REPORT ON HIGHRISE

GROUP 8
15.01.01.024
15.01.01.027
15.01.01.040
15.01.01.052
LOCAL CASE STUDY – CITY CENTER

SITE FORCE AND URBAN Architects : T.I.M Nurunnabi Chowdhury

CONTEXT Bayejid M. Khandakar
City Centre is the tallest Location : Motijheel,Dhaka
skyscraper in Dhaka,Bangladesh. Client : Dhaka City Corporation
It is a multistoried parking lot
Consultancy : Belhasa-accom & UAE
cum commercial complex.
The building is south oriented. Site Area : 76402 sq feet
It is situated in the heart of Built Area : 482,413 sq feet
dhaka,motijheel just opposite to Budget : 1 Billion Taka
the Janata tower. Project Year : 2012
Floor No : 37
PLANNING

Reception

Entry

Lift lobby

Ground Floor Plan Parking entry

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM  Column to column
The structural system is composite.RCC,Flat slab and shear distance 15’.
wall structure.  Column size 20”x10’10.”
•GRID SPAN INNER 24'-0”  Basement height at all
•GRID MID SPAN 15’-0”.
•SHEAR WALL LENGTH
spaces 20’.
12’-6”X1’-8” (MIN)

HORIZONTAL
BEAM AND
STRUCTURAL GRID LAOD
BEARING
WALL
 •20-25% of the total
HELIPAD LEVEL commercial area.
HEIGHT 13850MM •Systematic maintenance is
also helping to run the
project

Certain wall
used in front façade. The Helipad at the top

R O A D

FOOTPATH UP UP UP FOOTPATH

UP
OFFICE ALL READY
OFFICE

BIRDS BANGLADESH AGENCY LTD.

Total Area = 83.85 Sq-m SOLD Total Area = 84.24 Sq-m
TOL-1 TOL-1

IN
UP DN
1:6 1:18 -1700 1:6

OUT
1050

SECURITY E. TOL
Area = 17.76 Sq-m Area = 17.76 Sq-m E. TOL
SECURITY

UTTARA BANK
R O A D
R O A D
COMMERCIAL SPACE
Total Area = 727.14 Sq-m

PODIUM LEVEL 30.6M G.TOL L.TOL Area = 17.76 Sq-m Area = 17.76 Sq-m L.TOL G.TOL

Unusable space in
3rd Basement FOOTPATH FOOTPATH

N
GROUND FLOOR PLAN

TO MOTIJHEEL

SECTION PEDISTRIAN TO PALTON

ROAD
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
STRUCTURAL SYSTEM The structural system is
composite.RCC,Flat slab and
shear wall structure.
•GRID SPAN INNER 24'-0”
•GRID MID SPAN 15’-0”.
•SHEAR WALL LENGTH
12’-6”X1’-8” (MIN)
24’
 Column to column
distance 15’.
 Column size 20”x10’10.”
 Basement height at all
spaces 20’.

HORIZONTAL
BEAM AND
LAOD
BEARING
WALL

STRUCTURAL GRID 15’

 PARKING ANALYSIS
PLANNING
There are three basement 2nd to 10th floor for car parking and the
rest of the floor s are for office space.

Parking Ramp Basement parking

Basement parking

Typical Basement floor plan

Open driveway and vehicular pedestrian
road are present. basement parking
facilities with mechanical and electrical
facilities at the basement level.
Total Car Parking : 1050 cars
Ramp ratio : 1:6
Traffic pattern : TWO WAY
Basement : 3 NOS
Ramp Height : 8’-0” Clear
Ramp Width : 24’-0” clear
` Fire stair Typical floor plan(2nd to 10th)
PARKING ANALYSIS

Mechanical services:
The machine services are located on the basement
level
•the main power of the 1600 ton central a/c
•4 chillers of 400 t.r. capacity
•8 chilled water pumps which connect to 3 cooling
towers on the roof floor
•3 water treatment pumps and cooling condensers.
•2 water reservoirs of a capacity more than 85,000
gallons per day. The overhead water reservoir on the
roof top also has a similar capacity.
•6 water pumps, one of 37kw and the other of 15kw
pump water from the reservoirs for use in the
building.
•2 generator room 440v generator.
•4 step-down transformers which supply 1.5 MB
power per day to the building.
FUNCTION ANALYSIS
PLANNING

Reception

Entry

Lift lobby

Ground Floor Plan Parking entry

Two mezanine floor plans(inbetween ground & 2nd floor) Typical floor plan(11th to 23th )

