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TAIPEI 101

TAIPEI 101BACKGROUND: LOCATION: Xinyi District, Taipei Taiwan

Design by the architectural firm C.Y. Lee & Partners

The Construction begins at the year 1999. The project was finished at the year of 2004.

Formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center

Taipei 101 was the world's first skyscraper to break the half-kilometer mark in height.

This was the first world's tallest building completed in the 21st century.

This is one of the few buildings in the world equipped

with double-deck elevators.

TUNEDMASS DAMPER

The crown jewel of the structure is the world’s largest passive tuned mass wind damper, set at the top of the Taipei World Financial Center.

PRINCIPLE:

- it is a shock absorber that holds the building from moving swinging too much

- it was placed as high as possible because that is the part of the building that will move the most, especially due to wind power.

CULTURAL INFLUENCES:

BUILDING INSPIRED:

inspired by traditional Chinese architecture,

with a shape resembling a pagoda.

designed to open upwards, representing a blossoming flower that signifies financial richness, as well as everlasting vitality in the Chinese culture.

TECHINICAL DATA:101 Storey (509.20m)

ARCHITECTURAL DATA:TYPE: Skyscraper

STYLE: Oriental Revivalism

ELEMENT: Extensive Façade

STRUCTURAL DATA:CONSTRUCTION TYPE:

Steel and Glass

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM: Outrigger Trusses, Moment

Frames, Belt Trusses

STRUCTURAL MATERIAL: Composite Structure

FAÇADE MATERIAL:Glass and Aluminium

FAÇADE SYSTEM:Curtain wall

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