Solar City Tower

Solar City Tower – future architecture

The 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games set a new standard for sustainable buildings, with several receiving LEED certification and the 2012 London games are poised to eclipse that mark. The 2016 summer games in Rio, seeking to be the first zero-carbon footprint games, may go even further in the green race based on this entry from Swiss architects RAFAA Architecture and Design.

 

The Solar City Tower is a solar power plant that by day produces energy for Rio de Janeiro as well as the Olympic village and a pumped seawater storage system to generate power at night. A special feature of the building is the urban waterfall, which on special occasions will be created by pumping water over the edges of the building to be a ‘symbol of the forces of nature,’ according to Rafael Schmidt of RAFAA.
The tower can be accessed is through an urban plaza and amphitheater 60 meters above sea level, which can be used for social gatherings and events. A cafeteria and shop are on the Atlantic Ocean side of the 105-meter tower, behind the waterfall, and will have ‘spectacular views,’ according to the architects. The top floor has an observation deck with 360-degree views of Rio and the ocean while the 90.5 level has a retractable bungee platform for thrill-seekers.

 Solar City Tower

 Solar City Tower

 Solar City Tower

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Concept media player

The portable media player has been designed as a university project about sci-fi movies. The technology used to carve this eye-appealing multimedia player is quite different from that of a traditional headphone. The skill projects music, video and image, which threw nodes directly into the brain. The product does not involve the use of ears, but just to make the design more acceptable, a typical headphone look was adopted. This look will easily form a connection with people, just like other products in the same league.

Minority Report Media Player features three nodes that will help keep the selected information secure. One of the nodes is positioned at the top of the gadget and the other two forms a contact with both temples. Magnetic technology is used to unfold the side nodes placed near the temple. These will get all the power from photovoltaic cells that come draped in acrylic material. These also work as an ingenious display for the device. When the device is unfurled, it looks as if a wave is spreading out from the center.
Designer Sebastian Pandolfi from Argentina

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