Brazilian artist Lalalli Senna has designed the concept for Senna Tower, a 500-metre-tall supertall skyscraper in Brazil set to be the nation's tallest and "tallest residential tower in the world", according to its developer.
The Senna Tower is planned for Balneário Camboriú, a city in Brazil's Santa Catarina state that is known for its skyscraper-lined coastal skyline.
Brazil developer FG Empreendimentos has unveiled renderings of Senna Tower
Renderings show a slim, glass-clad tower. At its base, a section of the facade slips forward to create a series of terraces that are covered in pools and landscaping.
A race track will encircle the podium, which will be part of an "immersive space" dedicated to Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, who died at the age of 34 as a result of a driving accident. The tower is set to be "world's tallest residential building" if completed
The project is a joint venture between developer, construction and engineering firm FG Empreendimentos and the Senna Brand, the lifestyle brand of the late driver.
It was designed by Ayrton Senna's niece and artist Lalalli Senna to reflect his "heroic journey", with the horizontal axis representative of the "material" and the vertical, "the celestial and ideal."
Bands of lights will run up the facade and around the base. At the top of the tower, the lights surrounding the crown are shown to project upwards.
The tower's base contains amenities an...