[49] By 11 April 2013, the tower had reached 108 stories, standing over 500 meters (1,600 ft) tall and thusly exceeding the heights of its two adjacent supertall skyscrapers, the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center.[50]. Shanghai Tower. This attractive and distinctive form will be a milestone in Shanghai city for representing China as a global financial power. Location: Noida, India. Cutting wind load also reduced the amount of construction materials engineers needed. [5][24] Each of these nine areas has its own atrium, featuring gardens, cafés, restaurants and retail space, and providing panoramic views of the city. The 828-metre Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower in Dubai, UAE, is the inspiration behind the design of 632-meter Shanghai Tower, China’s tallest, and the world’s second tallest tower. Filming in the middle of the world’s most populous city–not to mention getting on top of such a massive mega-structure–was no easy feat, but it was irresistible. "ACADEMY AWARDS®" is the registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [5] The transparent façade is a unique design feature, because most buildings have only a single façade using highly reflective glass to reduce heat absorption, but the Shanghai Tower's double layer of glass eliminates the need for either layer to be opaqued. [15], The tower has faced problems attracting tenants due to the absence of all the necessary permits from the local fire department, and consequent impossibility to obtain the official occupancy permit (eventually obtained at end of June 2017). [15], The design of the tower's glass façade, which completes a 120° twist as it rises, is intended to reduce wind loads on the building by 24%. Gensler won an invited competition in 2008 for the $1.9 billion project, beating SOM, KPF, and Foster + Partners. [33] The building also broke the record for the world's furthest-traveling single elevator, at 578.5 meters (1,898 ft), surpassing the record held by the Burj Khalifa. Connie Zhou. The Tower opened in 2015 and features 127 stories that rise above the clouds in spiral form that is at once romantic and practical, shedding huge wind forces while resembling a dragon’s serpentine tail. Dream Big takes an up-close look at Shanghai Tower’s stunning glass façade, which twists in a triangle through 120 degrees as it soars, an elegant means of battling one of the biggest problems all super-tall buildings face: their vulnerability to fierce gusts that can stress the structure and cause upper floors to take on a dizzying sway. The Shanghai Tower has an elegant design that twists a full 120 degrees to mitigate the effects of punishing winds. This allowed the construction team to use considerably less steel. [55] The tower's crown structure was completed in August 2014, and its façade was completed shortly after. Designed by the American architectural firm Gensler and created in conjunction with a consortium of Chinese companies and the New York-based structural engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti, it is also a certified LEED Platinum building due to its inventive sustainability features. Shanghai Tower’s twisting, tapering, triangular form—without a typical “look-at-me” cap on top—will appear as if it could continue skyward forever. For example, the Shanghai Tower, which stands 2,073 feet tall, has a twist that reduces wind-load by 24% and saved $58 million in structural material over the course of construction. "[54] Gu Jianping, general manager of the Shanghai Tower Construction Company, expressed the firm's wish "to provide higher quality office and shopping space, as well as contribute to the completeness of the city skyline's and the entire region's functionality". [15][16] Since April 26, 2017, the sightseeing deck on the 118th floor has been open to the public. Though the majority of the tower's energy will be provided by conventional power systems, 270 vertical-axis wind turbines located in the facade and near the top of the tower are capable of generating up to 350,000 kWh of supplementary electricity per year,[38][27] and are expected to provide 10% of the building's electrical needs. Room 2986, 29F Shanghai Tower No.501 Mid YinCheng Rd Pudong Xinqu Shanghai Shi, 200120 China. This reduced the amount of construction materials needed; the Shanghai Tower used 25% less structural steel than a conventional design of a similar height. Suite 10.03, 31, Market Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia. [39] In addition, the building's heating and cooling systems use geothermal energy sources. P.O. 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The tower uses 25% less structural steel than a conventional design of similar height. [54], The principal architect of the project, Jun Xia, said: "With the topping out of Shanghai Tower, the Lujiazui trio will serve as a stunning representation of our past, our present, and China’s boundless future. [42][43] A groundbreaking ceremony was held on 29 November 2008, after the tower had passed an environmental impact study. Gensler's 632-metre-high Shanghai Tower is the world's tallest twisted building The tallest of these is Gensler's 632-metre-high Shanghai Tower – currently the second tallest building in the world. [47], By May 2012, the tower's core stood 250 meters (820 ft) high, while floors had been framed to a height of 200 meters (660 ft). [27], The Shanghai Tower joins the Jin Mao Tower and SWFC to form the world's first adjacent grouping of three supertall buildings. The flowing spiraling form of the tower was generated from a rounded triangular plan. Completion Date: 2017. [20], The Shanghai Tower is owned by Yeti Construction and Development, a consortium of state-owned development companies which includes Shanghai Chengtou Corp., Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co., and Shanghai Construction Group. 92652 U.S.A. © 2016 MacGillivray Freeman Films. Some Chinese social media users criticized the leakage as typical of the results of tofu-dreg projects. 2 / 16. If you book with Tripadvisor, you can cancel at least 24 hours before the start date of your tour for a full refund. … Supernova Spira. [35], The Shanghai Tower incorporates numerous green architecture elements; its owners received certifications from the China Green Building Committee and the U.S. Green Building Council for the building's sustainable design. Each 2-level sky lobby serves as a community center for that zone of the building, with such amenities as food and beverage and conference rooms. The height of this building is 632 meters or 2073 feet. SHANGHAI: The world’s second tallest building, Shanghai Tower, will soon open in the Chinese financial capital with a twist — a 120-degree twist, to be exact. [52], In January 2014, the tower's crown structure passed the 600-meter (2,000 ft) mark when its construction entered its final phase. 'Shanghai Center Building') is a 128-story, 632-meter (2,073 ft)-tall megatall skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. [22][23], The tower takes the form of nine cylindrical buildings stacked atop each other that total 128 floors, all enclosed by the inner layer of the glass facade. [46] In the first months of 2012, cracks began appearing in the roads near the tower's construction site. Box 205 In the event of a fire or other emergency, the building's shuttle elevators are designed to evacuate occupants from specially-designed refuge floors located at regular intervals throughout the height of the tower. In September 2011, Mitsubishi Electric announced that it had won a bid to construct the Shanghai Tower's elevator system. [44] The main construction contractor for the project was Shanghai Construction Group, a member of the consortium that owns the tower. Shanghai (AFP) - The world's second tallest building, Shanghai Tower, will soon open in the Chinese financial capital with a twist -- a 120-degree twist, to be exact. At 2,073 feet tall, Shanghai Tower is the tallest building in China, and the second tallest in the world. The project team designed the tower’s glass outer façade – which has a 120° twist as it rises – to reduce the effects of wind on the building by up to 24%. Mitsubishi supplied all of the tower's 149 elevators,[30] including three high-speed models capable of traveling 1,080 meters (3,540 ft) per minute (64.8 kilometers (40.3 mi) per hour). [13] [37] By early September 2012, the core had reached a height of 338 meters (1,109 ft). 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