Fig:City view from the office space Fig: office Lift Lobby

Typical floor used for fully.

commercially
restaurants,International
standard convention
centre,conference
facilities,business
lounge,gymnasium,cyber cafe
and Helipad Fig: Preparation space for
toilet Fig : 33rd floor plan
 Two mezanine floor plans(in between ground & 2nd
floor)

USE OF FLOOR
TYPICAL FLOOR USED FOR FULLY
COMMERCIALLY - RESTAURANTS, INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD CONVENTION CENTRE, CONFERENCE
FACILITIES, BUSINESS LOUNGE, GYMNASIUM,
CYBER CAFÉ AND HELIPAD.
 OFFICE
AREA

Typical floor plan(11th to 23th ) 33rd floor plan

CORE DETAIL
•The service core is located in center of
the building.
•The service core consists of 08
elevators of (20 persons) capacity each.
• Fire stair 02 nos for office tower & 01
nos for commercial area
•On the basement level, below the
surface service core, the elevator
machine room, plug room, generator
room, water reservoir, fire fighting
equipment room, etc are situated.

TOTAL LIFT -8 NOS

STAIR CASE – 2
FIRE ESCAP – 2
1 STAIR CASE FOR
MEZANINE FLOOR IN
BETWEEN GROUND &
2ND FLOOR

Fig : Lift core in parking Fig:Stairway

lot
FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEM
•Smoke Detector Are Commercial Complex And Office
Core.
•Fire Extinguisher Is In The Office Space And Commercial
Space.
•Hose Pipe Or Water Pipe Is Present
•Fire Alarm Are Present

MECHANICAL Service

•The Machine Services Are Located On

The Basement Level
•A Generator Room .
•.Transformers Room

Modern Facilities Of The Centre Include A

Four-megawatt Captive Power Unit To
Ensure Uninterrupted Electricity Supply.

Fig: Alarm, Fire pump, Gusher pump, Electric duct, Co2,

Water pipe,network device

Fig:Generator
Positive Sides::
•Proper Design Infront Entry Facade
•Standard Ramp Ratio
•Vehicular Entry/Exit Is Proper Solution
•Natural Light Sufficient
Problems :
•West Façade No Shading Device
•Hvac Sysystem Is Absent
•No Green Space
Project name : Marina Bay Sands
Architects : Safdie architects
Location : Singapore
Project Director : Moshe Safdie
Executive Architects : Aedas, Pte, Ltd.
Structural Engineering : Arup
Landscape Construction : Peridian
Site Area : 154,938 sqm
Project Area : 845,000 sqm
Budget : US $5.7 billion
Project Year : 2010
Room No : 2561
Program
1. Hotel – 2,560 luxury rooms in three hotel towers,
totaling 265,683 sq meters (2,860,000 sq feet)

2. Sands SkyPark – The three hotel towers are

connected at the top (200 meters/656 feet) by a 9,941
square meter (107,000 square foot) park that brings
together a public observatory, jogging paths, gardens,
restaurants, lounges, and an infinity swimming pool
This 1.2 hectare (3 acre) tropical oasis is longer than the
Eiffel Tower is tall and large enough to park four-and-a-half
A380 jumbo jets
It spans from tower to tower and cantilevers 65 meters
(213 feet) beyond to form one of the world’s largest public
cantilevers
It is 340 meters (1,115 feet) long from the northern tip to
the south end
The park’s maximum width is 40 meters (131 feet)
The 1,396 square meter (15,026 square foot) swimming
pool is the largest outdoor pool at its height and has a
145 meter (475 foot) vanishing edge

• The entire park can host up to 3,900 people

• Its lush gardens include 250 trees and 650 plants
3. Casino – the “atrium style” casino features four levels of gaming and
entertainment in one space totaling 15,000 square meters (161,500 square
feet) with the atrium ceiling holding a 7 ton chandelier with 132,000
Swarovski crystals and 66,000 LEDs

4. The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands – includes over 74,322 square

meters (800,000 square feet) of retail and restaurant space

5. Sands Expo and Convention Center – consists of 121,000 square

meters (1.3 million sq feet) of flexible convention and exhibition space,
including one of the largest ballrooms in Asia with area of 8,000 sq meters
(86,100 sq feet) and the capacity to host 11,000 people.

