TAIPEI 101 TOWER

The Naming of the tower

T – Technology A – Art I – Innovation P – People E – Environment I – Identity

1.The Engineering Design It’s height is 508m(1667 ft) from its ground to tip. It has got 101 floors , floor area is 412,500 m2 and 61 elevators. Architect - C.Y. Lee & Partners. Structural Designer – Thornton Tomasetti. Main Contracters – KTRT Joint Venture And Samsung C&T. This structure is owned by Taipei Financial Center Corporation and is managed

by international division of retail properties. It has got one of the world’s fastest moving Elevater which could travel at a

speed of 55 ft/sec. It is located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan.

1.1 Building Frame Materials

60ksi Steel, 10,000 psi Concreate.

Systems

Out trigger Trusses, Moment Frames, Belt Trusses.

Lateral Load Resistance Braced Moment frames in the building’s core, Outtrigger from core to perimeter, Perimeter Moment Frames, Shear walls.

1.2 CONSTRUCTION PROCESS 380 piles with 3 inch concrete slab. Mega columns - 8 cm thick steel and 10,000 psi concrete infill to

provide overturning. Walls – 5&7 degree slope. 106,000 tons of steel ,grade 60-25% stronger. 6 cranes on site – steel placement. Taipei being a coastal city the main problems are:

Weak soil conditions, Typhoon winds, Large Potential Earth quakes.

1.3 The column system of the structure The columns are box sections constructed of steel plates ,

filled with concrete for added strength as well as stiffness till the 62nd floor.

On the perimeter, up to the 26th floor has the two ’super-columns’ ,two ‘sub-super-columns’, and two corner columns.

1.4 Various Systems in the structure Slabs used composite and are typically 13.5 cm thick. Tunned Mass Damper systems are used in this structure.

It uses 800 ton TMD which occupy 5 of it’s floors. The building have strong grip to the earth as it is piled for 40-

60m deep. Its an Energy Saving ”Office Tower”. Garbage Sorting and Recycling programme. Rain water Harvesting and Grey water Harvesting. An Eco-Friendly No-Smoking Environment.

Structure from outside1.It has got anti reflective double low-E-glass curtain wall

2.Earth Quake resisting Structure 3.This structure stands as an

icon for celebrations

Interior design1.It has got one of the best Energy Management and Control System

2.Very attractive interior with perfect lighting and air conditioning

3.The observation deck is one of the major attraction of this structure

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