TAIPIE 101 Skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan

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•INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPITION

•Detail information

•history

•DESIGN PHILOSPHY OR CONCEPT

•Architectural design And plan Views

•Unique Material or character

•Leed and green sustainability

•Merits and demerits

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ANDDESCRIPITION

INTRODUCTION

• Name : Taipei 101 • Alternative name : Taipei Financial Center• Owner : Taipei Finance Center Corporation• Building function : office• Construction start : 1999 , end : 2004

• Opening : 31 December 2004

• Building costs : $1.76 billions

Structure in General• Building type : skyscraper • Structural material composite structure• Facade material glass• Facade system curtain wall• Facade color green • The Taipei 101 includes: office,

conference room, library, observation, restaurant, retail and a fitness centre.

INTRODUCTION

• Site area: 30,277 m2

• Total floor area: 379,296 m2

• Shopping mall floor area : 78,491 m2

•Total weight: 700,000 tons

•Crew: 2,000 workers

•Elevators 61

•Escalators 50

INTRODUCTION

HEIGHT

• Height (architectural tip) 509.20 m

• 6th highest building

• Tallest green building

• Height (main roof) 449.20 m

• Height (observation floor) 392.00 m

• Floors (above ground) 101

• Floors (below ground) 5

INTRODUCTION

Location No. 7 Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan

Detail information

101st floorSummit 101 (Private

VIP Club)

92nd – 100th floorCommunication

Floors

91st floorOutdoor Observatory

Deck

88th – 89th floorIndoor Observatory

Deck

85th – 86th floorObservatory

Restaurant

59th – 84th floorHigh Zone Office

Floor

59th – 60th floor Sky lobbies Floors

35th – 58th floorMid Zone Office

Floor

35th – 36th floor Sky lobbies Floors

35th floor Amenities Floor

9th – 34th floorLow Zone Office

Center

B1st – 5th floor Taipei 101 Mall

B5th - B2nd floor Parking Levels

High end shopping mall - with five floors to explore

History

• Planning for Taipei 101 began in July 1997

• first tower column was erected in the summer of

2000.

• initially centered on a proposal for a 66-story

tower to serve as an anchor for new

development in Taipei's 101 business district.

• It wasn't until the summer of 2001 that the city

granted a license for the construction of a 101-

story tower on the site.

• The formal opening of the tower took place on New

Year's Eve 2004.

DESIGN PHILOSPHY andCONCEPT

LEE & PARTNERS Architects & Planners. C.Y. Lee & Partners is an architectural partnership initiated by architects C.Y. Lee and C.P. Wang in 1978. With V.T. Wu as the firm's general manager.

•The design is inspired by traditional Chinese architecture,

with a shape resembling a pagoda.

•The sectioned tower is also inspired by the bamboo plant.

which is a model of strength, resilience, and elegance.

•The tower's design specifications are based on the number

"8", a lucky number in traditional Chinese culture;

•it features 8 upward-flaring sections, and is supported by 8

supercolumns.

Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most commonly Buddhist,

Architectural design, Construction And

plan views

The challenges to design and build a super-tall building in Taipei

•Height •Typhoon•Winds• Frequent strong Earthquakes •Weak clayey soils

AS THE EARTH BENEATH TAIPAE IS SOFT CLAYIT DEMANDS UNQUELY DESIGNED FOUNDATION

GENERAL LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING SHOWING VARIOUS ELEMENTS

SUPER CLOUMNS

OUTRIGGER TRUSS

MEGAFRAME

PILINGS

• One of the most stable buildings ever constructed

•Reinforced by 380 piles driven 80m into the ground

•Each pile is 5 feet in diameter and can withstand a load of 1100-1450 tons.

Foundation details

36 columns provide vertical support, including 8 mega

columns around the perimeter

Unique Material or character

Non-reflective Double Low-E Glass Curtain Wall

•The building has the world's 2nd fastest elevators, traveling upwards at 1008 meters/minute (60.48 km/hour) and downwards at 610 m/min. (36.6 km/hour).

•Each elevator is designed with an aerodynamic body, pressurization and emergency braking systems

• The cost for each elevator is over USD2 million

•Elevators 61

Elevators

New year fire works in Taipei 101

Every year a spectacular presentation of fireworks is done at Taipei 101 to welcome the New Year.

A 900-ton tuned mass damper is installed on the 87th floor to counter earthquakes and typhoons.

is one of the few in the world on display to visitors and can be seen up close on the 89th floor

Damper that keeps the building safe from the unfortunate effects of wind and earthquake vibration

Massive damper

Tuned mass damper of stacked field-welded steel plates will swing as a pendulum on steel cables.

Leed and green sustainability

received LEED Platinum Certification in 2012, which is the highest award for sustainable construction, which also made it the tallest green building in the world.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a rating system devised by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) to evaluate the environmental performance of a building and encourage market transformation towards sustainable design.

•Taipei 101 is highly energy efficient

•Over 30% better in energy performance than average

building .

Water Efficiency (WE)

•Decrease potable water usage by 30%

•Collect rainwater and store it for use.•site landscape uses 100% rainwater

Sustainable Site (SS)

•All parking spaces are in basement.

•84% building occupiers take public transportation to

work every day.

•Non-reflective Double Low-E Glass Curtain Wall.

Energy and Atmosphere

Merits and demerits

Safety

• A major earthquake took place in Taiwan during 31

March 2002 destroying a construction crane at the roof

top, which was at floor number 47. The crane fell down

onto the Xinyi Road beneath the tower, crushing

several vehicles and causing five deaths.

Cost

• Taipei is more expensive than lower structures. Besides

costing more to construct, it require more money and

work hours to clean, repair and renovate. Making it

uneconomically.

demerits

RECEIVED LEED platinumIt is an LEED and green sustainable building that does not harm the environment or surrounding .

External effectit is building that resists the external effects like the earthquake and wind.

Space and viewLike any other towers Taipei also provide large amount of space with in a certain area and also provides view from above

Merits

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