Height : To Tip
237.5m
TAIPEI 101,TAIPEI
Floors Above Ground
101
Floor Below Ground
5
Number of Elevators
61
Top Elevator Speed
16.83 m/s
Floors Above Ground
54
Floor Below Ground
3
Number of Elevators
75
Top Elevator Speed
7 m/s
ARCHITECT
C. Y. Lee
COMPLETION DATE
1999 - 2004
Height : To Tip
508m
ARCHITECT
Rem Koolhass, Ole Scheen
COMPLETION DATE
2004-2012
Figure 1
CCTV HEADQUARTER , BEIJING
Figure 2
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Figure 3
Principle of the tube structure regular grid of column and
edge beams + patterned diagonal bracing = braced tube system.
Taipei 101 interior
Figure 5
The CCTV
foundation
system.
Internal columns
starting from pile
cap level.
Exo-skeletons Structure
Internal columns
supported on
transfer
structures.
Outrigger Structure
Figure 6
Figure 4
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CCTV DIAGRAM
2 alternative exit directions
Approx. 51 min stair exit time
Figure 7
TAIPEI 101 DIAGRAM
1 alternative exit direction
Approx. 117 min stair exit time
Figure 8
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SLABS
MAIN STEEL STRUCTURE WITH REINFORCEMENT
ADDITIONAL ORTHOGONAL STEEL STRUCTURE
DIAGRID STEEL STRUCTURE
VERTICAL STRUCTURE
INNER GLASS FACADE
FAADE GRID STRUCTURE
Figure 9
OUTER GLASS FACADE
Tuned mass damper were used
to stabilize the structure from
the horizontal motion from
wind and earthquakes.
OUTER STEEL WITH REINFORCEMENT
Massive Belt steel Trusses
span between the columns on
every eight floor.
SuperColumn
The structure reinforced by a
moment frame system linking
the columns on all floors.
Shear Wall
Pillings
Figure 10
Figure 11
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Figure 12
Column were holding
together with outrigger
trusses
Column,
diagonals
and
bracing are the framing
system
which
insuring
internal cores transfer
minimal amounts of gravity
load.
columns are box
sections constructed of
steel plates, and filled
with concrete
the cantilever overhang Bearing
structure gives strength to the
building to support
Figure 14
Figure 13
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CCTV HEADQUATER
Cores remain vertical despite Tower Slope
Flexibility of use / layouts
Figure 17
Figure 15
TAIPEI 101
Figure 16
Help to resist the movements of the
building
Flexibility of use
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Reference
FIG 1: Coronare Modestus Faust 2012, Faustian urge, Daringly Engineered CCTV Tower Beijing Opens After 10 Years, viewed 17 August
2015,https://spfaust.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/daringly-engineered-cctv-tower-beijing-opens-after-10-years/
FIG 2: Devina Mahendriyani 2015, Asia Green Buildings, Taiwan: Taipei 101 Going Green With LED Lights, viewed 17 August 2015,
http://www.asiagreenbuildings.com/10132/taiwan-taipei-101-going-green-with-led-lights/
FIG 3: mtjs 2010, CCTV Structural Design Full Process (Pic + Text), viewed 16 August 2015, http://www.360doc.com/content/10/1210/02/16546_76642178.shtml
FIG 4: Kwee How 2014, KH Advance Module, Week 5 Reflection of Quest of Height_V2 (TE2.3, TE 2.5, CC3.4, CC 4.4),viewed 18 August 2015,
http://kweehow.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/week-5-reflection-of-quest-of-height.html
FIG 5:
FIG 6: Binder, G 2008, Taipei 101, Images Publishing, Mulgrave, Victoria.
FIG 7: Peter Bach 2009, CCTV Building, A Structural Design Overview, SlideShare, viewed 15 Aug 2015, http://www.slideshare.net/peterbach/cctv-building-astructural-design-overview
FIG 8: Binder, G 2008, Taipei 101, Images Publishing, Mulgrave, Victoria.
FIG 9: Yeoh 2011, Precedent Study | CCTV, Beijing, AY, viewed 20 August 2015, https://aaaronyeoh.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/cctv-beijin/
FIG 10: Sev, A & zgen, A 2009, 'SPACE EFFICIENCY IN HIGH RISE OFFICE BUILDINGS', Middle East Technical University Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, vol.
26, no. 2, pp. 69.
FIG 11: Binder, G 2008, Taipei 101, Images Publishing, Mulgrave, Victoria.
FIG 12:Design Boom, 2015, OMA:CCTV headquarters now complete, viewed 20 August 2015 www.design.com/architecture/oma-cctv-headquarters-now-complete/
FIG 13:Binder, G 2008, Taipei 101, Images Publishing, Mulgrave, Victoria
FIG 14:Joji Mathew 2013, Burj khalifa-mode of construction, SlideShare, viewed 19 Aug 2015, http://www.slideshare.net/jojikulangara/burj-khalifamode-ofconstruction
FIG 15:Design Boom, 2015, OMA:CCTV headquarters now complete, viewed 20 August 2015 www.design.com/architecture/oma-cctv-headquarters-now-complete/
FIG 16:Peter Bach 2009, CCTV Building, A Structural Design Overview, SlideShare, viewed 15 Aug 2015, http://www.slideshare.net/peterbach/cctv-building-astructural-design-overview
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FIG 17: Sev, A & zgen, A 2009, 'SPACE EFFICIENCY IN HIGH RISE OFFICE BUILDINGS', Middle East Technical University Journal
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