{{tag>:modules:module conforming futuristic quarter_block tower}} [<>] ====== Kepler Tower ====== **Designer:** [[designers:Nathan Stohlmann]] **Designed:** March 2012 ===Designer's Notes=== Oddly, this building started out as a [[wp>Roundabout]]. I had been thinking about alternative road types besides the standard straight and perpendicular that is the most common in Micropolis and had recently built a [[Bluff Switchback]] and replicated a copy of [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/40485587@N04/5284955732|Rakanishu1024's excellent Freeway module prototype]] and so a roundabout seemed like an obvious next challenge to tackle, but it wasn't going to work. My basic idea was to use a nested set of half-arches but I ran into a significant issue: LEGO doesn't make one of the necessary parts! Specifically, the smallest arch ([[http://brickset.com/parts/?part=609126|Brick W. Arch 1X1X1 1/3]]) fits nicely inside the second smallest ([[http://brickset.com/parts/?part=4618880|Brick 1X3X2 W/Ins And Outs.Bow]]) and the biggest arch ([[http://brickset.com/parts/?part=4294690|Brick W. Arch 1X1X3 1/3]]) fits nicely inside another part ([[http://brickset.com/parts/?part=4159140|Brick W. Bow 1X5X4]]) and it's complement ([[http://brickset.com/parts/?part=4116854|Brick With Bow 1X5X4 Inv.]]). However there is no arch part that fits between those two sets of nested arches. So there I was with two neat prototypes for nested arches and no module to put them in when [[designers:jennifer_heaton|Jennifer]] suggested that we needed more tall buildings in downtown and maybe I should work on something for that while I figured out what to do about the roundabout. In return I challenged her to build a tower in one day, which resulted in the [[Red Crystal Tower]] and I built the Kepler using the the inner nested arches for rings around the building and a Technic internal structure that I had been kicking around in my head for awhile. Both were ready for the [[layouts:leonardos_basement_2012|display at Leonardo's Basement]] the next afternoon. {{gallery>http://is.gd/h0WlQh}} [<>] ---- ~~DISQUS~~
