Wuhan Greenland Center

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Wuhan Greenland Center
武汉绿地中心
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Alternative namesGreenland Center, WGC
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeHotel / serviced apartments / office
Architectural styleModern
LocationWuhan, Hubei
AddressLinjiang Avenue
CountryChina
Construction started28 June 2012
Completed2022
Cost$4.5 billion
OwnerWuhan Greenland Bin Jiang Property
Height476 m (1,562 ft)
Technical details
MaterialComposite
Floor count101 (+6 below ground)
Floor area303,275 m2 (3,264,420 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators84
Design and construction
Architect(s)Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Architecture firmAdrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
ECADI
DeveloperGreenland Group
Structural engineerThornton Tomasetti
Services engineerPositivEnergy Practice
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Civil engineerPrism Engineering
Main contractorChina State Construction Engineering
Greenland Group
Other information
Parking1051
References
[1][2]

Wuhan Greenland Center[3] is a 476 metres (1,562 ft) tall skyscraper in Wuhan, China. The tower was originally planned to be 636 metres (2,087 ft), but it was redesigned mid-construction due to airspace regulations so its height does not exceed 500 metres (1,640 ft) above ground level.[4]

The building was designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture in conjunction with Thornton Tomasetti Engineers won the design competition[5] to build the tower for Greenland Group, a real estate developer owned by the Shanghai city government. Construction started in 2012 and had been put on-hold numerous times following the redesign in mid-2017 ranging from financial problems, to the COVID-19 pandemic. The building finally topped-out in late 2020 and was completed in 2022. The Wuhan Greenland Center is Central China's tallest building with a cost of US$ 4.5 billion, mostly due to the number of times it had been put on-hold.

Original design

The original plan for the building was to have it rise 636 metres (2,087 ft),[6] surpassing the Shanghai Tower by only 4.3 metres (14 ft) and the Tokyo Skytree by 2.1 metres (7 ft), making it the second tallest man-made structure in the world. The tower was also supposed to have 126 floors, the second most of any building in the world, as well. When the Wuhan Greenland Center reached its 96th floor, construction was halted due to airspace restrictions which led to its subsequent redesign to a 476 metres (1,562 ft)[7] building instead of a 636 metres (2,087 ft) building. The Wuhan Greenland Center is currently the 14th tallest building in the world.

Floor directory (current design)

97-101 Hotel rooms
90-96 mechanical layer, refuge area
80–89 Serviced hotel
79 service hotel, refuge area
71–78 Serviced hotel
70 service hotel sky lobby
67–69 mechanical layer, refuge area
60–66 Offices
59 refuge area
51–58 Offices
49–50 sky lobby
48 refuge area
39–47 Offices
36–38 mechanical layer
35 refuge area
27–34 Offices
25–26 sky lobby
24 refuge area
15–23 Offices
14 refuge area
5–13 Offices
2–4 mechanical layer
1–1M office lobby, serviced hotel lobby hotel lobby
B1M bike storage
B1 banquet hall, hotel services, unloading area
B5–B2 parking, mechanical layer

Timeline

  • 8 December 2010: Ceremony for construction held.[8]
  • 1 July 2011: Overall construction started.[citation needed]
  • 28 June 2012: Started building underground reinforcement structure.[9]
  • 12 September 2012: Started digging the base.[10]
  • 26 June 2013: Base completed.[11]
  • 4 January 2014: First steel beams installed.[12]
  • 28 July 2014: Basement finished, above-ground construction started.[13]
  • 30 December 2015: The building reached 200 metres (660 ft) above ground.[14]
  • April 2016: The building reached 245 metres (804 ft) above ground and cladding has become visible.
  • June 2016: The building reached 300 metres (980 ft) above ground.[15]
  • 27 December 2016: The building reached 400 metres (1,300 ft) above ground.[16]
  • Mid 2017: Construction stalled at 101 floors and the subsequent redesign of the building
  • Late 2020: Wuhan Greenland Center tops out
  • Mid 2022: Wuhan Greenland Center is completed

Construction gallery

  • Construction Site
    Construction Site
  • Main tower in 2014
    Main tower in 2014

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wuhan Greenland Center". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Wuhan Greenland Center". AS+GG. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ^ "WUHAN greenland center". greenlandsc.com. Greenland Group. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ^ Holland, Oscar (6 June 2020). "No taller than 500M, no plagiarism: China signals 'new era' for architecture". cnn.com. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Wins Competition to Design Wuhan Greenland Center, to Be the World's Fourth Tallest Building". AS+GG. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Wuhan Greenland Center - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Wuhan Greenland Center - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  8. ^ "武汉绿地国际金融城暨绿地中心开工奠基典礼举行". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  9. ^ "武汉绿地中心地下工程开工". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  10. ^ ""中国第二"高武汉绿地中心项目开挖亚洲最大基坑". Archived from the original on 29 December 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  11. ^ "武汉绿地中心项目举行"百日会战"暨劳动竞赛启动仪式-中建三局第二建设工程有限责任公司". zj32.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  12. ^ 武汉在建第一高楼现场绑活鸡祭祀钢柱(图)
  13. ^ "世界第3高楼绿地中心主塔楼 "跃"出地面 – 本地房产 – 武汉房地产门户-汉网房地产-武汉房产". house.cnhan.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  14. ^ "图文：武汉绿地中心今日突破200米_新浪新闻". news.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  15. ^ "636米高武汉绿地中心破300米大关-建筑施工新闻-筑龙建筑施工论坛". news.zhulong.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  16. ^ "中国在建第一高楼——武汉绿地中心突破400米！". sstr.cscec.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.


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