this is basically a project that wont take off till 2020 i am pretty sure about this . wasted 2years easily following this thread now.

change the title?

Yeah, it should be moved to prep. This thing has been going in circles for years. :cry:

this is basically a project that wont take off till 2020 i am pretty sure about this . wasted 2years easily following this thread now.

incorrect

change the title?

piling is construction

Yeah, it should be moved to prep. This thing has been going in circles for years. :cry:

piling is construction

i guess it is construction and it still may remain slow construction until further more important projects beside this one are in full speed too. its pretty much on the city side and infrastructure and other buildings come with this projects and when they go full circle this monster might too :)

construction's probably slowed down because of the cold winter and chinese new year. You'll see fast progress in the spring, there's already been fast progress anyways, many side towers already t/o

ah ok. thanks for the info. I hope u r right :p

3.1 gaoloumi.com

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Looking good! Definately U/C!

finally we see something, thank you for the upload BarbaricManchurian :) Cannot wait to see the construction take shape

finally, construction started !!!

Construction has started :)
I've only seen the designs, but it looks like a GREAT tower, HUGE height too :)

Construction has started :)
I've only seen the designs, but it looks like a GREAT tower, HUGE height too :)

Ya man, 597m is really great.

^^Goldin Finance 117.........................................53,86 Km (33,47 Miles)......................................Chow Tai Fook Binhai Center
http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/9103/distance.jpg

Goldin Finance 117 plot
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7550/117uqd.jpg

Chow Tai Fook Binhai Center plot
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4131/chowe.jpg

Bye! :)

A bit overview.

Will those towers be able to see each other or will the smog make it too hard to see through?

Will those towers be able to see each other or will the smog make it too hard to see through?

i asked before and it would even be nearly impossible if you stand right in the middle and have an open view you wont be able to see both

4.3 bohaibbs.net

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

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

Main tower isn't u/c,more likely to be prep.

well, they did some digging of the main tower site compared to the last update, but yes, very slow progress :ohno:

^^^^^^

Well well,at least Kerry center showing some progress,nevertheless i am watching closely(as my eyes can catch far away out of china)what process china has been through and the last october i was in china and i was very impressed by the big cities. better than i was impressed by the villages which stuck in position like 100 years ago and lose their significance because of the urbanization.
Tianjin looks like national preference and it's expressed by the amount of new,enormous and exciting projects.
a lot of people would say Shanghai is the best city,i am for Beijing.

4.23 bohaibbs.net

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China is just insane; adore this tower, I love simplistic designs done well :D

Estimated completion?

^^2015

^^2015

that's gotta be tricky. i think 2015 will be hard. but who knows, maybe it turns on the speed :)

:cheers:

big project area construction

i can't wait for the construction to finally start in full gear when other projects around it are further

the project looks like it could never be completed

the project looks like it could never be completed

in how far do you mean that?

5.2 gaoloumi.com

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5.20 bohaibbs.net

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6.12 bohaibbs.net

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So this circular concrete grid seems to be for the actual tower. Now they have to dig all that soil out, then make concrete slab and then the tower will start rising. Still, something like half of the year of waiting for some concrete action here. And all that only if the pilling for the tower is already done.

i cant see the diamond on the posters around the site, is the design changed or is it just so flat

Is this Golden Finance 117 building part of the new Eco city planned for Tianjin?

Is this Golden Finance 117 building part of the new Eco city planned for Tianjin?

cant answer it completally, but i can say that GF is outside the city. on google maps it looks like its build in the middle of nowhere, but a lot of projects are there going up, so most likely it is the zone you mean

^^Thank you for that explanation.

The Eco-city site is located 40 km from Tianjin city centre and 150 km from Beijing. The site is 10 km from the core district of the Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA), with the southern tip of the site only a 5 to 10 minute drive from the TEDA, the current driving force behind Tianjin's economic growth. http://www.tianjinecocity.gov.sg/images/Location/location_1_thumbnail.gif

^^ Nope its not that project. I also don't remember its name but here is the post I made some time ago clearly explaining the location.

