The London Eye
The London Eye is one of the largest Ferris wheels in the world, located right on the banks of the Thames in the Lambeth area. Its height is 135 meters, that is, about 45 floors.
The authors of the project were architects Julia Barfield and David Marks. The construction of the London Eye took 6 years, and was timed to coincide with the Millennium.
The Ferris wheel has 32 fully enclosed and air-conditioned cabins. The number of booths is not accidental, but symbolizes 32 suburbs of London. In addition, each capsule weighs 10 tons and can lift 25 passengers, that is, the total weight of all cabins is a considerable figure.
The wheel moves at a speed of 26 cm per second and makes a complete revolution in 30 minutes.
In 2006, the London Eye was equipped with LEDs from Color Kinetics. Especially for the 2012 Olympics, the wheel lighting was connected to a computer program that translates the mood of humanity, which is determined by texts on social networks, into the appropriate color scheme, and by the play of light you can determine whether the whole world is sad or happy now.
