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BS 536 STUDIES ON TALL BUILDINGS: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS Fall 2009-2010 Case Study: Bank of China Tower by Burak Çelebi Submitted to: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Mehmet Halis Günel Arch. H.Emre IlgÕn (MSc.) MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE / BUILDING SCIENCE PROGRAM METU udy Bur Submitted to: Assoc.P ch H BS536 S: DESIGN CONSIDERATI 009-2010 of China T ebi PROGRAM GENERAL INFORMATIONS • Official Name: Bank of China Tower • Location: 1 Garden Road, Hong Kong, China • Use: Office (Bank Of China-18 floors, Rent for Commercials-52 floors) • Structural Height: 367 m (Antenna), 305 m (Roof) • Number of Stories: 70(below ground), 4(under ground) • Floor Area: 135.000 m2 • Site Area: 6700 m2 • Construction Start/End: April 18, 1985/ May 17, 1990 • Architect: Ieoh Ming Pei & Partners • Structural Engineer: Leslie E. Robertson Associates • Mechanical/Electrical Engineer: Jaros, Baum, and Balles; ACE • Wind Tunnel Test: University of Western Ontonio WTL • Structural System: Space Truss / Trussed Tube System*, Braced Tube System**, Cross Braced Space Truss System***, BANK OF CHINA * BS 536 Lecture Notes, Gunel and Ilgin ** A Proposal for the Classification of Structural Systems of Tall Buildings *** Economics Plannig of Super Tall Buildings in Asia Pasifics Cities Case Study: Bank of China Tower by Burak Çelebi Submitted to: Günel, lgÕn – Fall 2009 00 m2 ction Start/En TU hitect eoh Ming Pe TU Structural Engineer: L ETU • Mechanical/Electrica ETU Wind Tunne ET • Structural S ET Brace 6 Le ong, China 8 floors, Rent for Comme m (Antenna), 305 m (Roof) below ground), 4(und l 18 • Architecture: Structural Expressionism, Futurism, Feng Shui, Crystalline Eucilideon • Structure: Composite Structure • Client: Bank of China • Contractor: Kumagai Kumi • Cost of The Building: 150.000.000 $ • Number of Elevators: 45 • Number of Mechanical Floors: 6 • Number of Carparks: 370 • Structural Materials: Steel, Concrete • Facade Materials: Aluminum, Glazed Window, Granite • Ranks of Highest Building: #14 in World, #7 in China, #3 in Hong Kong SOURCE: Architectural Record, www.skyscraperpage.com, www.ctbuh.org. 6 teel, Con rete Aluminum, Glazed W st Build #14 in W ETU #3 in SITE CONDITIONS SOURCE:LERA PUBLICATIONS, www.wikipedia.org Bank of China Tower is constructed with the increasing demand of central headquarter for BOC, on financial capital of China: Hong Kong. Building is designed by Chinese Architect I.M. Pei and his partners as a prestigious landmark of Hong Kong with its height and futurustic expression. The site that is considered for building is jammed between two elevated highways; and it has 6700m2 area with 9m-level difference between its two edges.To meet the floor area demand and create a spaious view though city, high rise building was necessarily needed for the site.Sorrounding district is sorrounded with high rise buildings that meets the commercial functions of financial capital of China. 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BS 536STUDIES ON TALL BUILDINGS: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
Fall 2009-2010
Case Study: Bank of China Towerby
Burak Çelebi
Submitted to: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Mehmet Halis GünelArch. H.Emre Ilg n (MSc.)
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITYDEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE / BUILDING SCIENCE PROGRAM
METU udy
Bur
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GENERAL INFORMATIONS• Official Name: Bank of China Tower• Location: 1 Garden Road, Hong Kong, China• Use: Office (Bank Of China-18 floors, Rent for Commercials-52 floors)• Structural Height: 367 m (Antenna), 305 m (Roof)• Number of Stories: 70(below ground), 4(under ground)• Floor Area: 135.000 m2• Site Area: 6700 m2• Construction Start/End: April 18, 1985/ May 17, 1990• Architect: Ieoh Ming Pei & Partners• Structural Engineer: Leslie E. Robertson Associates• Mechanical/Electrical Engineer: Jaros, Baum, and Balles; ACE• Wind Tunnel Test: University of Western Ontonio WTL• Structural System: Space Truss / Trussed Tube System*,
Braced Tube System**, Cross Braced Space Truss System***,
BANK OF CHINA
* BS 536 Lecture Notes, Gunel and Ilgin ** A Proposal for the Classification of Structural Systems of Tall Buildings*** Economics Plannig of Super Tall Buildings in Asia Pasifics Cities
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Bank of China Tower is constructed with the increasing demand of central headquarter for BOC, on financial capital of China: Hong Kong. Building is designed by Chinese Architect I.M. Pei and his partners as a prestigious landmark of Hong Kong with its height and futurustic expression.
The site that is considered for building is jammed between two elevated highways; and it has 6700m2 area with 9m-level difference between its two edges.To meet the floor area demand and create a spaious view though city, high rise building was necessarily needed for the site.Sorrounding district is sorrounded with high rise buildings that meets the commercial functions of financial capital of China.METUwit
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