Accounting to nature through natural forms: Bank of China Tower
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Building journal Hong Kong China, Jun, 1990, pp. 49-88
Abstract
In this issue, we celebrate the coming to life of the Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong's tallest structure, one of the world's tallest buildings and the latest architectural expression of the mega-structure, Man's newest and most-dramatic example of the challenge "to reach to the sky."
Leading off our presentation is an interview with Sandi Pei, project architect to and the son of design architect I M Pei, and Hong Kong associate architect Sherman Kung.
This is followed by an architectural design perspective, a professional dissertation on the mega-structure and a paper on the building's mechanical and electrical aspects.
Architectural design perspective:
(1) Module and concept
(2) Base area elements
(3) Structural expression
(4) External cladding
Mega-Structure generation:
(1) Plane frames
(2) Column element
(3) Gravity load distribution
(4) Steel-plate box girders
Mechanical, electrical and vertical transportation design
(1) Design process
(2) Design concerns
(3) Chiller plant design
(4) Air-Conditioning system selection
(5) Life safety system
(6) Atrium smoke exhaust
(7) Banking hall smoke exhaust
(8) Stair pressurization
(9) Annunciator panel
(10) Energy management systems
(11) Lighting design
(12) Electrical design
(13) Moving people
Description
Building Name: Bank of China Tower
Building Type(s): Office buildings
Architect: Kung + Lee Architects & Designers; Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects(New York, USA)
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Article
Date
1990
Language
en