Olympic Tower 2016

The Olympic Tower 2016...Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; rivals the...

 (click here!) The Girl From Ipanema!

This vertical structure will be placed in Cotonduba Island . 

It will be both an observation tower and a welcome sign for the visitors arriving by air and by sea to Rio, where the  2016 Olympics are set to occur [assuming the gangs in the Rio slums don't destroy the city...].

The project is from Zurique, and utilizes solar energy during the day with its solo power panels, to pump the sea water as seen in the model (below). The movement of the water will be also utilized to turn the turbines and produce the power to work the system at night time. In the "Solo City Tower" is the auditorium, shops etc. High speed "E lifts" will take the visitors to the top, where the view will be epic; hell they even have bungee jumping from a special platform. 

And, for all the engineers and tech geeks:

First, though, London,  2012!

johnny boy