terminal tower, rio de janeiro cruise ship terminal*Terminal Tower is placed in the old port waterfront of Rio de Janeiro and is conceived as an horizontal-vertical skyscraper. The tower will become an icon within the city as it is situated along the main entry points of Rio de Janeiro next to the elevated highway which is the main entrance to the city. As a new port facility it will transform the experience of cruise ship arrivals. The project is an urban landscape, generated by the flow forces that link diverse infrastructures and urban spaces in the city. The scale of the intervention allows for a new relationship between the city, the bay and its spectacular topography. The tower is organized along a central environmental structure that creates an intense programmatic experience. The structure is conceived as a system where the groups of 4 floors are hung from the main internal structures.**This project was developed by Armando Oliver Suinaga while working for OUTr @ RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia as a speculative proposal . OUTr Research Laboratory Key Designers: Rosalea Monacella and Craig Douglas