The Canton Television Tower (simplified Chinese: 广州塔, traditional: 廣州塔) formerly known as Guangzhou TV, is located in Haizhu District, Guangzhou "Canton (China)"), of the People's Republic of China. It was completed at the end of 2009 and came into operation on September 29, 2010 for the 2010 Asian Games. At 604 meters high, it is the second tallest telecommunications tower in the world, after the Tokyo Skytree and the fifth tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa, 828 meters high, Merdeka 118, 679 meters, Tokyo Skytree, 634 meters. meters and the 632-meter Shanghai Tower.
History
The television tower was the first major project designated for Dutch architects Mark Hemel and Barbara Kuit. Its information base is the Architecture company, based in Amsterdam is at the forefront of architectural design creating innovative and highly artistic architecture with state-of-the-art technologies and materials. The practice has collaborated with Arup, the global design and business consulting firm based in London, UK. The design won first prize in a competition that was also accompanied by, among others, Coop Himmelblau, Richard Rogers Partnership, Cannon and KPF. In 2004, the IBA - Arup team in Amsterdam developed the design concept. In the later stages IBA collaborated mainly with Arup's local China offices and a local Design Institute. The tower was completed on September 29, 2010. The Canton Television Tower as a rotated hyperboloid structure corresponds to the patent of engineer Vladimir Shukhov.
Design
The shape, volume and hyperboloid structure are generated by two ellipses, one at the level of the foundation and the other in an imaginary horizontal plane just above 450 meters high. The hardening caused by the rotation between the two ellipse shapes that characterize the "waist" of the tower, and a densification of the materials. This means that the reticular structure, which is porous and spacious at the bottom of the tower, becomes denser at waist level. It "slims" the waist, like a twisted rope, further up the tower the network opens again, accentuated here by the decrease in the structural column of the tubes.
The waist of the 180m-long tower contains a "Sky Walk", an open-air staircase where visitors can climb to the top of the tower. There are open-air gardens set within the structure, and at the top 450 m a large open air viewing platform.
Canton Radio and Television Tower
Introduction
The Canton Television Tower (simplified Chinese: 广州塔, traditional: 廣州塔) formerly known as Guangzhou TV, is located in Haizhu District, Guangzhou "Canton (China)"), of the People's Republic of China. It was completed at the end of 2009 and came into operation on September 29, 2010 for the 2010 Asian Games. At 604 meters high, it is the second tallest telecommunications tower in the world, after the Tokyo Skytree and the fifth tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa, 828 meters high, Merdeka 118, 679 meters, Tokyo Skytree, 634 meters. meters and the 632-meter Shanghai Tower.
History
The television tower was the first major project designated for Dutch architects Mark Hemel and Barbara Kuit. Its information base is the Architecture company, based in Amsterdam is at the forefront of architectural design creating innovative and highly artistic architecture with state-of-the-art technologies and materials. The practice has collaborated with Arup, the global design and business consulting firm based in London, UK. The design won first prize in a competition that was also accompanied by, among others, Coop Himmelblau, Richard Rogers Partnership, Cannon and KPF. In 2004, the IBA - Arup team in Amsterdam developed the design concept. In the later stages IBA collaborated mainly with Arup's local China offices and a local Design Institute. The tower was completed on September 29, 2010. The Canton Television Tower as a rotated hyperboloid structure corresponds to the patent of engineer Vladimir Shukhov.
Design
The shape, volume and hyperboloid structure are generated by two ellipses, one at the level of the foundation and the other in an imaginary horizontal plane just above 450 meters high. The hardening caused by the rotation between the two ellipse shapes that characterize the "waist" of the tower, and a densification of the materials. This means that the reticular structure, which is porous and spacious at the bottom of the tower, becomes denser at waist level. It "slims" the waist, like a twisted rope, further up the tower the network opens again, accentuated here by the decrease in the structural column of the tubes.
The interior of the tower is subdivided into programming zones with various functions such as: television and radio broadcasting facilities, observatory decks, rotating restaurants, computer games, restaurants, exhibition spaces, conference rooms, shops and 4D cinemas.
A cover at the base of the tower conceals the tower's functional functioning. All infrastructure connections - metro and bus, and a pedestrian link to the north bank of the river -. This level supports other facilities as well, such as a museum, a food court, a large commercial space, a 600-vehicle parking area for cars and touring coaches. The entrance operates on two levels, one a continuation of the above-ground landscape, the other connected to the underground parking and traffic mass. Low-speed panoramic and high-speed closed, two double-decker elevators ascend to the entrance levels.
The intermediate zone, from 80 m to 170 m, consists of facilities such as a 4D cinema, a game lobby area, restaurants, cafes and open-air gardens with tea houses. An elegant air staircase, the "Walk Through the Sky", begins at the height of 170 meters and spirals for almost 200 meters further, all the way across the waist.
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The waist of the 180m-long tower contains a "Sky Walk", an open-air staircase where visitors can climb to the top of the tower. There are open-air gardens set within the structure, and at the top 450 m a large open air viewing platform.
The interior of the tower is subdivided into programming zones with various functions such as: television and radio broadcasting facilities, observatory decks, rotating restaurants, computer games, restaurants, exhibition spaces, conference rooms, shops and 4D cinemas.
A cover at the base of the tower conceals the tower's functional functioning. All infrastructure connections - metro and bus, and a pedestrian link to the north bank of the river -. This level supports other facilities as well, such as a museum, a food court, a large commercial space, a 600-vehicle parking area for cars and touring coaches. The entrance operates on two levels, one a continuation of the above-ground landscape, the other connected to the underground parking and traffic mass. Low-speed panoramic and high-speed closed, two double-decker elevators ascend to the entrance levels.
The intermediate zone, from 80 m to 170 m, consists of facilities such as a 4D cinema, a game lobby area, restaurants, cafes and open-air gardens with tea houses. An elegant air staircase, the "Walk Through the Sky", begins at the height of 170 meters and spirals for almost 200 meters further, all the way across the waist.