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Waterfall tower to power Rio Olympics

Posted by: Anita Posted date: August 02, 2012 In: From The Editors



Today comes news of a design from a Brazilian firm who plan to build an iconic 90 floor high skyscraper featuring a lavish urban waterfall that will solar power Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympic Games. You’ll even be able to bungee from the top from a retractable platform.

The idea is that by day the building’s solar power plant produces energy for the city, and by night, excessive energy will be pumped as seawater into a tower with the water being released, producing energy that can light up the city.

Both a shop and café are located beneath the waterfall with an observation deck and urban balcony located at the top of the tower 105 metres above sea level, which provides visitors an opportunity to walk over a glass sky walk with the waterfall streaming below.