區法的競標中，Oiio設計工作室想出了一個創造性的想法，建造一座橫跨57號街億萬富翁街的建築。

The studio explained: 'New York city's zoning laws have created a peculiar set of tricks through which developers try to maximise their property's height in order to infuse it with the prestige of a high rise structure. But what if we substituted height with length? What if our buildings were long instead of tall?'

該工作室解釋道：“紐約的分區法已經帶來了一系列的獨特的技巧，通過這些技巧，建造者們努力將建築的高度最大化，藉此使建築能擁有摩天大樓的名聲。但如果我們用長度代替高度呢？如果我們的建築是因長而非高而聞名呢？”

'If we manage to bend our structure instead of bending the zoning rules of New York we would be able to create one of the most prestigious buildings in Manhattan. The longest building in the world.'

“如果我們把我們的大樓彎曲，而不是向分區法低頭，我們就可以使我們的建築成爲曼哈頓最著名的建築之一。同時它也是世界上最長的建築。”

Stretching 4,000ft-long, the glass-lined tower would need to feature an elevator that goes far beyond all current designs.

此外，這座長達4000英尺的玻璃建築也需要一套遠超出目前設計水平的電梯系統。