Taipei 101

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Taipei 101
Menara Taipei 101 di Taiwan.
Maklumat
Lokasi Taipei, Taiwan
Status Siap dibina
Tempoh pembinaan 19992004
Kegunaan
Dibuka
Musnah
Ketinggian
Antena/Puncak 509.2 m
Bumbung 449.2 m
Tingkat atas 439.2 m
Maklumat teknikal
Bilangan tingkat 101
Keluasan tingkat 412,500 m²
Bilangan lif 61
Kos $1,600,000,000
Syarikat2
Arkitek C.Y. Lee
Jurutera
Kontraktor KTRT Joint Venture
Pemaju
Pemilik
*Menjadi bangunan tertinggi didunia sejak tahun 2004.

Taipei 101 ialah sebuah pencakar langit yang mempunyai 101 tingkat dan terletak di ibu kota Taiwan iaitu Taipei. Direka oleh C.Y. Lee dan dibina oleh KTRT Joint Venture, ia adalah bangunan tertinggi di dunia. Nama asalanya adalah Pusat Kewangan Taipei, berdasarkan nama rasmi Cina.

Jadual isi kandungan

[Sunting] External elevation

Height comparison of Taipei 101 with the Sears Tower, the Petronas Towers, and the Empire State Building.
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Height comparison of Taipei 101 with the Sears Tower, the Petronas Towers, and the Empire State Building.

Taipei 101 has 101 stories above ground (hence the name) and five underground.

The building holds the records for:

  • Ground to structural top: 509 m (1,671 ft), a record formerly held by the Petronas Twin Towers at 452 m (1,483 ft)
  • Ground to roof: 449 m (1,474 ft). Formerly held by the Sears Tower 442 m (1,451 ft)
  • Ground to highest occupied floor: 439 m (1,441 ft). Formerly held by the Sears Tower
  • Fastest Ascending Elevator speed: 16.83 m/s (37.5 miles/hour.)
  • Largest Count-Down Clock on New Years Eve.

It does not hold the record for:

  • Ground to pinnacle, which is still held by the Sears Tower 527 m (1,729 ft).

Taipei 101's roof was completed on July 1, 2003. In a ceremony presided over by Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, the pinnacle was fitted on October 17 2003, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Towers by 57 meters (188 feet). [1]

Various sources, including the building's owners, list the height as 508 m (1,667 ft). This lower figure is measured from the top of a 1-meter platform at the base. However, according to CTBUH standards, the height of this platform should be included in the building height because it is part of the man-made structure and is above the level of the surrounding pavement.

[Sunting] Taipei 101 interior

In many aspects, the new building is the most technologically advanced skyscraper constructed to date. The building features fiber-optic and satellite Internet connections allowing speeds up to 1 gigabit per second. Toshiba has supplied the world's two fastest doubledecker elevators which run at a top speed of 16.83 meters per second (63 km/h or 37.5 mph) and are able to take visitors from the main floor to the observatory on the 89th floor in under 39 seconds. Visitors can also walk up the staircase to an outdoor observatory located at the 91st floor. A 660-metric-ton (730 tons) tuned mass damper is held at the 88th floor, stabilizing the tower against earthquakes, typhoons, and wind[2]. The damper can reduce up to 40% of the tower's movements.

The entire tower was opened on December 31, 2004, amidst an extravagant New Year's celebration, complete with live performances and fireworks. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou and Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng cut the ribbon.

The tower includes a six-floor retail mall with shops, restaurants, and other attractions, such as night clubs. The architecture of the retail mall includes both retro gothic-style pinnacles and modern industrial structures. The interior layout of Taipei 101 was entirely designed by a feng shui master.

[Sunting] Exterior symbolism

The exterior of the building is fraught with symbolism of financial success. The distinctive sections that create the impression of a bamboo stalk in the minds of many people are actually representative of gold ingots, used in ancient China as currency by royalty. There are 8 of them, each with 8 floors, with the number 8 sounding like "earn fortune" in Chinese culture and the language. There are also 4 circles on each side of the building near the base, to represent coins.

[Sunting] Construction

Tuned mass damper atop the Taipei 101.
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Tuned mass damper atop the Taipei 101.

The tower is designed to endure earthquakes above seven on the Richter scale, and once-a-century super typhoons. Prior to construction, some worried that the building would be vulnerable to the earthquakes common in Taiwan. On March 31, 2002, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake caused a construction crane to fall from the 56th floor of the building, which was at the time the highest floor, killing five people and starting a couple of small fires. The building's designers noted that the building itself reacted as expected and construction resumed later.

It is suspected that the Taipei 101 is so large that at 700,000 tonnes, its sheer weight may have reopened an ancient earthquake fault that may cause future earthquakes.[3][4]

[Sunting] Popular Culture

  • Taipei 101 was mentioned in Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony. Artemis Fowl plants the idea of coming to Taipei 101 in criminal Billy Kong's head by saying, "I'll be wearing a burgundy tie. Pay attention. There are a hundred and one ways this could go wrong. If it does, the police could tie one of us up for a long time." Or what Kong's brain said: Taipei 101, Taiwan.


[Sunting] Gallery

[Sunting] Notes

  1. Templat:Note Toronto's CN Tower (553 m) is excluded from these records, because it is not a "habitable building", which is defined as a frame structure made with floors and walls throughout. The CN Tower remains the world's tallest free-standing structure on land. The KVLY-TV mast near Blanchard, North Dakota, is taller still at 629 m (2,063 ft), but is supported by cables.

[Sunting] References

[Sunting] See also

Templat:ChineseText

Portal:Taiwan Taiwan
Portal:Republic of China Republic of China
  • Tuntex Sky Tower (second-highest skyscraper in Taiwan, 85-storeys, 378 m)
  • List of skyscrapers
  • World's tallest structures
  • Skyscraper
  • Taipei

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[Sunting] World's tallest

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Ketinggiannya mencecah 509meter atau 1671 kaki iaitu merupakan bangunan pertama yang mencecah setengah kilometer atau 500m.

Bangunan ini siap dibina pada tahun 2004 dan menghilangkan rekod Menara Berkembar Petronas, Kuala Lumpur sebagai bangunan paling tinggi di dunia.

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