Raffles City Chongqing
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Raffles City Chongqing Chongqing Chaotianman T4N |
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| The complex under construction (2019) | |
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Chongqing , People's Republic of China
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| Construction time : | 2013-2019 |
| Opening: | 2019 |
| Status : | Built |
| Architect : | Moshe Safdie |
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| Usage : | Hotel, office space, apartments |
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| Height : | 354.5 (the two tallest buildings) m |
| Usable area : | 1,200,000 m² |
Raffles City Chongqing is a complex of eight buildings in the Yuzhong District of Chongqing in the People's Republic of China . It has a 300 meter long horizontal skybridge called "Crystal" that connects the top of four skyscrapers. The airlift is the second highest in the world after the Kingdom Center . The entire project comprises eight towers with a usable area of 817,000 square meters. It was designed by the Israeli architect Mosche Safdie . The project was developed by the company CapitaLand from Singapore .
Construction began around 2013 and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2019.
description
Raffles City Chongqing consists of eight skyscrapers that are located on an area of 9.2 hectares in the Yuzhong district at the tip of a peninsula where the Yangtze and Jialing rivers meet.
There is a closed air bridge (The Crystal) on four of the 250 meter high towers. Two 350 meter high towers are connected to them by a supporting bridge. Two more 250 meter high towers adjoin these six.
The project will cover 1.12 million square meters of space, including 817,000 square meters of usable space, 150,000 square meters of offices and 1,400 apartments, a hotel, a 235,000 square meter shopping center and a landscaped park.
| Surname | height | Floors | Construction year |
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| Raffles City Chongqing T3N | 354.5 m | 79 | 2019 |
| Raffles City Chongqing T4N | 354.5 m | 79 | 2019 |
| Raffles City Chongqing T2 | 265 m | 56 | 2019 |
| Raffles City Chongqing T5 | 265 m | 56 | 2019 |
| Raffles City Chongqing T4S | 265 m | 50 | 2019 |
| Raffles City Chongqing T3S | 265 m | 49 | 2019 |
| Raffles City Chongqing T1 | 234.5 m | 58 | 2019 |
| Raffles City Chongqing T6 | 234.5 m | 58 | 2019 |
The Crystal
The Crystal is an enclosed 300 meter long horizontal airlift that spans four of the buildings. It is 32.5 m wide and 26.5 m high. The exterior is made up of approximately 3,000 sheets of glass and nearly 5,000 sheets of aluminum. The Crystal consists of nine parts. Four were built on top of the towers and the three middle pieces were prefabricated, lifted from the ground and installed.
Inside the airlift there are two swimming pools, restaurants, a gallery, gardens with trees and a lookout point.
design
The project was designed by the architect Moshe Safdie. Inspired by Chinese sailing ships, it pays homage to Chongqing's historic past as a maritime trading center.
The project is similar to the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, which was designed by the same architect.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Raffles City Chongqing Complex - The Skyscraper Center. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .
- ^ Safdie Architects . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ↑ a b CapitaLand announces topping out of Raffles City Chongqing; says on track to open by 2H19 . Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ↑ Tamara Hardingham-Gill CNN: China's 'horizontal skyscraper' attraction nears completion . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ↑ CapitaLand tops out China's Raffles City Chongqing with highest sky bridge - World Construction Network . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ↑ China's amazing horizontal skyscraper at Raffles City Chongqing nears completion . February 27, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.