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Looking for a guide to the Shanghai World Financial Center and its surrounding famous buildings

1. Shanghai Global Financial Center

Shanghai global financial hub is a project invested and constructed by Mori Building Corporation of Japan as the center and jointly with more than 40 companies from Japan and the United States. The investment amount exceeds 105 billion yen (more than 1 billion US dollars). The original design is 460 meters high, with a project land area of ??30,000 square meters and a total construction area of ??381,600 square meters. It is adjacent to Jinmao Tower. After construction started in early 1997, the project was temporarily suspended due to the impact of the Asian financial crisis. The project resumed work in February 2003. However, at that time, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong were already building 480-meter-high skyscrapers, which exceeded the original design height of the World Financial Center. Since Japan's original intention to build the world's tallest building remains unchanged, the original design plan has been modified. The revised World Financial Center has 7 more floors than the original, reaching 100 floors above ground and 3 floors underground, with a total floor area of ??approximately 377,300 square meters.

Floor plan

The floor plan of the building is from the 2nd underground floor to the 3rd floor above ground for shopping malls, the 3rd to 5th floors are conference facilities, and the 7th to 77th floors are offices, including two The sky foyers are on the 28th to 29th floors and the 52nd to 53rd floors respectively. The 79th to 93rd floors are hotels and will be managed by Hyatt Group. There are two wind dampers on the 90th floor. The 94th to 100th floors are sightseeing and viewing facilities. ***There are three observation decks. The 94th floor is the "Observation Hall", which is an exhibition venue and observation deck of about 700 square meters. It can hold different types of exhibition activities. The 97th floor is the "Sightseeing Sky Bridge". A tallest "sightseeing pavilion" is designed on the 100th floor, which is about 55 meters long and 472 meters high above the ground. It surpasses the observation deck of the CN Tower and the observation deck of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (440 meters above the ground), becoming The highest observation deck in the future world.

Wind Dampers

The building has two wind dampers on the 90th floor (approximately 395 meters), each weighing 150 metric tons. Sensors are used to measure the sway of the building in the wind. , and use computer calculations to control the direction of movement of the dampers to reduce the shaking of the building due to strong winds. It is expected that these two dampers will also become the world's tallest automatically controlled dampers.

Cixi wind dampers will be installed on the world’s tallest building. Recently, Ningbo Ximaike Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. signed a contract with Shanghai World Financial Center on the intelligent channel control system project. This system will cover the automatic identification and management of entry and exit of more than 3,000 channel control points in the building. This is also the domestic intelligent channel control technology for single buildings. The smart security project with the most stringent requirements, the highest technological content, and the largest contract amount.

Ningbo Ximake Company is the first IT company engaged in high-tech software development in our city invested by Ningbo Sun Industrial Co., Ltd. In competition with many world-famous peer companies from the United States and Japan Stand out and become the only equipment and technology provider for this intelligent channel control system project.

Shanghai World Financial Center is a project centered on Japan's Mori Building Co., Ltd. and jointly invested by more than 40 companies from Japan and the United States. It is adjacent to Shanghai Jinmao Tower, with a total investment of more than 1 billion US dollars. According to the investor Mori Building Co., Ltd. of Japan, the World Financial Center building has 101 floors above ground and 3 floors underground. The main building height reaches 492 meters, which is 12 meters higher than the main building of the China Taipei International Finance Tower that has been completed. After completion, it will become the world's largest financial center. The tallest building. The World Financial Center has a capacity of 100,000 people, more than 3,000 control access points, and more than 3 million control records every day. The intelligent channel control system of the building contracted by Ningbo Ximaike Company has created a new era in the field of intelligent building security in the world.

Ningbo Xima Company actively introduces top talents in the same industry from abroad and formed a R&D team led by General Manager Sun Kaihua, a student of Tsinghua University.

