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BANK OF CHINA TOWER

Aubontee Nazia Nasrin


18-37697-1
• Bank of China Tower is a Skyscraper
• Location: 1 Garden Road Central, Hong Kong.
• Construction time: 18 April 1985 to 1990
• Architect: I. M. Pei and L.C Pei of I.M Pei and
partners
• Height: 325 m (1,033.5 ft.) reaching 367.4 m
(1205.4 ft.) high including masts.
• Site: 6,700 m2 (72,000 sq. ft.)
• Site price: HK$1 billion
• Floor: 72
• Under ground floors: 4 (370 parking space)
• Building use: Office
SITE
Inspired by bamboo
• Symbolic of strength, vitality,
growth and enterprise.

• Four triangular quadrants


• The shape of the envelope
changes dramatically
• Maintaining the purity of the
geometry was the challenge

Structure design concept: a series of


triangles as a super frame.
STORY 70
STORY 69 (MECH. FLOOR)

TOWER 1
STORY 58
STORY 57 (MECH. FLOOR)

STORY 45 (MECH. FLOOR)


STORY 44 (MECH. FLOOR)

TOWER 2
TOWER 3 STORY 32
STORY 31 (MECH. FLOOR)

STORY 25 (BEGIN CENTRAL COLUMN)

TOWER 2 STORY 19
STORY 18 (MECH. FLOOR)

STORY 6
STORY 4 (MECH. FLOOR)
LOBBY

BASEMENT
FLOOR PLANS

STORY 25 STORY 38
STORY 51 & 52
PLANS
FOUR TOWERS HAS
FOUR DIFFERENT
CORE

STORY 4 STORY 25

Four prism towers rise


to different levels: 25th,
38th, 51th , 70th

STORY 38 STORY 51 AND 52


Hong Kong is in a Typhoon zone, with
wind loads twice that for New York City,
and equal to four times the Earthquake
load for San Francisco
• The wind speed in Hong
Kong can reach as high as
143mph.
• Natural disasters: Typhoons (Hurricanes),
Tsunamis and Earthquake

The horizontal wind loads, it transfer them


into vertical loads that can be supported
by the vertical structural column

Column material: Composite concrete


and steel
VERTICAL LOAD

The vertical force are transferred through braces,


columns, space trusses, transverse truss
TRANSVERSE TRUSS

CORNER COLUMN

BRACING

CENTER COLUMN

The center column rise from the 25th floor, bears the
gravitational load and resists the overturning moment
NIGHT VIEW

• Expressive structure
A critical joint at which the vertical,
horizontal, and diagonal members of
the steel frame all come together.

A block of reinforced concrete that


envelopes all the columns, stiffening
trusses, beams, and cross-braces.
• Anodized Aluminium panels
(Pure Metal)

• Reflective glass curtain wall


The sloping roofs prisms
upper end of each module
of the façade favour the
entry of natural light

The PVB (polyvinyl butyral)


prevents roughly 99% of UV light
from penetrating into the building
OBSERVATION DESK
THANK YOU

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