The Taipei 101 / TAIPEI 101[1], formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center – is a landmark supertall skyscraper in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan.

1. TAIPIE 101
Skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan
BY SATISH (15113107)

2. •INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPITION
•Detail information
•history
•DESIGN PHILOSPHY OR CONCEPT
•Architectural design And plan Views
•Unique Material or character
•Leed and green sustainability
•Merits and demerits
CONTENTS

3. INTRODUCTION AND
DESCRIPITION

4. INTRODUCTION
• Name : Taipei 101
• Alternative name : Taipei Financial Center
• Owner : Taipei Finance Center Corporation
• Building function : office
• Construction start : 1999 , end : 2004
• Opening : 31 December 2004
• Building costs : $1.76 billions

5. Structure in General
• Building type : skyscraper
• Structural material composite structure
• Facade material glass
• Facade system curtain wall
• Facade color green
• The Taipei 101 includes: office,
conference room, library, observation,
restaurant, retail and a fitness centre.
INTRODUCTION

6. • Site area: 30,277 m2
• Total floor area: 379,296 m2
• Shopping mall floor area : 78,491 m2
•Total weight: 700,000 tons
•Crew: 2,000 workers
•Elevators 61
•Escalators 50
INTRODUCTION

7. HEIGHT
• Height (architectural tip) 509.20 m
• 6th highest building
• Tallest green building
• Height (main roof) 449.20 m
• Height (observation floor) 392.00 m
• Floors (above ground) 101
• Floors (below ground) 5
INTRODUCTION

8. Location No. 7 Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan

9. Detail information

10. 101st floor
Summit 101 (Private
VIP Club)
92nd – 100th floor
Communication
Floors
91st floor
Outdoor Observatory
Deck
88th – 89th floor
Indoor Observatory
Deck
85th – 86th floor
Observatory
Restaurant
59th – 84th floor
High Zone Office
Floor
59th – 60th floor Sky lobbies Floors
35th – 58th floor
Mid Zone Office
Floor
35th – 36th floor Sky lobbies Floors
35th floor Amenities Floor
9th – 34th floor
Low Zone Office
Center
B1st – 5th floor Taipei 101 Mall
B5th - B2nd floor Parking Levels

11. High end shopping
mall - with five
floors to explore

12. History
• Planning for Taipei 101 began in July 1997
• first tower column was erected in the summer of
2000.
• initially centered on a proposal for a 66-story
tower to serve as an anchor for new
development in Taipei's 101 business district.
• It wasn't until the summer of 2001 that the city
granted a license for the construction of a 101-
story tower on the site.
• The formal opening of the tower took place on New
Year's Eve 2004.

13. DESIGN PHILOSPHY and
CONCEPT

14. LEE & PARTNERS Architects & Planners.
C.Y. Lee & Partners is an architectural partnership initiated
by architects C.Y. Lee and C.P. Wang in 1978. With V.T. Wu
as the firm's general manager.

15. •The design is inspired by traditional Chinese architecture,
with a shape resembling a pagoda.
•The sectioned tower is also inspired by the bamboo plant.
which is a model of strength, resilience, and elegance.
•The tower's design specifications are based on the number
"8", a lucky number in traditional Chinese culture;
•it features 8 upward-flaring sections, and is supported by 8
supercolumns.
Most pagodas were built to have a
religious function, most
commonly Buddhist,

16. Architectural design,
Construction And
plan views

17. The challenges to design and build a super-tall
building in Taipei
•Height
•Typhoon
•Winds
• Frequent strong Earthquakes
•Weak clayey soils
AS THE EARTH BENEATH TAIPAE IS SOFT CLAY
IT DEMANDS UNQUELY DESIGNED FOUNDATION

18. GENERAL LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING SHOWING VARIOUS
ELEMENTS
SUPER CLOUMNS
OUTRIGGER TRUSS
MEGAFRAME
PILINGS

19. • One of the most stable buildings ever
constructed
•Reinforced by 380 piles driven 80m
into the ground
•Each pile is 5 feet in diameter and can
withstand a load of 1100-1450 tons.
Foundation details

21. 36 columns provide vertical
support, including 8 mega
columns around the
perimeter

24. Unique Material or
character

25. Non-reflective Double Low-
E Glass Curtain Wall

26. •The building has the world's 2nd fastest elevators,
traveling upwards at 1008 meters/minute (60.48
km/hour) and downwards at 610 m/min. (36.6
km/hour).
•Each elevator is designed with an aerodynamic
body, pressurization and emergency braking
systems
• The cost for each elevator is over USD2 million
•Elevators 61
Elevators

27. New year fire works in
Taipei 101
Every year a spectacular presentation of fireworks is done at
Taipei 101 to welcome the New Year.

28. A 900-ton tuned mass damper is
installed on the 87th floor to
counter earthquakes and
typhoons.
is one of the few in the world on
display to visitors and can be seen
up close on the 89th floor
Damper that keeps the building
safe from the unfortunate effects
of wind and earthquake vibration
Massive damper

29. Tuned mass
damper of stacked
field-welded steel
plates will swing
as a pendulum on
steel cables.

30. Leed and green sustainability

31. received LEED Platinum Certification in 2012, which is the
highest award for sustainable construction, which also made
it the tallest green building in the world.
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a rating
system devised by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) to
evaluate the environmental performance of a building and encourage
market transformation towards sustainable design.

32. •Taipei 101 is highly energy efficient
•Over 30% better in energy performance than average
building .
Water Efficiency (WE)
•Decrease potable water usage by 30%
•Collect rainwater and store it for use.
•site landscape uses 100% rainwater
Sustainable Site (SS)
•All parking spaces are in basement.
•84% building occupiers take public transportation to
work every day.
•Non-reflective Double Low-E Glass Curtain Wall.
Energy and Atmosphere

33. Merits and demerits

34. Safety
• A major earthquake took place in Taiwan during 31
March 2002 destroying a construction crane at the roof
top, which was at floor number 47. The crane fell down
onto the Xinyi Road beneath the tower, crushing
several vehicles and causing five deaths.
Cost
• Taipei is more expensive than lower structures. Besides
costing more to construct, it require more money and
work hours to clean, repair and renovate. Making it
uneconomically.
demerits

35. RECEIVED LEED platinum
It is an LEED and green sustainable building that does
not harm the environment or surrounding .
External effect
it is building that resists the external effects like the
earthquake and wind.
Space and view
Like any other towers Taipei also provide large amount of
space with in a certain area and also provides view from
above
Merits

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