Regarding the ups and downs of undertaking this project, Sun Kaihua was very emotional: "Seeing that most of the companies around Cixi are extensive processing companies with high energy consumption, I only have one thought in my mind, which is to develop high-tech, high value-added products. Cixi People can be the first in many products in China and even in the world. Why can’t Sun Company, which once created miracles, be the first in China and the world leader in intelligent channel control systems? “After more than three years, more than 40 people have made it? After hard work by the R&D team, the SKEPS intelligent channel control platform developed by Ximark Company has finally been recognized by the investors of the World Financial Center.

Height The main body of the building reaches 492.5 meters, which is 12 meters higher than the main body of the currently completed China Taipei International Finance Building (the physical height of the Taipei 101 building plus the height of the antenna is 508 meters), which is still a symbol of its name. In fact, it is the tallest building in the world. According to the construction plan, the project will be completed in early 2008, before the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games.

Shanghai World Financial Center is a comprehensive building mainly for offices, integrating business, hotels, sightseeing, conference and other facilities. The 94th to 101st floors of the building are tourist floors, the 79th to 93rd floors will be built as super five-star hotels, the 7th to 77th floors are office buildings, the 3rd to 5th floors are conference rooms, and the 2nd to 3rd floors underground are commercial buildings. Facilities, parking spaces for approximately 1,100 units are planned from the 3rd underground floor to the 1st underground floor. An observation pavilion with a length of about 55 meters is designed on the 100th floor, 472 meters above the ground. This height will exceed the world's tallest observation hall - Canada's CN TV Tower with a height of 447 meters. In addition, an observation hall with an area of ??750 square meters and an indoor clear height of 8 meters has been designed on the 94th floor. With the urban panorama of Shanghai as the background, the sightseeing pavilion and sightseeing hall will become a new tourist attraction in the world.

At present, the construction of "Shanghai Center", the tallest building in Shanghai, has begun. After completion, it is expected to increase the height of Shanghai's tallest building again.

Controversy over the building

The controversy over the design of the World Financial Center is not only about its height, but also about its shape. KPF President William Paterson said that the design of the financial center was originally inspired by the understanding of "heaven and earth" in traditional Chinese culture, which means a round sky and a square place. Moreover, the 50-meter-diameter "round hole" is the size of the second ball of the "Oriental Pearl TV Tower" not far away. The hollow round hole and the solid sphere just form an artistic beauty of one virtual and one real, echoing each other from a distance. But in the eyes of some people, this idea also shows another image. Some people were the first to use superstition to build momentum on the Internet, pointing out that the large round hole on the roof looked very much like the Japanese sun flag from a distance. Before this, there were no holes on the top of the building, which converged upward and were compared to a saber, so we decided to open round holes.

After noticing the styling controversy, according to the latest design plan announced by Japanese developers on October 18, 2005, the circular wind tunnel has been changed to an inverted trapezoid.

The battle for the world’s tallest building

The project started in 1997 and the foundation stone was officially laid on August 27, 1997. The original design was 460 meters high and 94 floors. It was originally expected to be It became the tallest building in the world. Later, due to the impact of the Asian financial crisis, the project was suspended for 6 years until February 13, 2003. At that time, its design height had been surpassed by other skyscraper construction plans. After the resumption of work, the design plan of the building was revised. It has been modified to increase 32 meters (7 floors) from the original, reaching 101 floors above ground, thus bringing the total height to 492 meters. However, based on the height set by the authoritative American construction organization CTBUH, it is still lower than the completed Taipei 101 Building (total height 509.2 meters), relevant departments pointed out that the height of Taipei 101 includes the 60-meter spire. In terms of physical height (building roof), the World Financial Center still ranks first in the world, but due to the resumption of work, it has The construction speed was no longer as fast as the Burj Khalifa project in the United Arab Emirates until it was surpassed. At this point, it is planned to be the tallest building in mainland China and the third tallest building in the world.

