biology

Tour Geneve

Tour Geneve is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tour Geneve rather than just read about it. In short: Tour Geneve is a residential skyscraper in the Altiplano district of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Built between 2012 and 2018, it is 182.3 m (598 ft) tall with 51 floors and is the current 6th tallest building in Brazil.

Key takeaways

Tour Geneve belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tour Geneve to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tour Geneve from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Tour Geneve is a residential skyscraper in the Altiplano district of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Built between 2012 and 2018, it is 182.3 m (598 ft) tall with 51 floors and is the current 6th tallest building in Brazil.

History

Architecture The building is in the Altiplano neighborhood of João Pessoa, Paraíba, in the state of Paraíba and was inaugurated on September 21, 2018. It has 51 floors, standing at 182.3 meters high, making it the tallest building in the city, the sixth tallest building in Brazil and the 19th tallest in South America. It has an observation deck which is open to the public and houses 94 rentable apartments . It was designed by the Brazilian firm Paulo Macêdo e Sócios. Built as a modern style tower, it was the first building to reach the milestone 50 floors in Brazil since the construction of Mirante do Vale in 1960. At the time of its inauguration it was the second tallest building in the country, surpassed only by the Órion Business & Health Complex, built the same year in Goiânia. The main contractor of the work was the company TWS, which was also in charge of building it. Bethania Tejo Arquitetos Associados was in charge of the interior design of the building. Its spire is 18.59 metres high. It has a total of 94 residential units, 45 office units and 21 shops, comprising a total of 160 usable spaces. The height of the lobby is 6.55 meters. The concept of the tower was designed by architect Paulo Macêdo and the landscape design was created by Patrícia Lago and Michel Lang. The design is inspired by the Jet d'Eau fountain in the city of Geneva in Switzerland. Its design is characterized by its sober colors and rounded shapes.

See also List of tallest buildings in Brazil List of tallest buildings in South America

References

External links Tour Geneve at CTBUH Tour Geneve at SkyscraperPage Tour Geneve at SKYDB

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tour Geneve

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tour Geneve claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tour Geneve before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tour Geneve ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tour Geneve

In research: Tour Geneve appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tour Geneve in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tour Geneve is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2018 establishments in Brazil, Buildings and structures completed in 2018, Buildings and structures in João Pessoa, Paraíba, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tour Geneve outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Tour Geneve in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tour Geneve means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Tour Geneve out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Tour Geneve in simple terms?

Why does Tour Geneve matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tour Geneve?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tour Geneve.