Turkmenistan TV Tower

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Turkmenistan TV Tower
Image of the object
Basic data
Place: TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Ashgabat
Capital District: Ashgabat
Country: Turkmenistan
Altitude : 997  m
Coordinates: 37 ° 51 '45.3 "  N , 58 ° 14' 17.4"  E
Use: TV and observation tower , restaurant
Tower data
Construction time : 2008-2011
Architect : Polimeks COE
Total height : 211  m
Data on the transmission system
Further data
Opening: 2011
Viewing platforms: 100 m, 135 m, 145 m and 150 m
Position map
Turkmenistan TV Tower (Turkmenistan)
Turkmenistan TV Tower
Turkmenistan TV Tower

The Turkmenistan Tower ( Turkmen : Turkmenistan tele radio merkezi ) is a 2,011-be-finished 211-meter high TV tower in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat . It stands on an 809 meter high hilltop in the Kopet Dag Mountains to the southwest and outside of the city center. The tower can be reached from the southern city motorway ( Köpetdag şaýoly ) via a curved cul-de-sac .

history

The tower was initiated by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow . The construction period lasted from 2008 to 2011. The television tower was opened on October 18, 2011 in the presence of President Berdimuhamedow.

description

architecture

The television tower stands on a massive, multi-storey substructure with trapezoidal wall surfaces sloping towards the tower. A monumental staircase leads into the substructure inside the building. The oriental profile of the tower shaft rises vertically and spreads apart at the tower cage .

Up to half the height of the tower shaft, it is decorated by an octagonal star by Oguz Khan with a total area of ​​3,240 square meters, which has an entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest architectural star sculpture in the world. A photovoltaic system is installed in the facade of the star , with which the energy obtained is used to illuminate the tower at night. The star shape is also taken up by other buildings in Ashgabat. The star establishes a connection between the mythological ancestors of the Turkic peoples and the present day.

The tower was designed by the Turkish architects Polimeks COE , who also erected the golden statue of Türkmenbaşy, the honorary title of Saparmyrat Nyýazows . In the publicly accessible tower there is a revolving restaurant in the five-storey tower cage at 145 meters (29th floor) and a VIP lounge at 140 meters (28th floor). Two viewing platforms with a 360-degree all-round view are located at a height of 100 meters and 150 meters (31st floor). A conference room on the fourth basket floor offers space for up to 250 people. The top is formed by a 38 meter high antenna support.

Broadcast facilities

13 television studios and other broadcasting facilities are housed in the base building. Four SD and two HD television programs as well as two DAB channels and FM radio programs are broadcast from the tower . It also houses seven television and six radio stations. This makes the large-scale project, which cost 450 million US dollars, the largest broadcaster in Central Asia . The transmission technology was scaffolded by the German company Rohde & Schwarz , the transmission antennas were installed by the German company Kathrein in autumn 2011 .

reception

The unusual implementation of the star in the tower shaft can be understood architecturally as a link between tradition and modernity. It is also considered a symbol of the emancipation of the current ruler Berdimuhamedow from his predecessor.

Programs

The Turkmenistan television tower transmits analog and digital television and radio signals (as of August 2012). Programs it broadcasts are:

  • Altyn Asyr: Turkmenistan
  • Yashlyk
  • Miras
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turkmen ovazy
  • Ashgabat
  • Sports

literature

Web links

Commons : Turkmenistan TV Tower  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Turkmenistan: New TV Tower Modernizes Technology , accessed August 13, 2019
  2. ↑ Turkmenistan TV tower opens ( Memento from July 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 13, 2019
  3. ↑ Туркменская гигантомания вновь попала в Книгу рекордов Гиннесса , October 31, 2011 (Russian), accessed August 13, 2019
  4. ↑ Guinness World Records News: Largest architectural star record set in Turkmenistan , article November 14, 2011, accessed August 13, 2019
  5. ↑ a b von Borries, Böttger, Heilmeyer: TV-Towers - Fernsehtürme, 8,559 meters in politics and architecture , p. 255
  6. ↑ Case Study - New Ashgabat TV Tower, Turkmenistan ( Memento from March 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ polimeks.com: Television tower - Ashgabat - 2011 , accessed on August 13, 2019
  8. ↑ tvtechnology.com: Vitec Brands Outfit Turkmenistan TV Tower , accessed on August 13, 2019
  9. ↑ Turkmenistan TV - Ashgabat Tower Project ( Memento from February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 13, 2019
  10. ↑ Turkmenistan TV Tower gets equipped ( Memento from November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 13, 2019
  11. ↑ At home in the broadcasting towers of the world ( memento of March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed August 13, 2019
  12. ↑ mebucom.de: Transmission technology for Turkmenistan , article from 03/2012, accessed on August 13, 2019
  13. ↑ von Borries, Böttger, Heilmeyer: TV-Towers - Fernsehtürme, 8,559 meters in politics and architecture , p. 15
  14. ↑ turkmenistan.gov: Президент Туркменистана провел совещание по вопросам развития сфер науки , образования, здравоохранения, спорта, туризма и культуры , articles of 16 August 2012 accessed on August 13, 2019