Officials have promised a four-year construction timetable if and when Domino Tower breaks ground. Though it doesn’t appear the taller Domino Tower is moving forward (there’s been little-to-no news about the development after the renderings initially dropped), it remains to be seen whether its counterpart in Zanzibar will meet the same fate or actually be realized. What’s more, this iteration of Domino Tower isn’t the first at the end of last year, a slightly tweaked version of the project was pitched for Ha Long Bay in Vietnam but at a whopping 99 stories and 1,772 feet tall. That location, and the feasibility of building a destination skyscraper on a manmade island, poses serious questions about how the project will respond to and mitigate flooding as sea levels continue to rise on account of unchecked climate change. The project slots into Zanzibar’s push to develop new hotels and other tourist attractions as part of its “ Blue Economy” strategy, which is attempting to lure international investment by promoting the autonomous zone’s prime location in the Indian Ocean. At a cost of $1.3 billion, building Domino Tower alone would cost about 60 percent of the country’s entire annual budget of approximately $3.17 billion for 2021-2022. Zanzibar Domino Tower will be built on a 3,982,646 sq ft man-made island linked by a bridge to the west coast of Zanzibar. However, whether the project will actually be realized is up in the air. I dreamed of building this project for more than a decade.” The Domino Tower, to be situated in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, would be Southeast Asias tallest building once it is built. Jean-Paul Cassia, the founder of xCassia reportedly said that the project was “first sketched in Paris in 2009, after my late father, my two sons and I played a round of dominos. (Courtesy xCassia)ĭomino Tower takes obvious design inspiration from its namesake, resembling a row of dominos toppling over, the massing starting from a tall, diagrid pane that extrudes and scallops, gradually growing shorter as the building curves and wraps in on itself. If completed, Domino Tower would rise atop a manmade island in the Indian Ocean. Indeed, the rendering released by xCassia shows the curved structure at the base of the tower carving out a sheltered cove in the Indian Ocean lined with docks that would guide boats towards a central plaza and other amenities. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.The $1.3 billion tower will, according to a joint press release from the three groups, contain “luxury hotels,” 560 apartments, a golf course, a wedding chapel, and a marina at its base for yachts and cruise ships. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the VRT noticeboard. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2018041910007837. This correspondence has been reviewed by a Volunteer Response Team (VRT) member and stored in our permission archive. The Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. The tower is the same as the one captured from inside on File:Domino tower inside.jpg, except that this photo was taken before some of the leg dominos were removed from the lowest level to allow to slide the camera under the tower. This photo shows a tower built from these dominos, and some unused dominos lying on the table. (File:Dominos.JPG shows a set of similar dominos.) The dominos are of size approximately 4 centimeter (1.5 inch), and come in five colors. These dominos are unmarked and are usually used for building lines you topple, but they can also be used as toy blocks (building blocks), such as here. This is not a good photo (both quality and composition is bad), but I'm including it to explain what that other photo shows, because it could be hard to imagine otherwise. English: This photo shows a tower bulit of toy dominos, the same tower as the one shown in the photo File:Domino tower inside.jpg.
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