6. Museum of Art Science – It is 15,000 square meters (161,500

square feet square feet) with 6,000 meters (64,580 square feet) of gallery
space, a 3,000 square meter (32,290 square foot) lily pond at grade and has
a palm measuring 80 meters (260 feet) in diameter reaching 62
7. Theaters – the two theaters are 21,980 square meters (236,600 square feet square feet)
with a combined 4,000 seats
8. Crystal Pavilions – the 5,914 square meters (63,660 square feet) Crystal Pavilions house
shops and nightclubs and are the first glass and steel structures to be set in Marina Bay

9. Event Plaza – is 5,000 square meters (54,000 square

foot) and capable of hosting 10,000 people for a diverse
range of local and international live performances
MARINA BAY SANDS

THEATER & MUSEUM SECTION SITE PLAN

 Amphitheatre and museum

Ground Floor Plan Theatree

Convention center Hotel rooms Casino 21

Sky-Park pool side Sky-Park restaurant side

Sky-Park section Hotel Tower section

INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY - JONE HANCOCK CENTER
- HSBC TOWER
JONE HANCOCK CENTER,CHICAGO,UNITED STATES
Architect- Fazlur Khan, Bruce Graham
Structure – Tube Structure
Time period: 1965-1969
Construction started: 1965
Construction Completed: 1969
Opening: JUNE,1969
Number of floor: 100
Total Height: 1506’
Architectural style: High-Tech Architecture
Site plan

Central Core
Typical office floor plan Level plan.
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
 The architecture of the Center Core is informed by
its expressive structural system and gentle sloping
facades.
 This innovative form was designed to efficiently
accommodate the large number of programs
contained in the building.
 This is the world’s first mixed-use tall building
projects.
 One of the most famous buildings of the
structural expressionist style, the skyscraper's
distinctive X-bracing exterior is actually a hint that
the structure's skin is indeed part of its Tubular
system.
 John Hancock Center has a height of 1,499 feet
(456.9 m)It is the fifth-tallest building in the above
world most famous building.
ADVANTAGES:
One of the most famous buildings of the
structural expressionist

Its Mixed Used Building.

The skyscraper's distinctive X-bracing exterior

is actually a hint that the structure's skin is
indeed part of its 'tubular system'.
DISADVANTAGES:
 Sometimes all over the glass facades create a big
problem.
 Public place should be larger .
ELEVATIONS & SECTIONS:

Central Core
Elevation Detail Section
 JIN MAO TOWER
LOCATION : Pudong District,Shanghai,China
ARCHITECT:Adrian Smith
No. of Floor:88
SITE ANALYSIS:

The Jin Mao Tower "Golden Prosperity Building" is an 88-

story landmark supertall skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of
the Pudong district of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.
It contains offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel. Until
2007 it was the tallest building in the PRC, the fifth tallest in
the world by roof height and the seventh tallest by pinnacle
height. Along with the Oriental Pearl Tower, it is a
centerpiece of the Pudong skyline. Its height was surpassed
on September 14, 2007 by the Shanghai World Financial
Center which is next to the building. The Shanghai Tower, a
128-story building located next to these two buildings and
now under construction, will be even taller.

SITE & CONTEXT Fig:Site Plan

 CORE DETAIL:

The foundation is done

by strong piles.The core
is in the middle to hold
the tower very
strongly.The core
function is solved
criscrossly.
Ground Floor Plan

STRUCTURAL
DETAILS:

The tower is built around an

Fig:Core of th tower
octagon-shaped concrete shear wall
core surrounded by 8 exterior
composite supercolumns and 8
exterior steel columns. Three sets
of 8 two-story high outrigger
trusses connect the columns to the
core at six of the floors to provide
Typical Middle level Floor Plan
additional support.

The exterior curtain wall is made of

glass, stainless steel, aluminium,
and granite, and is criss-crossed by
complex latticework cladding made
of aluminum alloy pipes.

The building employs an advanced

structural engineering system of
wind and earthquake.
Typical Upper level Floor Plan Fig:Construction of core
 Fig:The tower from sky

Fig:Process of Construction of tower

CIRCULATION:
Fig:Header of the tower

SECTION

Vertical Fig:The spire of antena

Horizontal
 •Mixed-use building comprising units
•The 63- and 70-story glass-clad
towers rise
• At 245 meters tall
• Facilities :restaurants, health clubs,
recreation decks with pools and tennis
courts and car-park facilities.
•10th largest residential high-rise
in the world
•residential market.