I am following this project for a while now, but there allways was many qestions about it, that was never answered like: where is it located, wich part of the project we are looking on each photo update at, and how big really this whole thing is. I made some research, and now would like to clear some things up:

First. This thing is vast :D. For the last two years from time to time we were provided with some "front gate pictures" like this:

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4251/zmoau1ge.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/i/zmoau1ge.jpg/)


But i guess most of you (well at least I) was quite confused where to look at right? Where the hell is the bloody tower you would ask? ;) And that is one thing , another is that what we can se after that gate is just small part of the development. Let me give you a picture (first plot you can see at the above "gate picture"):


http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2091/firstf.jpg (http://img402.imageshack.us/i/firstf.jpg/)

http://www.goldinppt.com/eng/images/project/overview_img_r2.jpg



That I thing really shows how big it is, and if believe google earth, and that pictures have really been taken june 28 2009, they still have a lot to do.

Finally, as for the location, the coordinates are 39 05' north, and 116 04' east, and here is the goole maps link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=pl&geocode=&q=Tiencin,+Chiny&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=40.817312,79.013672&ie=UTF8&split=0&hq=&hnear=Tiencin,+Chiny&ll=39.089301,117.08353&spn=0.036774,0.077162&t=h&z=14

And ones again let me give you a picture:


http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5406/secondw.jpg (http://img696.imageshack.us/i/secondw.jpg/)


As you can see the development isn't only out of the center of Tianjin, but out of the whole city actually ;)

For the end, i would like to inform moderators, that this tower is no longer called China 117 tower. According to the official developers site (http://www.goldinppt.com) its now called Goldin Finance 117. So please change the threads title.

And also from the official site, really nice wideo about the project:

http://www.goldinppt.com/eng/#/index/

Im really waiting for them to change the design of the main tower. Looks really bland for such a tall tower. Also, of the many planned developments in China, this has to be one of the worst. It lacks beauty and doesn't seem to be planned as well as other developments

Im really waiting for them to change the design of the main tower. Looks really bland for such a tall tower. Also, of the many planned developments in China, this has to be one of the worst. It lacks beauty and doesn't seem to be planned as well as other developments

I have to agree. None of it looks very interesting, it doesn't look like an organic development of the Tianjin metro, and for such a major city (in NE China anyway), especially one that at least looks like it's being built from the ground up, it's not very innovative.

With all that said, it's good to see the project moving once again, after having been quiet for so long.

i think this simple structure is actually cool. not special i may have to agree, but its size is already special and the top is also awesome so i dont complain

edit: also we know this is china and they may light it up at night very colorfully, which is good when its a simple structure its not too overkill

but the overall layout is way below par. Compared to places like Gz, Sh and even the other two CBD constructions in Tianjin, this one is really sucky unfortunately

Is this Golden Finance 117 building part of the new Eco city planned for Tianjin?

No, it's to the southwest of Tianjin city, while the Eco city is to the east, near the ocean. They really aren't related in any way.

I visited the site last night (so too dark for pics), here are my impressions:

It's in quite a weird location, not really farmland but near some industrial parks and new universities, mostly lowrise stuff. When I finally biked there I was pleasantly surprised on how much work was going on, this is definitely not a hype-over-reality kind of project. Tons of construction going on the side towers and main tower, and thousands of workers, they even had their own little market selling all kinds of food and other things, and lots of recreation provided by the company (basketball courts, outdoor TVs, etc). According to the latest articles the main tower should rise above ground by the end of the year, and also Discovery channel is making a documentary about the project. I'll return and take pics soon, once there's a nice blue-sky day here :)

So they not going to redesign the tower? Damn, I was hoping for something more iconic

They still might, who knows

when they made the documentation on discovery channel we want it uploaded :P

7.7 gaoloumi.com

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So nice to see clear sky pics of this construction. most pics have been very hazy.

And still no report of new design yet?

who said it's going to have new desing?

I don't get this construction method. Build the ground leves from the surface to below?

I don't get this construction method. Build the ground leves from the surface to below?

It's called top-down construction.

i'm realy dont like that diamond at the top. So tacky, cheesy....


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amazing project.

how is this u/c? other towers only get that status when piling is done, right? so this is surely not under construction. or is the main tower u/c?

^^they've completed piling already. Now they're doing the next phase of the foundation, which is digging.

