Case Study: Zifeng Tower by Ramazan Sar

Submitted to: Gnel, Tanyer, Ilgn Fall 2011 ARCHITECTURE STRUCTURE

RE ARCHITECTURE
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ZIFENGTOWER Design Architect:
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE / BUILDING SCIENCE PROGRAM
Official Name: Zifeng Tower
ower Skidmore, Owings, Merill (SOM)
Other Name: Nanjing
njing Greenland Financial
Financia Associate Architect: ECADI
Center
nte Structural Engineer: SOM
BS 536 Developer:
per: Nanjing Guzzi Greenland
Greenl MEP Engineer: SOM
GN CONSIDERATIO
STUDIES ON TALL BUILDINGS: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS Financial
inancial Center
Cente
Fall 2011-2012
11-2012 Owner: Nanjing State Owned
Owner O Assets Structural System:
tem:
Main Contractor: Shanghai Construction According to Taranath:
anath:
Case
eSStudy: Zifeng Tower
Location: Nanjing / CHINA Outrigger
er and Belt System
elt Truss Sy
by According
cording to Smith:
Ram
Ramazan Sar Construction:
onstru 2004-2010
Braced System
Outrigger Bra yste
Structural System: Outriggered Frame According to Gnel
G & Ilgn:
Assoc.P
Submitted to: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Mehmet Halis Gnel Structural Material: Composite Image: SOM (3)
Outriggered Frame System
riggered F
oc.Prof
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ali Murat Tanyer Architectural Height: 450 m Clear sight of nearby mountains,
mountains lake and historic building
Arch. H.Emre Ilgn (MSc.)
Height Occupied: 316 m An atractive fo
form
Floors Above Ground: 66 Public spaces pla
placed at top of the tower
Elevator Count: 54 Image: Bustler (4
(4)
Building Form rerelated with the triangular site area.
Top Elevator Speed: 7m/s The project w
was a competition and the winner is the Chicago Office of SOM
Public sspaces like restaurant and observatory areas placed top of the tower
Use: Mix-Use/ Hotel, Office, Retail Shops.
Drawing: Ramazan SARI
Sources: CTBUH (1) Drawing: Ramazan SARI
Source: CTBUH (1) Taranath (6), Smith & Coull (7), Gnel & Ilgn (8) Source: SOM (3)

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Floor Plan -1 Floor Plan -2
Ground Floor
or - Floor 35 Floor 35 - Floor 60

Floor Plan -1 Floor Plan -2

Section -2
- Section -1
Drawing: Ramazan SARI Drawing: Ramazan SARI Drawing: Ramazan SARI Drawings: Ramazan SARI
Source: CTBUH (1) Source: CTBUH (1)
CTBUH Technical Paper (2) Technical Paper (2)

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Why Outriggered Frame System?

stem?
Outriggered Frame System:
Building is defined as
Over-Limit and Complex Structure
Structure
There are 3 mechanical floors
for Chinese e Code because of the 450m
he 45
height off the structure. which are at floors
flo 10, 35 and 60

Chinese
ine Code e Limit for the concrete core-steel frame Mechanical floors are in double
Mechan
structure
uct is 190m.
90m. floor height which is 8.4 m

Therefore, Outriggered Frame System is selected to

Therefore
Outriggers are constructed in
support the structure
these mechanical floors

Elevation -1
Elevatio 1 Elevation -2 Elevation -3 Real Elevation
Elev io -1 Real Elevation -2 Real Elevation -3 Drawing: Ramazan SARI
Image:
age: China Builders (9) Image: All the Most (10) Image: SOM (3) Axonometric
onometri View Section -1
-
Axonometric View
Drawings: Ramazan SARI Drawing: Ramazan SARI
Source: Technical Paper (2) Source: Technical Paper (2)

STRUCTURE STRUCTURE STRUCTURE STRUCTURE

Structural Structural The Steel Columns inside the core is in
Steel Stee
Steel

5
3 floors height

Composite
omp Column
Dimension Range:
Dime
900 mm - 1500 mm
Reinforcement
Steel

Comp
S
Composite Column
Dimension Range:
D
900 mm - 1500 mm
Reinforcement
Steel

Floor 60
Core Wall Floor 60 Core Wall Floor 60
Floor 35
Dimension Range: Dimension Range:
300 mm 1750 mm Floor 35 300 mm 1750 mm Floor 35
Floor 10
Floor 10 Floor 10

Outriggers and belt in Mechanical Floor Plan of the Outriggered Frame System in Floors 10 & 35 Plan of the
t Outriggered Frame System in Floor 60 Section of the Mechanical Floor
Drawing: Ramazan SARI Drawings: Ramazan SARI Drawings: Ramazan SARI Drawings: Ramazan SARI
Source: Technical Paper (2) Source: Technical Paper (2) Source: Technical Paper (2)
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Axono
Axonometric View of the Floor 10
Drawing: Ramazan SARI
Source: Technical Paper (2)
STRUCTURE
The Perimeter Columns
umns of the
narrow side off the building in floor
flo
Perimeter Columns 35 or mechanical
hanical floor 2 placed
upon the core wall because of o the
getting
etting smaller of the building
buildi
volume
olume after this floor
floo
Mechanical Floor 3
Mechanical Floor 2
Mechanical Floor 1
Partial Section of the Floor 35
Partia Section -2
Drawings: Ramazan SARI
Source: Technical Paper (2)
STRUCTURE STRUCTURE STRUCTURE
Floor
or 60
Floo
Perimeter Columns Belt
Outriggers
ggers Perimeter Columns Outriggers Perimeter Columns Outriggers Floor
oo
or 35
Floo
or 10
Floor
Belt
Be Section -2
Core
Core 1
ME
Core 2
Mech. Floor
Axonometric View of the Mechanical Floor
Axono Axonometric View of the Steel Structure in the Mechanical Floor
Axonome
Partial Plan of the Floor 35
Partia
Drawing: Ramazan SARI Drawing: Ramazan SARI Drawings: Ramazan SARI
Source: Technical Paper (2) Source: Technical Paper (2) Source: Technical Paper (2)
REFERENCES
1- Zifeng Tower Building Fact Sheet, Download Date: 13,01,2012,
http:/technicalpapers.ctbuh.org
2- Technical Paper, Authors: Besjak, C. M., McElhatten, B. J., Biswas, P., ., Publication Date:
Dat
2009, CTBUH Journal/ 2009 Issue II, http:/technicalpapers.ctbuh.org
3- SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merill), website of the building in n the SOM internet page,
page
http://www.som.com/content.cfm/zifeng_tower
4- Bustler, http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/adrian_smith_honored_with_ctbuh_lifetime_
adrian_smith_honored_with_ tb
achievement_award_for_supertall_bu/
5- Zhongjing, http://www.zjmarble.com/zjen/gcal_show.asp?id=13
j show.asp?id=1
6- Taranath, B., Steel, Concrete and Compositeompo Design
sign of Tall Buildings,
B New York, McGraw-Hill
Book Company, 1998
7- Smith, B. S. and Coull, Building Struc
l, A., Tall Buildin Structures: Analysis and Design, New York: Wiley, 1991
8- Gunel, M. H., and d Ilgn, H. E., Yksek Binalar
Binala Tayc Sistem ve Aerodinamik Form, Ankara,
Floor 60 METU, Dept. of Arch, 2010. 2010
9- China Builders, http://www.chinabuilder
http://www.chinabuilders.net/nanjing-greenland-financial-center/
Floor 35 10- Alll the Most, http://www.allthemost.com/tallest-building
http://www.allthe
Floor 10