TAIPEI 101

OUTSMARTING NATURE
Height to tip: 509 m (1,667 ft)
Height occupied: 438 m (1,437 ft)
Floors above ground: 101
Floors below ground: 5
No. of elevators: 61
Top elevator speed: 16.83 m/s
Tower GFA: 198,347 m² (2,134,989 ft²)
Development GFA: 357,719 m² (3,850,455 ft²)
No. of parking spaces: 1,839
Structural material: Composite
Façade: Non-reflective double low-E glass curtain wall

OFFICE COMPLEX + MALL

COSTS 1.8 BILLION USD
 LIBRARY
RESTO AND SHOPS
FITNESS CENTER
SHOPPING MALL
MOTOR COMPANIES
CONSULTING GROUPS
FINANCIAL COMPANIES
COMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES
Indoor observatories in the 88th and 89th floor
Outdoor deck on the 91st floor
 SUMMIT 101
private VIP club

SECRET FLOOR? “communication floor”

LEVEL 101

- Presidents
- Foreign dignitaries
- Big spenders (more than 1
million Taiwanese dollars)
 BURJ KHALIFA
828 m

TAIPEI 101
509 m

2004 2010
JULY 2011
SIEMENS Building Technologies

Save approximately 700,000

USD annual energy cost

Save 4.8 million kwh annual

electricity consumption

Save 28,000 metric tons of water

Save 1,261 metric tons of garbage

“With such distinguished
leadership, TAIPEI 101 is showing it
can stand taller among its peers,
without adding a single floor.”
Mr. Rick Fedrizzi
CEO and Founding Chairman of USGBC
 AGREEMENT APPROVAL OF
OF TAIPEI GROUND FIRST COLUMN 509 METER
GOVERNMENT BREAKING BUILT HEIGHT

OCT 1997 JAN 1998 JUN 2000 APR 2001

 HALT OF
MALL CONSTRUCTION
FRAMEWORKS DUE TO RESUME OF ROOF
FINISHED EARTHQUAKE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED

JUN 2001 MAR 2002 JUL 2002 JUL 2003

 OPENING TO
PUBLIC

PLACEMENT OF
SPIRE

OCT 2003 DEC 2004

C.Y. Lee & Partners Evergreen Consulting Engineering
Architects/Planners Thornton Tomasetti Engineers KTRT Joint Venture

ARCHITECT STRUCTURAL ENGINEER MAIN CONTRACTOR

MAIN COMPANIES INVOLVED

101 floors Renewal of time

New century and the new years that follow

High ideals

Traditional number of perfection; beyond

perfection

Binary numeral system

Number 8 Eight segments of eight floors each

Abundance, prosperity, and good fortune

Perfectly symmetrical and balanced

An ideal number
Design of Asian Pagoda – linking the earth and sky;
serenity
the tower
Bamboo Stalk – learning and growth,
flexibility

Chinese Ingots (Money Boxes) – abundance

 Four discs Coins
at the sides
of the
tower
 Shapes of Balance
between Yin
squares and Yang
and circles
Curled Talisman
Ruyi Healing, protection, and
figures fulfilment
Pinnacle Candle or torch

Liberty and welcome

Days of the week

Colours of the spectrum

Circular giant sundial
park to mark
afternoon
hours
 15 months preparation
 Extraordinary Earthquake Rating
 Discovered fault under Taipei,
which were 10 m wide and 198 m
from the 101 construction site
 Designers conducted earthquake
simulations to test the stability of
the tower through models
 380 concrete piles bored 262
feet into the ground, 98 feet (30
m) into the bedrock
 Pile – 5 feet or 1.5 m in diameter
weighing 1,100 – 1460 tons
 Concrete slab – 30,000 cubic
yards (22,937 cubic meters)
 Double tube structure – one
steel, one concrete
 Joint – 14 hours to weld
 Welding took 2 years of
construction
 The columns were filled with
super strong, high grade
concrete up to the 62nd floor
 It can withstand 10,000 pound
per square inch (68,948 kPa)
 1st up to 4th – retail facilities
 5th & 6th – fitness center
 7th up to 84th – offices
 86th &88th – restaurants
 88th, 91st, 101st - observation
decks
 92nd up to 100th –
communication facilities
61 ELEVATORS: 16.83 m/s speed
 CHALLENGE 1
Architectural design
 SOLUTION
Inspiration from nature
Segments of the building
cut every 8 floors

Bamboo = humility + strength

 CHALLENGE 2
Changing sea levels have
filled the Taipei basin with layers
of soft, unstable silt and clay.
 SOLUTION
23,000 m concrete slab sits
3

on top of a complex system of 382

steel reinforced concrete piles.
 CHALLENGE 3
Earthquakes. TAIPEI 101
stands just 200 meters away
from a major fault line.
 SOLUTION
Flexible spine
for the building
1. 16 central core supporting pillars

2. 8 super strong mega-columns

3. A network of horizontal outrigged

trusses

+ Lateral braces and moment-resisting frames

 CHALLENGE 4
Extreme winds.
TAIPEI 101 is in a
hotspot of typhoons.
 SOLUTION
Saw tooth design
Outrigger concept
TMD
 Saw tooth design
or double notched
corners
Outrigger concept
Tuned Mass Damper
CHALLENGE 5
Construction
SOLUTION
Super pumps
CHALLENGE 6
Fast elevators
 SOLUTION
Ceramic emergency brakes
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