GUANGZHOU, CHINA

THE CTF GUANGZHOU, CHOW TAI FOOK CENTRE, EAST TOWER

G U A N G Z H O U C T F
F I N A N C E C E N T R E
7 TALLEST IN THE WORLD 3 TALLEST IN CHINA

ABOUT GUANGZHOU CTF FINANCE CENTRE

GENERAL INFORMATION Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre Height To Tip :

is a mixed-use tower located 530 m
BUILDING HOTEL / RESIDEN- across from Guangzhou Inter-
FUNC- Height Architectural:
TIAL / OFFICE national Finance Center and 530 m
TION
Canton Tower. The project is
CON- 2010-2016 Height Occupied :
STRUCTI
adjacent to a large central park 495,5m
ON and a subterranean retail con-
START& Floors Above Ground:
course with transportation inter- 111
TYPE MIXED-USE changes, integrating the project
Floors BelowGround: 5
(HOTEL, RESIDEN- into the city and the wider re-
gion. Elevators : 86
TIAL,OFFICE)
Top Elevator Speed :
ENGI- LESLIE E. ROBERT- A) STRUCTURAL DESIGN
NEER: 20 m/s
SON ASSOCIATES The design is in the form of
MEP ENGINEER Tower GFA :
chisels at four main transition
points: office to housing, hous- 398,000 m2
STRUC- COMPOSITE
TURAL ing to hotel, hotel to crown, and Development GFA :
MATERI- 507,681 m2
crown to sky. Instead of taper-
STRUC- BUILDING ing to accommodate the small- Apartments : 355
TURE er floor plates needed for differ-
(SKYSCREPER) Hotel Rooms : 251
TYPE
ent programs, the tower re-
Parking Spaces : 1,705
ARCHI- KOHN PEDERSEN treats to the four angle parapet
TECT
FOX ASSOCIATES walls. These four setbacks al-
low lush terraces and nice look-
The design for apartment areas
ing ceilings. This tower has a
and hotel areas is similar to
SPECIAL POINTS height of 530m and inside it
zones 3 and 4 office areas,
OF INTEREST: has Grade A offices, luxury ho-
except that all elevators are
tels, luxury service apartments,
made of a single deck. in the
 STRUCTURAL DESIGN restaurants and retail spaces.
sky lobby and hotel sky lobby,
VTS design for the entire build-
 ENVIRONMENTALLY
each lift is made. For the hotel
ing is grouped into four zones:
FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY area, there are four local lifts
low zone offices (zones 1 & 2),
for residents to reach the hotel
high zone offices (zones 3 & 4),
 MATERIALS floor and three shuttle elevators
service apartments and hotel
will move visitors from the hotel
 SYSTEM STRUCTURE zones. The office zone has an
sky lobby to the hotel restaurant
office sky lobby and is divided
on the roof level.
into four zones, all of which are
serviced by double level eleva-
tors. Zones 1 and 2 can be
reached with a total of 12 direct
local lifts, 6 for each zone;
zones 3 and 4 are served by 6
shuttle elevators.
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B) ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY

there is a secondary water- design is aimed at achieving the
cooled central chiller installation following Green awards: LEED®
designed in the basement as a Gold for offices, retail and ho-
backup facility for office floors tels; and PRC Green Stars ob-
and retail podiums. this can mini- tained by including relevant en-
mize hydraulic pressure discon- vironmental friendly engineering
nection with high energy efficien- provisions, such as high-
cy and reliability. done by finding performance buildings, heat
the optimal energy center to im- recovery coolers, CO2 fresh air
prove system reliability, energy control, water-saving valves,
efficiency, and to coordinate with energy-saving lighting, collection
architects and structural engi- and reuse of AC condensate,
neers. and treatment and reuse of
wastewater. free-side air cool-
The Variable Air Volume (VAV)
ers, CO2 fresh air control, water-
system will be used for offices
saving valves, energy-saving
while the Fan Coil Unit (FCU) sys-
lighting, collection and reuse of
tem will be installed in serviced
AC condensate, and treatment
apartments and hotels. To im-
and reuse of wastewater.
prove environmental quality,

C) MATERIALS
The choice of material for towers must be meticulous.the height of the tower is covered by a series of fine terra cotta mulli-
ons that are beneficial from an environmental point of view. The energy realized from terra cotta is far less than that of
aluminum, glass, or steel so that cleaning is corrosion resistant. This terra cotta cliff is designed to protrude out of the
glass at an angle to give a shadow to the exterior.

D) SYSTEM STRUCTURE

The tower is made of eight The CTF Guangzhou Financial Center

giant steel pipe concrete consists of skyscrapers and an eight-
columns, an internal con- story podium, which is connected to
crete core tube, with four arm skyscrapers. This podium has a 30 m
extension frames and a 6 atrium with a glass roof. The sky-
ring reinforcement frame scraper is supported by a square
structure, so that the struc- core with 132 m sides and 8 mega
ture meets seismic design concrete columns on the sides. They
standards and needs for are connected by outrigger and belt
architectural functions. Giant frame, which is located exclusively on
frame and extensor frame a mechanical and protected floor.
nodes are designed with a The skyscraper has a total of four
penetration design to simplify levels of steel outrigger and six pairs
knot construction and create of double layer belts. The smaller
more direct force. At the columns are in between the mega
structural design stage it columns. The length of the mega
must achieve complex node column is 5 m and the width is 3.5
designs. m. The facade of a skyscraper is
made of glass and has vertical win-
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DICTIONARY

Internal Concrete tube : is a concrete

cast that is useful for increasing the
stiffness of buildings by carrying loads
with facade columns.

Arm truss extension : is the arrange-

ment of the framework that serves to
support the building to stand perfectly

Façade : the outside of the building

Outriggers: Frameworks for clamping

buildings in the form of a frame
mounted on the right and left of the
structure so that the structure re-
mains balanced against exposure.

Mullion: vertical bar between the

panes of glass in the window.

Terracota : unglazed earthenware,

usually brownish-red, mainly used as
decorative building materials and in
modeling.

The belt frame system : is one of the

lateral load retaining systems in
which the external column is fastened
to the central terrace wall with a very
rigid outrigger and the belt frame at
one or more levels. The belt frame
ties into the peripheral building col-
umn while the outrigger links it to the
main or central shear wall.