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