^^they've completed piling already. Now they're doing the next phase of the foundation, which is digging.

i thought they would still wait longer with this project until more projects around are completed. it's nice to see they don't x)

This actually isn't near any of the other Tianjin skyscraper projects, except Golden Mansion Center. It's good to see that they're finally working faster on the main tower, maybe they were focused more on the side towers before (which are all topped out now).

Here's a pano of my pictures so you can get a better idea of the whole site:

http://i.imgur.com/UP8hP.jpg

so this circular hole will be much bigger than the ones weve seen before, wow

What a huge area!
That's going to be a gigantic building, not only in height:banana:

8.28 bohaibbs.net

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This has quite a huge site..can't wait to see more in the coming future :)

Jesus!!! Looks like a stadium!

Are you sure that's the hole for the main tower?

my god...it's huge!

are they building an underground city or something??

Are you sure that's the hole for the main tower?

Yes.

They are building/digging Moria :D

I think this is an Isengard development site.

the site is freaking huge :nuts:

The crane is so F*cking big... !

nice update photo

I think this is an Isengard development site.


Yep, you got it right actually... It looks much more like it:)

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3581/isengardo.jpg

This building is in today's One on One. Go vote for it :)

Just found an update 2011/9/22 from Gaoloumi:
http://www.gaoloumi.com/viewthread.php?tid=39520&extra=page%3D1&page=33

Laojang

cant answer it completally, but i can say that GF is outside the city. on google maps it looks like its build in the middle of nowhere, but a lot of projects are there going up, so most likely it is the zone you mean

Hi:
The Ecocity is near the beach and it is about 50km East NE of the city center.
This site is about 10km West of the city center, and it is only about 6km from
the new Tianjin South railway station which is West SW of the site. It is a very easy ride.

Laojang

This is one halliluyah mother freaking huge hole!!!

Oh my, they're really building Isengard. That's such a huge hole. Some developer must be a huge fan of Lord of the rings :hilarious:banana2:

Jesus Christ! ITS HUGEEEEEE

huge hole !

^^
that's what he said. :cheers:

Holy hole !

:eek::eek::eek: That's completely crazy!!!! You could put up to five 1WTCs in that hole!! Amazing!

i would like to have actual numers for comparisons like that^^ im not sure how accurate the current diagram of the buiding is. but on SSP the base looks even smaller than 1WTCs (http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=52260354)

Because it is smaller. The hole is large but it's most likely not only for one tower. There are other buildings in the complex, underground car parks etc. It's apparently easer and more efficient to dig one big hole than several small ones.

i would like to have actual numers for comparisons like that^^ im not sure how accurate the current diagram of the buiding is. but on SSP the base looks even smaller than 1WTCs (http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=52260354)

I was talking about the hole. Did I mention Goldin Finance 117 by any chance? And no, I was not giving official nor exact information, it's just what it seems like to ME.

I was talking about the hole. Did I mention Goldin Finance 117 by any chance? And no, I was not giving official nor exact information, it's just what it seems like to ME.

i wasnt critisising you, i just thought it would be interesting to know :)

update 2011/10/07
http://www.gaoloumi.com/viewthread.php?tid=39520&extra=page%3D1&page=36.

Laojang

update 2011/10/07
http://www.gaoloumi.com/viewthread.php?tid=39520&extra=page%3D1&page=36.

Laojang
2011/10/7(by"王姐卫视”）
http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2011/10/7/1110072108a4616c8e6edec4b0.jpg

Wow, this site is massive it looks like as if there are constructing a big stadium. NICE :)

update 2011/10/15 by "王姐卫视” (literarily translated "Sister Wang Satellite TV"

http://www.gaoloumi.com/viewthread.php?tid=39520&extra=page%3D1&page=39

Laojang

Massive groundwork, maybe the 117 does in fact stand for 1.17km ;)

That'd make all Arabs cry like little babies! :cheers:

big construction

Fast progress! Looks like we will have 3 500m towers rise in China at the same time!
http://i.imgur.com/3jG0O.jpg

^^ It seems that foundation has been done before digging so now that the bottom is reached the tower will surely start to rise very soon :cheers:

Fast progress! Looks like we will have 3 500m towers rise in China at the same time!