Ground floor plan

Marina Bay 1. Basement: 2
2. Tower 1 lobby
Location: Marina Bay, Singapore 3. Tower 2 lobby
Project Team Architect: NBBJ 4. Main Door
NBBJ Co-Design Principals: Peter Pran and 5. Car park
Timothy Johnson 6. Landscape walkway
NBBJ Managing Principal: Scott Hunter 7. Water features
Completed: September 2008 8. Sky light
Total surface area: 118,182 SM (1.2 million SF) 9. Escalator to
underground link
 Landscape

Entry
Club Level plan
1. Basement: 2
2. Tower 1 lobby
3. Tower 2 lobby
4. Main Door
5. Car park
6. Landscape walkway
7. Water features
8. Sky light
9. Escalator to
underground link
Lobby
TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
1. Gym pool general stair
Residential Area 2. Tennis courts lift core
Core & Circulation 3. Lap pool
stair
4. Children pool
5. Main pool Residential Area
6. BBQ
7. Spa and steam
bath
8. Gymnasium
9. Exercise studio
10. Children’s play
ground
Section Of Marina Bay

Vertical circulation
Residential Area

Public Space

Parking Area

Tower 1 Tower 2
INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY-4
STRUCTURAL TYPE : STEEL STRUCTURE
Chifley Tower,Sydney,Australia MATERIAL :

▪ STRUCTURAL STEEL WITH DRYWALL CAVITY

CLADDING
▪ REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB, STEEL ANCHORS

AIR-CONDITIONING SERVICES

▪ FLOOR BY FLOOR SYSTEM.

▪ HIGH DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY UTILIZING DIRECT

LOCATION MAP EXPANSION REFRIGERATION AS THE COOLING
MEDIUM.
BUILDING
▪ EFFICIENCIES IN THE SYSTEM ARE INCREASED
▪ Plan shape rectangular WITH THE USE OF COLD CONDENSER WATER DURING
▪ Number of stories 53 levels above ground, COOLER PERIODS.
▪ 4 levels basement and 5 service levels
▪ Total floor area approximately 90 000 sq m ▪ A SECONDARY CONDENSER WATER SYSTEM IS
AVAILABLE FOR TENANTS TO USE IN COMPUTER
▪ Net rentable floor area 72,268 sq m
ROOM APPLICATIONS AND FOR SUPPLEMENTARY AIR
CONDITIONING TO MEETING ROOMS OR AREAS OF
LOCATION : SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA HIGH HEAT LOAD.

ARCHITECT : KHON PEDERSON FOX ASSOCIATE

AND TRAVIS PARTNERS

STYLE : LATE 20TH CENTURY POST-MORDERN

CONSTRUCTED : 1988-93

USE : OFFICE
LIFTS SERVICES

• 28 LIFTS SERVICE THE BUILDING INCLUDING 18 HIGH SPEED

TOWER LIFTS SERVICING THE LOW, MID AND HIGH RISE.
• THERE ARE 2 GOODS LIFTS, ONE SERVICING LEVELS 42 TO
P4 OF THE TOWER AND THE OTHER SERVICING LEVELS 4 TO P4
OF THE RETAIL SECTION.

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

• FOUR ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS, SUPPLIED FROM A TRIPLEX

GRID ARRANGEMENT ARE WITHIN CHIFLEY TOWER.
• SUB MAINS CAPACITY TO TENANCIES IS GENEROUSLY LIFTS SERVICES LIFT & LOBBY SPACE
RATED.
• EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS ARE INSTALLED TO
PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO TENANTS PRIMARY STRUCTURE
SHOULD POWER BE INTERRUPTED.
▪ TYPE STEEL BEAMS, COMPOSITE METAL
DECK/CONCRETE FLOOR
▪ PATTERN BEAMS RADIATING BETWEEN THE CORE
FRAME AND THE OUTER COLUMNS, ONE-WAY FLOOR
SLAB
▪ BEAM CLEAR SPAN 10-15 M, TYPICALLY 12M
▪ FLOOR SLAB SPAN 2.5-3 M CORE STRUCTURE
▪ MATERIAL STEEL BRACED FRAME WITH BORAL GYPSUM
DRYWALL CAVITY SHAFT WALL
▪ TYPE BRACED STEEL (350 MPA)
▪ SHAPE IRREGULAR POLYGON SUPPORT STRUCTURES
▪ TYPES INTERNAL COLUMNS ON THE PERIMETER, OUT
RIGGER SYSTEM
▪ MATERIAL STRUCTURAL STEEL FOOTINGS SPREAD
FOOTINGS AND ROCK ANCHORS
 PLANS

CORE

FIRE EXIT
CORE
FIRE EXIT