Completion date: Unknown Designer: Gensler The blurb: Once completed the Shanghai Tower will clock in at 632m, have 128 storeys and contain an area of 380,000m2. It will be the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world, at last allowing China to at last overtake Taiwan’s Taipei 101 tower.
The tricky bit: Shanghai has an exceptionally high water level, meaning that Gensler had to do one of two things: drive pylons all the way down until they reached bedrock, or use a floating platform as an artificial bedrock. They decided to do both.
Keeping green: The tower’s twisting feature allows rainwater to be collected and used in the tower’s air-conditioning and heating systems.
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Joan... sorry to say but you know nothing it seems. I worked under Christopher Chan's guidance in 2007 and by then he h
Christopher Chan designed it... I worked with him
Joan... sorry to say but you know nothing it seems. I worked under Christopher Chan's guidance in 2007 and by then he had already worked two years at Gensler.
David (Aug 30, 2010) San Francisco USA
Shanghai Tower design director
No Joan, you are completely right. Mr Chan probably could not have designed the Shanghai Tower if he is with Gensler less than a year, now could he? I heard though that not Mr Strabala but Peter Weingarten is the design director of the Shanghai Tower. Cool building. Great job Mr Weingarten!
Mike (Aug 2, 2010) Houston USA
This is true...
Marshall Strabala was the original design director on the project, I heard. I read that after Marshall was fired, Chris Chan was asked to replace him.
joan (Jul 19, 2010)
China
Shanghai Tower
Chris Chan DID NOT DESIGN the Shanghai Tower, Marshall Strabala, the director of design of Gensler, designed the project four years ago. Chan has been employed with Gensler less a year and was moved into administrating role when Strabala left Gensler to take on more high profile projects with his 25 years of expertise.
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Joan... sorry to say but you know nothing it seems. I worked under Christopher Chan's guidance in 2007 and by then he h