Well this tower is basically 600m tall, meaning China will have FOUR 600m towers under construction in the near future: Ping'an IFC, Shanghai Tower, Wuhan Greenland Center, and this beast right here :D :banana::banana::banana:

10.28 gaoloumi.com

http://i.imgur.com/NOw29.jpg

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Seems like as if you can fit Cowboy Stadium in there.

Okay, so I knew the site was big, but seeing the size of the workers in that last picture really puts things in perspective... DAMN!

11.10 gaoloumi.com

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So they seriously are going to build the entire downtown on this dirt field? where nothing was before??? in a few years it will be completely transformed.I dont understand china....

Well this tower is basically 600m tall, meaning China will have FOUR 600m towers under construction in the near future: Ping'an IFC, Shanghai Tower, Wuhan Greenland Center, and this beast right here :D :banana::banana::banana:
Beyond belief. That's just a staggering fact.

It looks like they're digging a hole to China.

It looks like they're digging a hole to America.

FTFY:)

That is one hell of a hole!

So they seriously are going to build the entire downtown on this dirt field? where nothing was before??? in a few years it will be completely transformed.I dont understand china....
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/3961258069_5f4c19e86f.jpg

^^ Same is Shenzhen. Saw some great comparisons somewhere else on this forum of that city.

^^ Same is Shenzhen. Saw some great comparisons somewhere else on this forum of that city.

largest urbanization scale

So they seriously are going to build the entire downtown on this dirt field? where nothing was before??? in a few years it will be completely transformed.I dont understand china....

YES, serious n firm, its a miracle or mission imposible in your opinion?

I think that has become somewhat common in bigger Chinese cities in the recent times.

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^^ Same is Shenzhen. Saw some great comparisons somewhere else on this forum of that city.

Future
Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Wuhan, Suzhou, Nanning, Shenyang, Qingdao, Dalian, Chongqing, Chengdu, Changsha, Nanjing, Haikou, more...

China 200++ cities!!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/3961258069_5f4c19e86f.jpg

Well, when you are effictively attracting a large portion of FDI and are moving 400 -600+ million people from rural and slightly urban areas to these cities, it becomes possible. Also, you have to really close your eyes and imagine the scale...1.3 billion people is a lot. It's very overwhelming to be there and see all the apartment towers alone that are going up, not to mention everything else...truly overwhelming.

19.11.2011

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Is that SIX cranes for one tower?

^^Actually, it's 8, 4 on the core and 4 on the edge of the pit :D

God damn! :O
That's crazy.

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^^I have a little question:
Is this quadratic foundation only for the building core or for the entire building?
But it looks like that the tower will cover the entire site:eek:
However, I can be wrong, therefore you can correct me:)

This area which this building will rise from is really huge. Reminds me a stadium. Impressive

No idea if those were posted before, I'll just do ;)


Visualisations of Goldin Finance 117 by Arup (http://www.arup.com/Projects/Goldin_Finance_117_Tianjin.aspx):

http://i40.tinypic.com/2ild4c0.jpg
At a height of 600m, the 117-storey tower will become the tallest building in the city.

The top atrium of the tower:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2rr14ea.jpg
Goldin Finance 117 will have a ‘walking stick’ design topped with a sparkling diamond atrium providing excellent views over Tianjin.


Source: http://www.arup.com/Projects/Goldin_Finance_117_Tianjin.aspx

it's a quite underrated building. it's amazing

I like the slenderness and the modern look, but I don't know what to think of the top.
Though it should provide a superb view over the city.

No idea if those were posted before, I'll just do ;)


Visualisations of Goldin Finance 117 by Arup (http://www.arup.com/Projects/Goldin_Finance_117_Tianjin.aspx):

http://i40.tinypic.com/2ild4c0.jpg
At a height of 600m, the 117-storey tower will become the tallest building in the city.

The top atrium of the tower:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2rr14ea.jpg
Goldin Finance 117 will have a ‘walking stick’ design topped with a sparkling diamond atrium providing excellent views over Tianjin.


