ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE

STRATEGY
IN A MEGATALL STRUCTURE

SHANGHAI TOWERS, SHANGHAI, CHINA

SUBMITTED BY: ASHWIN KUMAR .T

SHANGHAI TOWERS -
§ PROJECT HIGHLIGHT - SECOND TALLEST
BUILDING
• SITE AREA - 7.5 ACRES
§ ARCHITECT - GENSLER STUDIOS
Ar. MARSHALL STRABALA
Ar. JUNXIA
§ PROJECT COST - 2.2 BILLION USD
§ PROJECT TIMELINE - NOV 2008 - MAY 2015
§ PROJECT GENRE- MULTI-USE (OFFICE SPACE)
§ POJECT HEIGHT - 632M (128 STOREY )
THE NEW STANDARD
• Shanghai Tower sets the new standard for tall
buildings in major cities.
• Embodies a new way of inhabiting mega
towers with a dense urban environment.
• Integrates sustainable practices and cutting
edge design and innovation into Shanghai’s
urban culture and prompts community with its
stacked neighborhoods and sky lobbies.
• 43 sustainable technologies.
• A symbol of China’s emergence as a modern
power.
SUSTAINABILITY - THE ABILITY TO EXTENT CONSTATNTLY
DEFINED AS MEETING THE NEED OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT
COMPRIMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITETCURE- THE PURPOSE OF SOLVING THE
NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF BUILDING OVER ENVIRONMENT BY
EFFICIENCY IN USE OF MATERIALS, ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT
OF SPACE AND THE ECOSYSYTEM AT MACRO LEVEL.
LEED- LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN,
IS THE MOST WIDELY USED GREEN BUILDING RATING SYSTEM,
PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK TO CREATE HEALTHY, HIGHLY EFFICIENT
AND COST SAVING GREEN BUILDINGS FORWARDING TOWARDS A
SUSTAINABLE AND LIVABLE GLOBAL.
• ITS BEING BELIEVED THAT MEGATALL AND SUPERTALL
BUILDINGS COULD NOT BE GREEN BUILDINGS AS THE HEIGHT
INCREASES THE RESOURCE, ENERGY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND
OPERATION.
• YET, SHANGHAI TOWERS HAVE BEEN GLOBALLY ACREDITED
WITH PLATINUM CERTIFICATE FOR ITS EFFICIENCY AND SELF
SUASTAINING STRATEGIES
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES
DAYLIGHT- Transparent second skin that wraps the
building - it creates atriums that insulates and
reduces energy. Targeted to reduce energy
consumption by 21%. Ventilated atriums conserve
energy by modulating the temperature within the
void. Space acts as a buffer between inside and
outside, warming up the cool outside air in winter
and dissipating heat from the building interior in the
summer.

SUNSHADING- The Double layer of curtain wall is Energy Conservation:

specialy treated with low Ecoating, fritted glass that • 21% total energy of the
allows minimum amount of natural light suitable for Building is Reduced
lighting reducing the cooling load and also during by obtaining from the
winter the double glazing gives warmth. conventional source
BUILDING CONTROLS- The Building controls like • 34,000 metric tonees
Mechanical transportation, Electrical services of carbon footprint is
Building mangement Services are being controlled being reduced per year
to reduced enery delpetion.
• 41% of Water need of
LOCAL MATERIALS- The structure is being Building is obtained
completely raised from the locally available form the rainwater and
elements, China being a developed and technically by reusing the grey
masively producing raw materials, The Structure is water for flusing and
completely raised using the local materials. cleaning

