OSAKA 大阪 | Osaka Hibikino Machi - The Sanctus Tower 大阪ひびきの街　ザ・サンクタスタワー | 190m | U/C

OSAKA 大阪 | Osaka City Nishi-ku Shinmachi 1-chome Mansion Project 大阪市西区新町1丁目マンション計画 | 190m | U/C


http://i.imgur.com/rNIip.jpg


http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/2495/kounentower20110802.jpg

I already posted about this location here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=70192685&postcount=84), it's the redevelopment of the old offices next to the Kouseinenkin-Kaikan concert hall that itself is undergoing a renovation. Many people on the internet expected a very tall, higher then 200m tower on this location. Therefor the 190m is a disappointment for some, I also hoped for it to be a bit taller. But it will be another high tower going U/C, Osaka is really going up with so many towers U/C.

stats:
height: 189.55m
floors: 53
function: residential
status: plan
start: April 2012
completion: March 2015

Location:
Shinmachi 1-chome, Nishi-ku, Osaka
http://goo.gl/maps/EgO1

And the this project has gone U/C today, right on schedule.

http://i.imgur.com/0G7Lm.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/sWTBE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/t0DIf.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/upAm7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9G689.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/map/

And the tower already got it's final name.


Osaka Hibikino Machi - The Sanctus Tower 大阪ひびきの街　ザ・サンクタスタワー

press release
http://www.orix-realestate.co.jp/news/pdf/press_120420.pdf

render

http://i.imgur.com/rNIip.jpg


OSAKA 大阪 | Osaka Hibikino Machi - The Sanctus Tower 大阪ひびきの街　ザ・サンクタスタワー | 190m | U/C

CM for the tower.

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bigger render

http://i.imgur.com/BVnfj.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/hj3qy.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4lncU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ZUZsB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/UFaIX.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/emE68.jpg


The website was also updated, with info on the structural innovations of the tower.
http://www.ts-tower.com/index.html


It will be one of the 1st towers in Japan that will have a solid core within the concrete frame.

http://i.imgur.com/vsrUX.jpg

The core is connected with the frame with dampers, making the building sway less in the case of a eartquake or a typhoon. It's the same method that is already used on the Tokyo Sky Tree, this is the 1st building that will have this system.
http://www.ts-tower.com/structure/index.html

I always wondered why Japanese buildings never had concrete cores like the rest of Asia. Hopefully this will awllow taller buildings in the future.
p.s. I like Japanese girls ;)

10/01

http://i.imgur.com/OLY5m.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/erjDk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/rPirx.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/W9MBh.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/map/

Can't wait for this one to go up!

08/12

The site is huge!!!! And it was freezing cold today in Osaka.

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g436/kimiwind1184/20121208_152114.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g436/kimiwind1184/20121208_152129.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g436/kimiwind1184/20121208_152147.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g436/kimiwind1184/20121208_152225.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g436/kimiwind1184/20121208_152233.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g436/kimiwind1184/20121208_152242.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g436/kimiwind1184/20121208_152247.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g436/kimiwind1184/20121208_152328.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g436/kimiwind1184/20121208_152350.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g436/kimiwind1184/20121208_152409.jpg

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g436/kimiwind1184/20121208_152601.jpg

Nice pictures, that area will really benefit from this project..it will compliment the little park.

I know that park very well from standing in the goods line before the 1st concert I ever attended in Japan. The Berryz Kobo Concert Tour 2007 Natsu ~Welcome! Berryz Kyouden~ on Miyabi's birthday, it was epic.

01/15

1st tower crane

http://i.imgur.com/Yth42.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zIP9N.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/map/

March

http://i.imgur.com/pK6WlFb.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/sddd71d.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/j4p78pU.jpg
http://saitoshika.blog119.fc2.com/

20/04

Long time since I've been to the site, so I decided to go and check the progress. But how about that, the tower is growing now ;).

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8258/8666204039_3aa6f0bf84_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8666204039/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8262/8666196465_09e851c6db_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8666196465/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8264/8666183605_6664e71118_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8666183605/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8264/8666183605_6664e71118_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8666183605/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8265/8666176511_5be69d3fa2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8666176511/)

And I thought this one was iconic :). A rest of the samurai ;). They work really hard indeed.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8259/8667261002_0e5dbc8399_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8667261002/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8264/8667253666_79ff8ce4ac_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiwind1184/8667253666/)

I's growing indeed. :)


I just hope that the tower won't covered up for the whole length during the construction.

05/15

http://i.imgur.com/WzdwYZS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7l6KrQt.jpg
http://osaka-salon2.seesaa.net/

05/20

http://i.imgur.com/nsCBNFZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/w3yQLVs.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qCg2TM2.jpg
http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/map/