Source: http://www.arup.com/Projects/Goldin_Finance_117_Tianjin.aspx

Holy **** :eek:

does anyone else feel the need to rebuilt this tower in minecraft for the fact that itis nicely boxy and has a diamond on top :nuts:

I like the building itself, but I don't like it's location. It's so alone.
Why don't they build this in Tianjin downtown or Xiangluowan/Yujiapu (Binhai)?! :bleep:

I like the building itself, but I don't like it's location. It's so alone.
Why don't they build this in Tianjin downtown or Xiangluowan/Yujiapu (Binhai)?! :bleep:

i think in the regions you mentioned are other over 500m projects already :lol:

Chow Tai Fook Center is in binhai. and xiangluowan has several monsters planned. look at this post for reference (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=86014163&postcount=180). tianjin has probably the most possible monster projects in china right now.

i think in the regions you mentioned are other over 500m projects already :lol:

Chow Tai Fook Center is in binhai. and xiangluowan has several monsters planned. look at this post for reference (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=86014163&postcount=180). tianjin has probably the most possible monster projects in china right now.

I'm fully aware of that, but IMO a tower like this should be located in a nice cluster. C'mon, one additional 500m+ tower in Binhai wouldn't hurt anyone. :lol:

^^ Hopefully the supertall boom will last decades, and China will grow hundreds of 400m+.

^^
But I will become more and more costly (rising wages etc.) to build such supertalls. I think it will slow down at some point.

Edit: Look at developers like Greenland, tons of supertall projects in second and third tier cities, but not one supertall in a first tier city (where it is more expensive to build a tower like this).

^^ Hopefully the supertall boom will last decades, and China will grow hundreds of 400m+.

Then throw in India, S.Korea, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Indonesia...:cheers:

I'm fully aware of that, but IMO a tower like this should be located in a nice cluster. C'mon, one additional 500m+ tower in Binhai wouldn't hurt anyone. :lol:

a nice cluster can be formed in the future not necessarily now

^^
But I will become more and more costly (rising wages etc.) to build such supertalls. I think it will slow down at some point.

Edit: Look at developers like Greenland, tons of supertall projects in second and third tier cities, but not one supertall in a first tier city (where it is more expensive to build a tower like this).

well we saw it in the big cities like Hong Kong it has a high density but not many more supertall projects going, i can imagine to see more smaller cities to expand or to see cities near the booming cities getting a piece of the cake, just look at Shenzhen, the boom it has is mostly due to its short distance towards Guangzhou and Hong Kong.

Perhaps big cities take account with planning. They build were it fits into the skyline.

Perhaps big cities take account with planning. They build were it fits into the skyline.

they built were it gives profit :D

they built were it gives profit :D

They built where it fits their leaders ego. Esspecially in China.

Very solid design of that tower

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^^ I think this is similar situation to the ping'ans slab. It looks like they will lay top layer of rebars on top of these forms, although it's quite weird that they already installed cranes. Because it seems regular crane cages will be buried in concrete this way.

http://i41.tinypic.com/2rr14ea.jpg

Has a diamond on.

indeed they are preparing for a majestic pour

Is this building going ahead or not.
When is it ment to be completed or even start.

Is this building going ahead or not.
When is it ment to be completed or even start.
Are you joking? Unbelievable.......read the previous pages...

Cant wait to see this finished

Are you joking? Unbelievable.......read the previous pages...

I never even heard of this project before yesterday and you might have the time to go through every page but I dont so get off my case.>(

They really should increase the height to reach 600m :)

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I never even heard of this project before yesterday and you might have the time to go through every page but I dont so get off my case.>(

Now you can see current photos taken from the construction site; it can't take you an amount of time away.
They are preparing for the grand concrete pour on the ground of the foundation.
I hope the tower will rise in the next year.
It's one of my favorite supertall projects:)

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I think this is my favorite new project. There is a whole lot to like here; seems very well designed to me.

^^I think it looks terrible, except the Golden Finance itself. Chinese megaprojects like this only look good from above. In streetview, there is so much green space wasted between the buildings which makes it look strange.

^^I think it looks terrible, except the Golden Finance itself. Chinese megaprojects like this only look good from above. In streetview, there is so much green space wasted between the buildings which makes it look strange.

It's usually this way. It goes back to DanWei I think, the whole "compound" with green dpace/ammenities. There are very few dense (in terms of what we're used to) cities in China. Chingching is one of those cities.

It's usually this way. It goes back to DanWei I think, the whole "compound" with green dpace/ammenities. There are very few dense (in terms of what we're used to) cities in China. Chingching is one of those cities.

