Eco Factor: Solar-powered high-rise tower for Rotterdam.
Dutch architecture firm, Monolab, has designed a high-rise tower for Rotterdam that will definitely be like a green star on the city’s skyline. The 450m high tower will leave conventions aside and will use the latest in technology to keep the carbon footprint of the architecture to a minimum. The ambitious plan will minimize wind and shadow effects and will make use of a network of walkways to connect the tower to the land.
To lower the structure’s carbon footprint, tower’s façade will use photovoll glass, which will harness solar energy to power the structure. Unlike a central core that is used for elevators and stairs, this new tower will be designed with the elevators and stairs placed on the outside of tower. During evenings the outside of the tower will be illuminated with LEDs that make the outermost skin of the façade.
Via: ArchDaily/DesignBoom