capture Rain water Harvesting and Black water Treatment
Water Conservation: 40% water reduction, Rain water is
being collected and tretaed for direct utilzation.
The Grey water is being internally circulated to Flushing
pipes and for landscape supply.
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES:
WIND TURBINE- Horizontal wind turbine is being
set around the Structural glazing that provides 10%
of the electrical need for the buildings usage.
LANDSCAPE- Podiums terrace level and the
atriums are being Landscaped that provides fresh
air, reduces carbon emission also Provides a Helathy
and aesthetical environment
COGENERATION SYSYTEM- The 2200 KW natural
gas fired CO-Generation system provides Electricity
and Heat energy to the low zone areas. In addition
to site genrating power the system produces 640
tons of Refridgeration.
• Tower features a soft triangular shape, the tower
rotates as it goes skyward and concludes with
an open-topdesign.
• As the shape rises,a "strike"or open notch curves
up and around the building which isan
engineering feature to control the wind up and
away from the building.
• The flowing spiraling form of the tower was
generated from a rounded triangular plan. This
rounded triangle was derived from the
relationship between the curved bank of
Huangpu River, Jin Mao Tower, and the Shanghai
World Financial Center. central core c olumns floor plates inner skinouter-wall second
structure skin
USES 35% LESS SEEL AND CONCRETE FOR STRUCTURE RESULTING IN REDUCING
OF 58 MILLION USD
DESIGN OF STRUCTURE TO
REDUCE WINDLOAD

§ The aerodynamics of the spiral shapesharply reduce the wind

load on the building, allowing designersto useabout one-third
lessstructural steel than in a conventional building.
§ A 120-degreetwist wasadopted for the building exterior
profile.
§ The wind flows around the building in acompletely different
way.
§ The form alsorepresentsthe emergenceof Shanghaiasafinancial
centre.
“ Shanghai tower provides a vision of Vertically integrated space through the signature
design of a double facade that creates unique sky lobbies, filled with vegetation offering
the potential for socializing and providing relief from the isolative nature of tall buildings
without the neccesity of descending to the ground.”

• The development will be separated into eight distinct bioclimatic zones,

with each having its own atrium, lushgardens, indoor air controls and
panoramic 360°views of city.

• The building will be situated within a 10,000 sqm open green space that will
become both a public park and the front entry to the tower.

• Shanghai Tower has introduced the concepts of “Vertical Community,”

“Community Square,” and “Sky Gardens.” The concept of “Vertical
Community” is meant to stack traditional horizontal blocks into nine
vertical communities, each equipped with private space.Every
community has three sky lobbies, called “Community Squares,” whose
heights range from 50 to 60 meters. The tower has 21 “Community
Squares“ in total. They fulfill the requirements of energy efficiency,
vertical circulation, fire defense and life safety, and

• art exhibitions, and cultural activities are introduced into the

“Community Squares,” providing fresh life experiences for the people in
the communities.

DOUBLE SKIN AND VERTICAL LANDSCAPE

REDUCING CORE OF STRUCTURE
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
 STRUCTURE SYSTEM EMPLOYED
§ The main part of the core-tube isa30m by 30m squareRCtube. The
thickness of the flange wall of the tube at the bottom is1.2m, and the
thickness decreaseswith the height of the tube and reduces to 0.5m at the
top. Similarly, the thickness of the webwall decreasesfrom 0.9m at the
bottom to 0.5m at the top.
§ According to the architectural functional requirements, the four corners
of the core-tube are gradually removed above Zone 5. Finally, the core-
tube becomes X-shapedat the top.
§ The mega-column systemconsistsof 12shaped-steel reinforced concrete
columns with amaximum cross-sectional dimension of 5,300mm×3,700
mm.
§ 8mega-columns extend from the bottom to the top of the building, and
the section sizegradually reducesto 2,400mm×1,900 mm at the top.
§ The remaining 4columns are located at eachcorner and only extend from
the ground floor to Zone 5.
§ The outrigger system, located at the mechanical stories, consistsof circle SKETCH OF LATERAL FORCE RESISTING
trusses and outriggers with atotal height of 9.9m. All of the components SYSTEM
of the outriggers are composed of H-shaped steel beams.
§ Four element types are usedin this model: the spatial beamelements used
for the external frames and outriggers, the multi-layer shell elements
usedfor the shearwalls and the mega-columns, the truss elements usedfor
the rebar and the shaped-steels, and membrane elements for the floor
slabs.The details are described in the following subsections.
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