I don't think this has anything to do with the danwei policy. It's more about creating liveable cityscapes (especially where there is too much pollution). IMO, Canton is a fine example of contemporary urban planning. I would much love to visit Zhujiang new town.
Moreover, the "Chinese dream" today is for everyone to have a car, so it doesn't matter that neighbourhoods are less dense, since the idea is that you'll be able to drive everwhere; cities like Tianjin have the luxury of space to plan and build as they see fit.

Now you can see current photos taken from the construction site; it can't take you an amount of time away.
They are preparing for the grand concrete pour on the ground of the foundation.
I hope the tower will rise in the next year.
It's one of my favorite supertall projects:)


Thank you for the polite reply my friend and thanks for the news.:)

^^I think it looks terrible, except the Golden Finance itself. Chinese megaprojects like this only look good from above. In streetview, there is so much green space wasted between the buildings which makes it look strange.

But that's the great thing about it. It feels good once there actually is open space between the buildings as opposed to cramped and claustrophobic planning you will see in some cities in the US downtowns or Britain where all you have is a narrow pedestrian walk, street and buildings. The point is that due to high-rise buildup you get more open and public space on the ground level as opposed to lowrise build up (or dense high-rise buildup like in Chicago or NYC) where they use more ground space for buildings. So in this case you simply get more stuf: buildings, wider streets, wider pedestrian space AND lots of greenery. This is better than NOT having some of that.

That plan in the picture may indeed not look that good (I wonder if its final? Or just someone's idea?) but look at Zhujiang New Town in Guangzhou... it must be the best piece of urban planning I have ever seen. And it actually is planning per se as opposed to random buildup according to the demands and narrow commercial needs of random developers and/or opinion of local residents who have no clue about urbanization anyway...

Hey Pansori, do you have a link for a rendering of this ZhuJiang New Town in GuangZhou? Thanks.

I don't think this has anything to do with the danwei policy. It's more about creating liveable cityscapes (especially where there is too much pollution). IMO, Canton is a fine example of contemporary urban planning. I would much love to visit Zhujiang new town.
Moreover, the "Chinese dream" today is for everyone to have a car, so it doesn't matter that neighbourhoods are less dense, since the idea is that you'll be able to drive everwhere; cities like Tianjin have the luxury of space to plan and build as they see fit.

I don't mean that it itself is (those work units don't really exist anymore) but the mentality of separating buildings AWAY from the street/activity is at odds with our preference of direct interaction.

^^ Exactly. But you see this skyscrapers-in-a-park idea everywhere in the world unfortunately. I would rather see more New York-style 'canyons' forming. It looks all very car-orientated. However I do like that there are very big skybridges over those roads. That's gonna be awesome. And the park going over the road is very cool too.

green little park areas like that will make the cities a lot cleaner though, i really like it especially in chinese cities, where it's needed. build up so you have more room around for at least a bit of nature. :cheers:

Hey Pansori, do you have a link for a rendering of this ZhuJiang New Town in GuangZhou? Thanks.

Just do a search ;)
http://image.baidu.com/i?tn=baiduimage&ct=201326592&lm=-1&cl=2&word=%D6%E9%BD%AD%D0%C2%B3%C7

The Chinese name is 珠江新城

You can also have a look at my photos which were taken in April 2011 (from post #50 onwards): http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1387956&page=3

If I am not mistaken this must be one of the first comprehensively planned and implemented (in one go) urban mega-projects in China. Perhaps somewhat comparable to Tianjin Binhai New Area development and Shenzhen Qianhai Water City development which is yet to kick off.

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Haha, now thats going to be pool of concrete :D or shall I say lake :lol:

it's gonna be soon now :)

Wow, thats going to be one massive pour, that is if they do it all in one go? Better be a lot of pics if it is :) :cheers:

it will be fun to see this and chow tai fook center rising at around the same time :D

it will be fun to see this and chow tai fook center rising at around the same time :D

...and dont forget pingan international finance centre in shenzhen. it will be very interesting comparing the construction speed

...and dont forget pingan international finance centre in shenzhen. it will be very interesting comparing the construction speed

but pingan is in further stages i think. i imagine pingan to rise a bit earlier than these two but then again, tianjin and guangzhou are famous for their construction speed so who knows :P

Pouring will start on December 25, 8:00 AM. So just 9.5 hours until the big show! :D

Pouring will start on December 25, 8:00 AM. So just 9.5 hours until the big show! :D

is your alarm clock set for this morning christmas present :D

is your alarm clock set for this morning christmas present :D

I bet it is LOL!:lol:

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The Chinese work on Christmas.

