Buenos Aires Forum
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The Buenos Aires Forum is a proposed development in Buenos Aires
, Argentina
, the centrepiece of which is a 1000 m (3,280.8 ft) tall skyscraper. The proposed development will be constructed on seven platforms totalling 400 hectares to be built in the River Plate
. It will be connected to the rest of Buenos Aires by a 5 km long viaduct. The development, at an estimated cost of US$ 3.33 billion, is expected to be completed in 2016 and create 20,000 jobs.
In an interview with Momento24, the architect Julio Torcello spoke of the project's location and good financial situation. He said "Everything is ready for the construction".
Depending on the status of several other similarly tall proposed skyscrapers, the tower could become the tallest tower in the world.
. He said, in the same interview with Momento24, "First it was a great ruler of DNA in height and then transformed into a cone to give the idea of infinite protection in cosmos."
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, the centrepiece of which is a 1000 m (3,280.8 ft) tall skyscraper. The proposed development will be constructed on seven platforms totalling 400 hectares to be built in the River Plate
Río de la Plata
The Río de la Plata —sometimes rendered River Plate in British English and the Commonwealth, and occasionally rendered [La] Plata River in other English-speaking countries—is the river and estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River on the border between Argentina and...
. It will be connected to the rest of Buenos Aires by a 5 km long viaduct. The development, at an estimated cost of US$ 3.33 billion, is expected to be completed in 2016 and create 20,000 jobs.
In an interview with Momento24, the architect Julio Torcello spoke of the project's location and good financial situation. He said "Everything is ready for the construction".
Depending on the status of several other similarly tall proposed skyscrapers, the tower could become the tallest tower in the world.
Design
Architect, Julio Torcello, described the design as being the "geometrical image of the human genome", comparing the spiral form to human DNADNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
. He said, in the same interview with Momento24, "First it was a great ruler of DNA in height and then transformed into a cone to give the idea of infinite protection in cosmos."
External links
- Grupo Torcello (in Spanish)
- BAF at Skyscraperpage