2. GENERAL INFORMATION
Status Complete
Type Office, hotel, museum, observation,
parking garage, retail
Location Shanghai,China
Coordinates 31°14′12″N
121°30′10″E
Construction started8 2008
Completed 2014
ENERGY LEVEL LEED GOLD
3. Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China, 2008-2014
• 632 metres (2,073 ft), have 128
stories, and contain an area of
380,000 m2.
• It is the tallest building in China and is
slated to be the second tallest in the
world.
• Tower features office space, luxury
residences, a high-end hotel, retail
space, restaurants and a public
observatory.
4. GREEN STRATEGIES
• SUSTAINABLE DESIGN IS AT THE CORE OF SHANGHAI TOWER’S
DEVEOPEMENT. TO ACHIEVE THE LEED GOLD AND CHINA THREE STAR
RATINGS.
• A FULL 33 % OF THE SITE IS GREEN SPACE, WITH LANDSCAPING THAT
BREATHES FRESH AIR INTO THE CITY AND SHADES PAVED AREAS THAT
RADIATE HEAT.
• STRATEGIES ARE AS FOLLOWS
1. DAY LIGHTING.
2. SUN SHADING
3. BUILDING CONTROLS
4. COGENERATION SYSTEM
5. REGIONAL MATERIALS
6. LANDSCAPING
7. WIND TURBINES
5. SUN SHADING
• TO REDDUCE HEATING
AND COOLING LOADS
BOTH THE INNER AND
OUTER CURTAIN WALLS
WILL HAVE A
SPECTRALLY SELECTIVE
LOW E COATING
,FRITTED GLASS ON THE
OUTER WALL PROVIDES
ADDITIONAL SUN
SHADING.
7. COGENERATION SYSTEM
• THE 2200-KW NATURAL
GAS FIRED COGENERATION
SYSTEM PROVIDES
ELECTRICITY AND HEAT
ENERGY TO THE LOW ZONE
AREAS. IN ADDITON TO
PROVIDING SITE
GENERATED POWER THE
SYSTEM PRODUCES 640
TONS OF REFRIGERATION .
8. DAY LIGHTING
• THE CONTINOUS GLASS
SKIN ADMITS THE
MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
DAYLIGHT INTO ATRIUMS,
REDUCING THE NEED FOR
ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING.
9. RESGIONAL MATERIALS
• THE TEAM SEEKS OUT
BUILDING MATERIALS THAT
ARE HARVESTED AND
MANUFACTURED WITHIN
AN 800 KILOMETER RADIUS
OF THE SITE. LOCAL
SOURCING OF PRODUCTS
IS SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE
IT REDUCES
TRANSPORATION RELATED
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS.
10. Shanghai World
Financial Centre,
2008
(Kohn Pederson
Fox) Jin Mao Tower,
2008
(SOM)
Shanghai Tower,
2014
(Gensler)
Tower features a soft triangular
shape, the tower rotates as it
goes skyward and concludes
with an open-top design.
As the shape rises, a "strike" or
open notch curves up and
around the building which is an
engineering feature to control
the wind up and away from the
building.
11. central core mega
columns
floor plates inner skin outer-wall
structure
second skin
Uses 32 – 35% less structural materials ( concrete and steel ) than any other
conventional buildings. It results in savings of 58million US$
12. With the double skin , the
building will function like a
thermos bottle.
This allows it to
• harvest and use daylight,
• reduce artificial lighting to a
minimum,
• increase the insulation of the
building's interior
• reduce energy consumption
and energy costs.“
Double skin Building
13. The development will be
separated into eight distinct
bioclimatic zones, with each
having its own atrium, lush gardens,
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.
14. Sustainability
• Innovative skin technology is one of many
sustainable design and renewable energy
systems in the tower.
• The spiral shape facilitates vortex shedding
and creates an asymmetrical surface to
reduce wind loads on the building by 24%.
reducing the structural load on the building.
• The building’s spiraling parapet collects
rainwater, used for the tower’s HVAC
systems.
• Wind turbines located directly beneath the
parapet generate on-site power. Thus energy
consumption of building is 35-40 % less than
any other conventional building.
• 40% less water consumption
i.e. they save 675 million L/ annum =
245 Olympic size swimming pools
