Evaluation in megatowers
Introduction
Contenido
La Torre de Shanghái (en chino: 上海中心大厦; pinyin: Shànghǎi zhōngxīn dàshà; inglés: Shanghai Tower) es un rascacielos ubicado en el distrito de Pudong en Shanghái, China.[2] El edificio se eleva 632 metros sobre el suelo, con 128 pisos, con 106 ascensores y una superficie de .[1][3] Es actualmente el edificio más alto de China y el 3r rascacielos más alto del mundo, siendo superado por el Burj Khalifa de Dubái (EAU) y la torre Merdeka 118 en Kuala Lumpur (Malasia) que fue inaugurada en 2023. Costó 2400 millones de dólares. lo que lo convierte en el octavo edificio más costoso de la historia.[4].
District
Planning models for the Lujiazui financial district date back to 1993, and show plans for three large skyscrapers side by side. Such buildings have already been constructed, the Jin Mao Building, which was completed in 1998, the Shanghai World Financial Center in 2008, and the Shanghai Tower in 2015.
Competence
After numerous designs that were submitted by various architectural firms, two design proposals made it to the finals in early 2008, both 580 meters high. Gensler's innovative design was chosen in June 2008, in which the structure twists as it rises and is also surrounded by an exterior glass wall.
Design
The tower is organized in the form of nine cylindrical buildings stacked on top of each other, covered by a glass façade. Between that and the outer layer, which rotates as it rises, nine inner gardens on different levels are public space for Shanghai residents. It also has event spaces at the base of the tower. It has the highest unenclosed observation deck in the world.
Gensler design director Marshall Strabala told E-Architect.co.uk (an architectural news website) that the Shanghai Tower would represent "China's dynamic future. It would be a stunning building in which both this bustling, changing metropolis, and the rest of the country, look to the future. There would be no other such unique and well-conceived tower in the world."