Comments on: Energy Generating Dance Floor

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:58:51 +0000

The claim that a flloor like this could generate “60% of the building’s energy” seems wildly exaggerated to me. They don’t give any numbers, which always makes one suspicious. Rough calculations give numbers more like 1% of a club’s electricity.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:38:14 +0000

In regards to people mentioning the movement of the floor, being a clubber myself most clubbers desire dance floors with a bit of give as it is easier on the legs over a night of dancing. Go and dance on concrete and then carpet to see what i mean. The best clubs in the world normally have ’springy’ dancefloors.

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By: Boris Anthony

Boris Anthony — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:59:16 +0000

These should be put anywhere there is regular, sustained, and high frequency foot travel. Check out aisles in stores, airport terminal walkways. Reduce the “bounce” to almost imperceptible and it’s totally safe. Sure you get less power but the movement is constant so you’re always getting something, no?

By: Felix

Felix — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:04:34 +0000

How do I prove I walked to the club?

I’m waiting to see how this actually feels to dance on. I’m guessing it is only ‘bouncing’ by 1mm or so, not enough to upset your balance. But still, it might be noticeable.

Surely the floor will hardly move unless everyone is jumping in unison? Unless it is made up of small panels about the size of one person’s dance space.

By: kris northern

kris northern — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:18:04 +0000

@ #2 adam scott
Suspended dancefloors are actually coveted in the dance community (at least here in the NW US) as they bounce with the crowd and absorb alot of the shock that can travel and wreak havoc with needles on a record.

thanks for the great post

By: Arturo Gonzalez

Arturo Gonzalez — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:14:31 +0000

I wanna Know more of this ecological clubs and the DANCING FLOOR GENERATE
what kind of transformator do the disco used

By: Diagram: Energy generating dance floor « Framework 21

Diagram: Energy generating dance floor « Framework 21 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:10:30 +0000

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By: Griffin

Griffin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:42:15 +0000

Could you make this portable? and is there anyone in the states that is currently using it?

By: Jim On Light » Blog Archive » Kinetic Dancefloor

Jim On Light » Blog Archive » Kinetic Dancefloor — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:01:00 +0000

[...] enough, after writing the post about Sustainable Dance Clubs, I found an article from Interactive Architecture about the kinetic dance floors used in places like Club Watt and the new place opening up in London [...]