Unbelievable

Solar Tower for the 2016 Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro

The challenge was to design a vertical structure on the island of Cotonduba that in addition to serving as an observation tower would become a symbol of welcome to newcomers in Rio either by sea or by air once it has been host city of 2016 Olympic Games.
Designed by RAFA firm headquartered in Zurich , Switzerland , it is called " Solar City Tower , this structure was chosen in response to the initial proposal and it has the potential to generate enough energy not only for the Olympic city, but also for part of the city of Rio .
Its design makes it store solar energy during the day, while the surplus energy produced is piped to pump sea water within the tower giving the effect of a waterfall outside. This water is reused simultaneously by turbines which are designed to produce energy during the night
These characteristics give it the epithet tower generator which is intended as a continuation of some of the resolutions taken during the Earth Summit United Nations in 1992 that took place in Rio and also promotes the use of natural resources in energy among these people.
The tower also has an amphitheater, an auditorium, cafeteria and shops accessible on the ground floor where you can take an elevator that leads to various observatories and a retractable platform for the practice of bungee.
At the top of the tower, it will be possible to appreciate the scenery around the island where it will be erected and its waterfall will become a benchmark for 2016 and the city of Rio de Janeiro .

That is SO f***ing cool!

~Lordbob

Nice, I hope that goes ahead, somebody will get the benefits of it after the games at least.

Don't know whether the locals will like the height of it, though you never know.

Well that's nothing .... when we get the Olympics in 2012 in the UK we are going to power the whole games with "Rain Power" (cos we get lots of it) and when it doesn't rain we have 5 of these "Electro Bikes" maybe 6, depends on how many people come and how much money the government is going to give us (we are in a recession at the moment and are making a few cut backs)



Then after the games we are going to put a front wheel on the bike and government officials can take it in turns to use the bikes to go to work so we can lower gas omission's

Must admit though Rio de Janeiro's does look a lot cooler than ours

On a serious note, it looks fantastic ..... nice one South America.
I think you have to do something pretty spectacular to beat Beijing and Rio's looks like a winner

Lool... This is amazing.. very cool!

jfar said:

I like the part about you giving the bike to the politicians, go for that one anyway,

Definitely the best idea

Fantastic pictures. I guess I've been living in a cave as I hadn't heard anything about that until now.