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The Chinese work on Christmas.

Yes, Americans also work during spring festival! :bash:

^^
The Chinese work on Christmas.

christmas is not an official holiday in china.

I betcha they will take a little breather during Chinese new year :D

I betcha they will take a little breather during Chinese new year :D

yeah for at least a week.

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army of these trucks :D

That looks really impressive!

woooow

That pour makes Ping'an look like nothing.

1.2 gaoloumi.com

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Hundreds of more pics here: http://www.gaoloumi.com/viewthread.php?tid=184207&extra=page%3D1

Can this pour be a record?

^^according to news it was the largest pour ever, not sure how accurate that is so I didn't mention it until now

:applause::applause:

That looks like the size of a stadium.

Why are they building so much in Tianjin?

huge site

It really looks like the site of a football stadium!

This skyscraper will take Tianjin to the next level. Impressive and challenging!

Tianjin -- with the fire in your belly, the world, I suspect, will rank your hard-working city in the same league as Shenzen or even Shanghai one day. Keep it up!

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Thx for the update, progressing well :)

still pouring on the site, when has this operation begun ?

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^^ Since 25 december I think, but they had vacation.

^^

They don't celebrate Christmas.

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They don't celebrate Christmas.

i know lots of chinese who do celebrate, but it's true that its not an official holiday so the construction is still going, which makes sense because for CNY they have nearly a week where the constructions are not going. :cheers:

wow at that hole. so huge, it seems like a U/C for an arena/stadium :eek:

^^ That is a heavy stadium than:lol: or is it a stadium on top of the tower:nuts:

^^

They don't celebrate Christmas.

Oh :nuts:

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Great pictures zorg

they are progressing so quickly!

Any update?:)

^^sorry, no. It was Chinese New Year vacation for the last week so there should be no progress.

there won't be any progress until Feb. 5th the earliest. That is the so called Jan. 15th in
lunar calendar, which is also called Yuanxiao holiday. Most of the workers are gone at the
moment.

Laojang

i had 饺子 on chinese new year, that makes up for the building delay all around in china :cheers:

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That is one massive foundation for a single building. It probably also covers something like a shopping mall on the bottom floor.

this isn't a building, it's some sort of doomsday device

this isn't a building, it's some sort of doomsday device

the diamond at the top functions as a sun collector to shoot deadly laser rays :cheers:

That is one massive foundation for a single building. It probably also covers something like a shopping mall on the bottom floor.

Maybe a future metro/transport hub/station?

Huge!!! Yeah maybe for metro.

Without any doubt one of the most impressive construction sites i've ever seen!

Without any doubt one of the most impressive construction sites i've ever seen!

biggest pour ever, that has to mean something :cheers:

Those huge cranes stood on the exposed concrete piles make me laugh.
I'm sure they must be safe but they don't half look dodgy. :lol:

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lol, tianjin construction speed is crazy :nuts: I didn't think it has any chance going ahead of the ping'an and yet it seems it it slowly is :cheers:

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No wonder ping'an can't rise since all chinese scaffoldings is in this crazy place :lol:

^^ :lol:

Like I said, this one will be topped out before Ping'an get's out of it's stupid hole... ;)

And look at the background in these pics... cranes EVERYWHERE!

