Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Twin Towers With a Sky Loop

The construction has been completed at a 54-storey building for China Central Television (CCTV). This $ 1.08 Billion undertaking is the first of approximately 300 projects to be completed in Beijing’s Central Business District. The project consists of two leaning towers which rise from a common platform, and meet at the top by a 75 meter long cantilever. The building will provide a central location for all processes related to TV production. The exterior shows a web of diagonal structural members which become dense in areas of greater stress, and move farther apart in areas of less stress. They provide a visual representation of structural stresses in the building.

双塔天空环: 设已完成在 54 层楼的中国中央电视台 (CCTV) 10.8 亿美元的事业是大约 300 项目第一次在北京的中央商务区完成。该项目由两座斜塔,时起从一个通用的平台,满足在顶部的 75 长悬臂组成。建设将提供所有相关电视生产流程的中心位置。外部显示 web 对角的结构构件,成为密集地区的更大的压力和移动压力较少的领域中的远。它们提供在大楼的结构应力的可视化表示形式。

Reference: Hope, Gerhard, Gravity-defying Beijing building finally complete, Constructionweekonline.com, May 23, 2012
Photo Credit: Scottmeltzer under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

 
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