Interaction with Jin Mao Tower

At the beginning of the construction of the building, the relevant departments formulated a plan to build a "overpass" with Jin Mao Tower. The original plan was to connect it through an underground tunnel. , but some experts pointed out that there is only a road between the two skyscrapers of Shanghai World Financial Center and Jin Mao Tower. If underground tunnels are excavated, the ground subsidence in Shanghai will become more serious. At the same time, the complex underground pipelines in the Lujiazui area There is not enough space between the systems to accommodate underground tunnels, so in recent years the trend has been to build a "Lujiazui Overpass" plan. This plan has now entered the actual survey stage (it has not been implemented yet). Some experts also said that the overpass project will destroy the building landscape. and environmental concerns in the Lujiazui area. After the overpass is completed, if conditions permit, the relevant departments also want to extend a "branch" from the second floor of the main building to connect the overpass, so that the shape of the entire overpass becomes a "radiant sun." According to the long-term plan, Jin Mao Tower, which is currently not within the "radiation" range of the flyover, will also "stretch out" a hand to "grab" the World Financial Center, allowing people to travel between these buildings "without leaving the ground."

Sightseeing At 19:30 on August 27, 2008, the 101-story, 492-meter-high Shanghai World Financial Center landscape lighting began to be fully commissioned, welcoming the opening on August 30. It is reported that the Shanghai World Financial Center will become the "tallest building in Shanghai" upon completion, forming a new landmark in Shanghai together with the Oriental Pearl Tower and Jin Mao Tower.

Visitors take photos of the Jin Mao Tower and the Oriental Pearl Tower at the world's highest observation hall. Yesterday morning, only 40 meters away from Jin Mao Tower, another "new landmark" in Shanghai was officially born. Located in the center of the Lujiazui Financial and Trade Center in Pudong New Area, the world's tallest super high-rise complex "Shanghai World Financial Center" was announced to be completed and opened.

The Shanghai World Financial Center building has 101 floors and a height of 492 meters, surpassing the 421-meter Jin Mao Tower to become the tallest building in use in mainland my country. It ranks first in the world in the "highest usable floor height" and "highest roof height" in the high-rise building rankings (2008) published by CTBUH (Council of International Tall Buildings and Urban Housing). The total construction area of ??this skyscraper is 381,600 square meters, of which the 2 underground floors to the 2 above ground floors are garages and supporting commercial facilities, the 3rd to 5th floors are conference centers, the 7th to 77th floors are commercial office floors, and the 79th to 93rd floors are Park Hyatt Shanghai, the 94th to 100th floors are the observation halls. The 474-meter-high observation hall is paved with transparent floors.

The sightseeing facilities of the Shanghai World Financial Center are located on the 94th to 100th floors. The reporter took the high-speed elevator with the fastest speed of 8 meters per second, and it only took 66 seconds to go from the 2nd underground floor to the 95th floor. time.

When you come to the sightseeing sky pavilion on the 100th floor of the building, which is the 474-meter-high suspended sightseeing corridor, you can look straight at the spire of the Oriental Pearl Tower and feel that the roof of Jin Mao Tower is under your feet, like in the clouds. Take a stroll and enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Pujiang River. This 55-meter-long sightseeing corridor is equipped with three transparent glass floors. You can clearly see the cars and pedestrians passing on the ground, and the entire city seems to be flowing under your feet. It is expected to surpass the Sheen Tower Observation Deck (446.5 meters high) in Toronto, Canada, and even the Dubai Tower Observation Deck (440 meters high) in the United Arab Emirates. This is currently the highest tourist facility that people can reach in the world.

The observation hall on the 97th floor is 439 meters high, and its design is also unique. There is an open glass ceiling here. When the weather is fine, the glass ceiling can slide open to both sides, and the entire observation hall is like a "sky bridge" floating in the air. An observation hall with an area of ??750 square meters and an indoor clear height of 8 meters is set up on the 94th floor.

The ring road will connect with "Jin Mao"

The reporter learned that in order to facilitate pedestrians, the Lujiazui area where the Shanghai World Financial Center is located has begun construction to connect the Oriental Pearl Tower, Jin Mao Tower and other major The building’s pedestrian bridge will also connect the Shanghai World Financial Center to it. The completion of this project will give the Lujiazui area a completely new look, allowing people to take a leisurely stroll here whether at night or on weekends.

