Hypergreen ecological city tower
This research project was carried out for Lafarge and was for a high-rise tower building with the hexostructure being built from Ultra high-performance fibre-reinforced concrete. The fibre concrete elements are pre-fabricated and assembled on site using a pre-stressing and post-tensioning method with the whole behaving like a drum. The platforms thus released from any structural constraints can be developed individually, superimposed heterogeneously and oriented according to the light and the wind
- Type
- Housing and public building, Ultra high Performance Reinforced Concrete
- Materials and construction systems
- Concrete and prestressed concrete
- Location
- China, Shanghai
- Assignment
- Feasibility study
- Architect
- JFA Jacques Ferrier Architecture
- Customer
- Lafarge
- Photo credits
- JFA Jacques Ferrier Architecture, C&E
- Completion date
- 2006