THE TOWER OF HOPE is a skyscraper looking for a home. With a total height of 930 m with just over half a mile from the roof height to the media antenna, it will be the world's tallest structure, surpassing the Burj Khalif in Dubai. The primary structure is reinforced concrete, structural steel covered in an exterior of glass, giving the illusion of a translucent tear as water flows down across its glass surfaces. It is designed to be a visual beacon of hope for humanity and a home and Head Quarters for many of the world’s largest and most prolific charity organizations.
THE NAME: The building name represents its purpose to stand as a visual representation of humanity hope, empathy and tolerance.
THE DESIGN: The design comes from the from the vision of its designer Quaada C. Barbee an international teacher who has traveled the world and witnesses insurmountable suffering within it. “It is designed to represent a giant tear and encompasses all the emotions brought forth by a tear, sadness and joy to the human experience. The tear-shaped design has been chosen to optimize space, and light for its residential, and office spaces, retail stores, restaurant, gallery, multi-purpose room and media center and as well as hotel space. The reinforced buttressed central core is used to support the height of the building. The TOWER OF HOPE central core houses all vertical transportation and its egress stairs encircling its core. The structure contains a state-of-the-art heating and cooling system and the with the ability to turn into a giant waterfall as recycled water cascades down its glass walls into a recirculating system. It contains a total of 59 elevators and 9 escalators. With numerous emergencies exist. It will be a sight to behold!
"THE TOWER OF HOPE is designed to be a large-scale, mixed-use development to include many homes, offices, restaurants, a broadcast media center, multiple galleries, 2 hello port and other amenities. The decision to design these spaces comes from the central need to have an emergency disaster center that’s able to find viable solutions for some of the world humanitarian problems and centralize some of the worlds charity agencies, and resources" says the designer Quaada C. Barbee