Currently, the second-floor pedestrian corridor project in the central area of ??Lujiazui was officially launched in April this year. The circular overpass in the first phase of the project is called "Pearl Ring" and connects Jin Mao Tower with the Shanghai World Financial Center. , after completion, citizens can walk between the two buildings from the "air".

Planning to build a Global Media Information Center

Shanghai World Financial Center will also become a center for the gathering and dissemination of information and culture. Chen Qiwei, deputy director of the Municipal Government Information Office, attended the press conference on the completion of the Shanghai World Financial Center yesterday and revealed that plans are currently underway to build a Global Media Information Center on the 29th floor of the World Financial Center, which will provide a platform for exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and foreign media units in the future.

The maximum ticket price is set at 150 yuan

The sightseeing facilities of the Shanghai World Financial Center will be officially opened to the public this Saturday (August 30), and various facilities will gradually be opened thereafter. Enable. The currently announced prices are: 100 yuan for the 94th floor; 110 yuan for the 2nd floor on the 94th and 97th floors; 150 yuan for the 3rd floor on the 94th, 97th and 100th floors. It is expected to receive 3 million tourists every year .

2. Jin Mao Tower

In early 1999, another landmark building in Shanghai stood proudly on the bank of the Huangpu River. The long-awaited 88-story Jin Mao Tower, the third in the world, the second in Asia, and the first in mainland China ( Jinmao Tower) has finally been launched to the market. This building integrates modern office buildings, luxury five-star hotels, commercial exhibitions, high-end banquets, sightseeing, entertainment, shopping malls and other comprehensive facilities. It is rich in the cultural connotation of the Chinese nation and incorporates Western architectural art. The smart skyscraper has become the most convenient, comfortable, flexible and safe ideal place for office, finance, commerce, entertainment and catering in Shanghai today.

The Jin Mao Tower project was approved on December 17, 1992, construction started on May 10, 1994, the structure was capped on August 28, 1997, and it opened for business on March 18, 1999. Fully open on March 28th. Jin Mao Tower covers an area of ??2.3 hectares, with a tower height of 420.5 meters and a total construction area of ??290,000 square meters.

Jin Mao Tower was built by SOM Architectural Design Office, one of the largest architect-engineer firms in the United States.

Geographical location

The building stands in the Lujiazui Financial and Trade Center on the bank of the Huangpu River, opposite the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in the distance, adjacent to the tunnel entrance of Yan'an East Road, and connected to Metro Line 2. Its main body The building has 88 floors above ground and 3 floors underground. It is 420.5 meters high, covers an area of ??23,611 square meters, and has a total construction area of ??290,000 square meters. It was once the tallest building in Shanghai and the tallest building in mainland China. It was surpassed by the neighboring World Financial Center on August 29, 2008. Jinmao Tower is an intelligent high-end building that integrates office, business, hotel and other functions. The 3rd to 50th floors are spacious and bright column-free spaces that can accommodate more than 10,000 people working at the same time; the 51st to 52nd floors are Mechanical and electrical equipment floor; the 53rd to 87th floors are the world's tallest super five-star Jinmao Hyatt Hotel. The core from the 56th floor to the top of the tower is a 27-meter-diameter room with a clearance of 142 meters that can refract sunlight through the glass. Surrounding the atrium are 555 guest rooms of different sizes and styles and various Chinese and Western restaurants; the 86th floor is the Entrepreneur Club; the 87th floor is the sky restaurant; The 88th floor is the second-highest tourist floor in China (after the World Financial Center) and can accommodate more than 1,000 tourists. Two high-speed elevators with a speed of 9.1 meters per second will transport tourists directly from the basement level to the first floor in 45 seconds. On the sightseeing floor, look around and have a panoramic view of Shanghai's new look. The basement of Jinmao Tower has 3 floors and some 4 floors, with a construction area of ??57,151 square meters, a parking lot with 800 parking spaces, and a 2,000 bicycle garage. The charging system of the parking lot prepares smart cards for monthly, quarterly and annual rental parking spaces according to different needs of parking guests, or randomly picks up timed tickets for parking. The parking lot with 800 parking spaces is equipped with a parking space information indication and guidance system, which displays and provides statistics and guidance on the parking spaces on each floor and in each area in real time at all times.

