The Solar City Tower is a conception imagined by Zurich based computer architecture and design studio RAFAA. The design was created for a contest in 2009. The images show an artist's impression of what the aimed tower might look like if manufactured. However, the project is just a proposal and the tower may never actually be built.
It will be both a observatory, and a welcome mark for the visitors arriving by air and by sea at Rio de Janeiro, where the Olympic Games 2016 will happen. The project is from Zurique, and employs solar energy during the day with its solo power boards, to pump the seawater as seen in the model. The movement of the water will be also applied to turn the turbines and acquire the power to work the system at nighttime.
Olympic tower 2016 is mystic and amazing. Just look at the images.
RAFFAA has more details about the proposal on its website, including the following description of the project's conception:
Take a look at the images:
It will be both a observatory, and a welcome mark for the visitors arriving by air and by sea at Rio de Janeiro, where the Olympic Games 2016 will happen. The project is from Zurique, and employs solar energy during the day with its solo power boards, to pump the seawater as seen in the model. The movement of the water will be also applied to turn the turbines and acquire the power to work the system at nighttime.
Olympic tower 2016 is mystic and amazing. Just look at the images.
RAFFAA has more details about the proposal on its website, including the following description of the project's conception:
"The aim of this project is to ask how the classic concept of a landmark can be reconsidered. It is less about an expressive, iconic architectural form; rather, it is a return to content and actual, real challenges for the imminent post-oil-era. This project represents a message of a society facing the future; thus, it is the representation of an inner attitude. Our project, standing in the tradition of “a building/city as a machine”, shall provide energy both to the city of Rio de Janeiro and its citizens while using natural resources. We hope to attain an international Olympic message with a political appeal. After hosting the United Nation’s Earth Summit in 1992, Rio de Janeiro will once again be the starting point for a global green movement and for a sustainable development of urban structures. It will perhaps even become a symbol for the first zero carbon footprint Olympic Games"
Take a look at the images:
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