Television Cultural Center
| Television Cultural Center (TVCC) | |
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| TVCC, 2007 | |
| Basic data | |
| Place: | Beijing , People's Republic of China |
| Construction time : | 2004–2009 (originally) |
| Opening: | 2012 |
| Status : | completed |
| Architectural style : | Deconstructivism |
| Architect : |
Rem Koolhaas , Ole Scheeren ( Office for Metropolitan Architecture ) |
| Use / legal | |
| Client : | CCTV |
| Technical specifications | |
| Height : | 159 m |
| Height to the top: | 159 m |
| Floors : | 31 |
| Usable area : | 575,000 m² |
| Building material : | Glass, titanium, zinc (facade) |
The Television Cultural Center (TVCC) is a multifunctional building in Beijing's central business district ( CBD - CBD ) with 159 meters and 31 floors. It is opposite the China Central Television Headquarters (CCTV). The building complex houses a 1500-seat theater, cinemas, exhibition rooms, a five-star hotel with a conference center and ballroom, television studios and a computer center . The hotel is located in the central tower. Since the rooms are only on the window fronts, there is a huge atrium in the middle of the building .
Building history
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) won the construction contract on 20 December 2002 by the Beijing International Tendering Co. , the TVCC and the CCTV Headquarters to build. Construction began in 2004 and the opening was planned for mid-May 2009. During the 2008 Summer Olympics , the TVCC served as the broadcasting center for foreign television journalists.
In a major fire on February 9, 2009, the TVCC burned out completely. The fire was triggered by illegally ignited fireworks at the end of the New Year celebrations . The damage was estimated at $ 588 million, sixteen suspects and the chief of construction were arrested. The renovation work on the badly damaged building was completed in 2012.
Web links
- Television Cultural Center. In: Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) , (English)
- Television Cultural Center (TVCC). ( Memento of May 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: Office for Metropolitan Architecture
- Television Cultural Center. In: Office Ole Scheeren
Pictures and videos
- Aerial view of TVCC and CCTV. In: skyscrapercity.com , November 24, 2014 and September 25, 2015
- Video: Firecrackers blamed for new CCTV's adjacent building. In: CCTV , February 10, 2009, 0:37 min., Article
- Video: Big fire: Headquarters of state television threatened. In: Spiegel TV , February 9, 2009, 1:28 min.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b TVCC. In: emporis.com , accessed December 6, 2015.
- ^ Television Cultural Center. In: Büro Ole Scheeren , accessed December 6, 2015.
- ↑ Major fire in the middle of Beijing. In: ORF , February 10, 2009.
- ↑ Manuela Zoninsein: New Ideas Surface About TVCC Fire in Beijing. ( Memento of July 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Architectural Record , March 13, 2009.
- ↑ Kito Nedo: Ole Scheeren - Beijing. No El Dorado. ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: art - Das Kunstmagazin , May 5, 2011, interview.
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^ Television Cultural Center. In: Büro Ole Scheeren , accessed December 6, 2015.
Television Cultural Center. In: Office for Metropolitan Architecture , accessed December 6, 2015.
Coordinates: 39 ° 54 ′ 56 ″ N , 116 ° 27 ′ 28 ″ E