The 360-degree rotating pan-tilt cameras monitored in every area on each floor take care of your pace partner at all times. You can safely park your car in the underground garage of Jin Mao Tower.

Jinmao Tower is located at the entrance of Yan'an East Road Tunnel in Pudong, next to Century Avenue. It is located in the core area of ??Pudong - the center of Lujiazui Financial and Trade Zone. It faces the bustling scene of Pudong New Area to the east and overlooks Shanghai and Huangpu to the west. It faces the Pudong Zhangyang Road Commercial and Trade Zone in the south and the 100,000-square-meter central green space in the north. The road network around the building is developed and the transportation is very convenient, with direct access to the cross-river tunnel and Metro Line 2. It only takes 2 minutes to go through the tunnel from Jin Mao Tower to the most prosperous neighborhood in Puxi, and only 30 minutes to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport or Pudong International Airport. The geographical location is excellent. It was once the tallest building in Shanghai and the tallest building in mainland China. It was surpassed by the neighboring World Financial Center on August 29, 2008.

The designer of Jin Mao Tower is the famous SOM design firm in Chicago, USA. With innovative design ideas, the designer skillfully combined the world's latest architectural trends with traditional Chinese architectural styles, and successfully designed a world-class, cross-century classic, which has become a milestone in Shanghai-style architecture and has become a famous symbol of Shanghai. It has won many domestic and foreign awards including the Illinois World Architectural Structure Award, the first place in the Shanghai Top Ten Classic Architecture Gold Awards for the 50th Anniversary of New China, and the Art Creation Achievement Award of the 20th International Congress of Architects.

Transportation near Jin Mao Tower:

Bus: 82, 85, 574, 583, get off at Lujiazui Station of Metro Line 2

Interaction with the World Financial Center

At the beginning of the construction of the building, the relevant departments formulated a plan to build a "overpass" between the Shanghai World Financial Center and the World Financial Center. It was originally planned to connect the Shanghai World Financial Center and Jin Mao Tower through an underground tunnel. However, some experts pointed out that the Shanghai World Financial Center and Jin Mao Tower There is only a road between the two skyscrapers. If underground tunnels are excavated, the ground subsidence in Shanghai will become more serious. At the same time, the complex underground pipeline system in the Lujiazui area does not have enough space to accommodate underground tunnels. Therefore, in recent years The plan to build the "Lujiazui Overpass" has now entered the actual survey stage. Construction is expected to start in 2007 and be completed in early 2008. However, some experts have expressed concerns that the overpass project will damage the building landscape and the environment of the Lujiazui area.

Structural Technology

The building adopts the latest structural technology used for the first time in the history of super high-rise buildings. The vertical deviation of the entire building is only 2 centimeters, and the shaking of the top of the building is less than half a meter. It is the most outstanding tall building in the world. It can also guarantee that it will not collapse in strong winds of magnitude 12 and can withstand earthquakes of magnitude 7. The exterior wall of the building is composed of large glass walls, reflecting endlessly changing colors of different shades, like silver but not silver. The glass wall is imported from the United States and costs US$500 per square meter. The glass is divided into two layers with a low-temperature conductor in the middle. The outside temperature will not affect the interior. Jin Mao Tower has 79 elevators. The sightseeing high-speed elevator can take 35 people at a time. The speed is 9.1 meters per second, and it only takes 45 seconds from bottom to top.

The lobby of Jinmao Tower adopts round arch door frames, giving people a tall, spacious and bright feeling; the walls are made of Mediterranean perforated marble, which can have a good sound insulation effect; the marble on the floor is smooth but not bright, and is flat. rather than slippery. The eight bronze sculpture murals in the front hall embody the traditional Chinese calligraphy art. It reflects the five thousand years of Chinese civilization history through the evolution of Chinese characters, from oracle bone inscriptions and bell and tripod inscriptions to seal script, official script, regular script and cursive script. The corridor leading to the banquet hall is an art corridor, reflecting a kind of elegant taste and luxurious style.