Those huge cranes stood on the exposed concrete piles make me laugh.
I'm sure they must be safe but they don't half look dodgy. :lol:

i am a tower crane operator and have never seen tower bases like these. i'd need convincing it was safe before i climbed up. i would like the platform pile braces to be made of solid steel, but even so, with the tower screwed directly into the exposed piles instead of into a great big lump of base ballast, shit that would make me nervous. nobody i've asked has ever seen this done before, but i guess the world's a big place and people do things differently. :skull:

Aaaaaand we have steel! Check the 3rd pic :D

Aaaaaand we have steel! Check the 3rd pic :D

oh havn't seen it yet. then it finally can rise :cheers:

i am a tower crane operator and have never seen tower bases like these. i'd need convincing it was safe before i climbed up. i would like the platform pile braces to be made of solid steel, but even so, with the tower screwed directly into the exposed piles instead of into a great big lump of base ballast, shit that would make me nervous. nobody i've asked has ever seen this done before, but i guess the world's a big place and people do things differently. :skull:

Thanks for your input, if you look at the pics above. On the second pic down the base of the far yellow crane looks unbelievably skewed, how that thing stays up is anybody's guess. :eek:

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so it will start rising now? :cheers:

Of course yes. It was an official ceremony.:)

this will battle the chow tai fook center, both are just starting to rise =)

According to the schedule, the tower should start to go above ground in July, reach 20 floors by next Chinese New Year, and be finished by 2015.

Why does the construction site look like an under construction football stadium.

i am a tower crane operator and have never seen tower bases like these. i'd need convincing it was safe before i climbed up. i would like the platform pile braces to be made of solid steel, but even so, with the tower screwed directly into the exposed piles instead of into a great big lump of base ballast, shit that would make me nervous. nobody i've asked has ever seen this done before, but i guess the world's a big place and people do things differently. :skull:
That looks like steel reinforced concrete columns braced with steel plate to me. If that's the case, then it's stable enough.

after you chief

^^ :lol:

Like I said, this one will be topped out before Ping'an get's out of it's stupid hole... ;)

And look at the background in these pics... cranes EVERYWHERE!

It is probably already ahead.
Yes this site is huge and impressive.

Damn, it has one hell of a huge concrete reinforcement circle(I think that's what they're called)!!

Why does the construction site look like an under construction football stadium.

because its dimensions are huge and also because the core did not rise yet so the middle looks like its empty :cheers:

because its dimensions are huge and also because the core did not rise yet so the middle looks like its empty :cheers:


Now I get it. This is a huge construction site. Thanks:okay:

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Those red cranes have really bizzare support.

this whole site is so amazingly massive, i wonder what the core will look like when it is rising :cheers:

Can someone post an aerial shot of the tower's site?

^^ screenshot from google earth:

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Wow that looks like its in the middle of nowhere!!!

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Wow that looks like its in the middle of nowhere!!!

because it is :D

This is my explanation post from two years ago (I know I was kind of wrong about the exact towers location back then ;) )

I am following this project for a while now, but there always was many questions about it, that was never answered like: where is it located, which part of the project we are looking on each photo update at, and how big really this whole thing is. I made some research, and now would like to clear some things up:

First. This thing is vast :D. For the last two years from time to time we were provided with some "front gate pictures" like this:

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4251/zmoau1ge.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/i/zmoau1ge.jpg/)


But i guess most of you (well at least I) was quite confused where to look at right? Where the hell is the bloody tower you would ask? ;) And that is one thing , another is that what we can see after that gate is just small part of the development. Let me give you a picture (first plot you can see at the above "gate picture"):


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That I thing really shows how big it is, and if believe google earth, and that pictures have really been taken june 28 2009, they still have a lot to do.

Finally, as for the location, the coordinates are 39 05' north, and 116 04' east, and here is the google maps link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=pl&geocode=&q=Tiencin,+Chiny&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=40.817312,79.013672&ie=UTF8&split=0&hq=&hnear=Tiencin,+Chiny&ll=39.089301,117.08353&spn=0.036774,0.077162&t=h&z=14

And ones again let me give you a picture:


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As you can see the development isn't only out of the center of Tianjin, but out of the whole city actually ;)

For the end, i would like to inform moderators, that this tower is no longer called China 117 tower. According to the official developers site (http://www.goldinppt.com) its now called Goldin Finance 117. So please change the threads title.

And also from the official site, really nice video about the project:

http://www.goldinppt.com/eng/#/index/

Considering its location, I wonder how much space is pre leased or pre sold.

A few years ago I was skeptical about the location, way too far from the city for a tower. However the city has rapidly expanded around the site so by now it's definitely within the urban area of Tianjin. The whole area with an HSR station nearby and a university complex should end up as a major node of Tianjin.