SEOUL | Lotte World Tower | 555m | 1819ft | 123 fl | U/C - Page 2

SkyLerm · May 15th, 2007, 01:42 PM

Weird shape...

CarlosBlueDragon · May 15th, 2007, 03:04 PM

***Chad*** · May 15th, 2007, 04:43 PM

Hope it gets built.

***big-dog*** · May 15th, 2007, 04:45 PM

when will the construction start?

Pavlemadrid · May 15th, 2007, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by big-dog

when will the construction start?

We don't knows

Pavlemadrid · May 16th, 2007, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZZ-II

construction end will be in 2013.....

Chicago Spire end in 2010. It has 610 meters!!!

ZZ-II · May 16th, 2007, 06:25 PM

sorry i posted the date in the wrong thread

. 2013 is the completion date from the Busan Lotte Tower

.

Pavlemadrid · May 16th, 2007, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZZ-II

sorry i posted the date in the wrong thread

. 2013 is the completion date from the Busan Lotte Tower

.

Ok, ok...

Emporis doesn't see the end year....
Emporis no dice el año que termina de construirse.... (se que en inglés lo he escrito mal....

)

FastFerrari · May 16th, 2007, 08:57 PM

man does this have Fordham Spire all over it.....thats money in the bank for Skidmore and his friends....first Chi-Town and now international in Seoul.

Brendan · May 20th, 2007, 07:27 AM

Here's a better render.

skyscraperboy · May 20th, 2007, 07:30 AM

cool building!

Skyman · May 20th, 2007, 03:48 PM

Original design and beautiful shape as well

rogerick1970 · May 20th, 2007, 07:35 PM

The cladding puts me in the mind of the 2003 version of the Freedom Tower. Anyways, nice design.

williamhou2005 · May 22nd, 2007, 12:33 AM

original but looks kinda weird...

Sentient Seas · May 22nd, 2007, 09:30 PM

Looks great to me. I like Seoul's projects very much.

OtAkAw · May 23rd, 2007, 08:23 AM

I've seen the other renders of that tower. I think some of those are better than the one at Brendan's post. I don't know, I feel like it's just weird, just my opinion anyway.

***wjfox*** · July 8th, 2007, 12:57 AM

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=998

Lotte World Tower To Become Seoul's Tallest

Published on 2007-07-07

These are the first images of the latest design of what will be one of the tallest buildings in the world, the Lotte Super Tower in Seoul, South Korea, if built.

Designed by leading architects Skidmore Owings & Merrill, the tower will be 555 metres tall tapering gently from a wider base. The shape of the building is also manipulated starting off with a square floor-plate of 70 x 70 metres and gradually morphing into a circular 40 metre one as the height progresses.

Responding to the shrinking floor-plates, the building uses which require the largest areas such as office and retail will be located at the bottom of the tower whilst the upper floors will be set aside for hotel accommodation and a viewing platform. In total it will be 15% retail, 50% office, 30% hotel and 5% for the observation area.

The appearance of the building is dominated by lattice-work that takes on the look of a diagrid, famously used in 30 St Mary Axe in London and less creatively but just as famously in a defining SOM skyscraper, the Hancock Tower in Chicago.

This webbing of metal has one major advantage over the traditional steel-framed buildings of having much stronger structural strength so less metalwork can be used and building costs are saved by the developer.

The diagrid can also be configured by the architect in the design process to adapt to such things as structural loads in a way that a more stricter frame could not. This was seen in action with 30 St Mary Axe which actually shrunk a fraction of an inch when completed as the frame compressed slightly to hold the weight once gravity kicked it and it settled into the site.

Responding to potential strains on the Lotte Super Tower, SOM has designed the structural columns so they are steepest at the bottom to take into account the gravity loads and shallowest at the top to take stresses from the wind in a process called "vortex shedding" that manipulates the wind flow.

At night the superscraper will be particularly stunning. A lighting scheme has been designed where the diagonal cross-bracing that wraps around the tower will be lit up with a series of white lights like a Christmas tree. At the top, beams will shoot up from the crown illuminating the sky above as if the structure finishes in a torch light.

Particular attention has been paid to the base that will have blue uplighters but also a deeper red colour scheme on the interior of the lowest levels, creating a feeling of depth through the facades and cross-bracing as well as expressing the complex structure visually.

The Lotte Group are already a major developer within Korea with a number of large towers on their portfolio but this one will be one of the tallest buildings in the world if it is actually completed. That could however be another story - Korea has a long and illustrious history of proposing enormous towers that fail to get off the ground.

Even if the scheme is never realised it's a far cry from the earliest origins of Lotte, that of a chewing gum and confectionary manufacturer in Japan in 1948, and a victory of sorts that shows the smallest starts can lead to the grandest designs.

HT · July 8th, 2007, 01:23 AM

Hmmm looks like Hearst Magazin Tower mixed with Fordham Spire......but i'm sure it will not get build like the thousands of other supertalls proposed in SouthKorea.

mcdonnell77 · July 8th, 2007, 01:27 AM

I dont like it that much, its too reminisient of the old freedom tower design.

erbse · July 8th, 2007, 01:41 AM

^ Awesome renders

Thanks a lot!
Hope this stunning thang will rise soon.

May 15th, 2007, 01:42 PM	#21
SkyLerm Architranceture Feelings Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Anywhere in southern Madrid Posts: 1,854 Likes (Received): 2	Weird shape... __________________ The Rebirth Of Time Cuchiville

May 15th, 2007, 04:43 PM	#23
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May 16th, 2007, 06:25 PM	#27
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May 20th, 2007, 07:30 AM	#31
skyscraperboy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Beijing, China Posts: 1,007 Likes (Received): 0	cool building! __________________ ۞Born to be Khalifah۞

May 22nd, 2007, 09:30 PM	#35
Sentient Seas Industrial Twilight Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,097 Likes (Received): 0	Looks great to me. I like Seoul's projects very much. __________________ "Only the dead have seen the end of war" - Plato

May 15th, 2007, 03:04 PM	#22
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May 15th, 2007, 04:45 PM	#24
*big-dog* Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 10,838 Likes (Received): 577	when will the construction start?

May 16th, 2007, 08:57 PM	#29
FastFerrari I double dog dare you!!! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Antonio, Texas - USA Posts: 701 Likes (Received): 0	man does this have Fordham Spire all over it.....thats money in the bank for Skidmore and his friends....first Chi-Town and now international in Seoul.

May 20th, 2007, 07:27 AM	#30
Brendan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wollongong, NSW Posts: 2,243 Likes (Received): 0	Here's a better render.

May 20th, 2007, 03:48 PM	#32
Skyman Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA UNITED STATES Posts: 5,199 Likes (Received): 0	Original design and beautiful shape as well

May 20th, 2007, 07:35 PM	#33
rogerick1970 BANNED Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 208 Likes (Received): 0	The cladding puts me in the mind of the 2003 version of the Freedom Tower. Anyways, nice design.

May 22nd, 2007, 12:33 AM	#34
williamhou2005 Shenzhener Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 734 Likes (Received): 55	original but looks kinda weird...

May 23rd, 2007, 08:23 AM	#36
OtAkAw BUMMED Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Makati Posts: 2,137 Likes (Received): 56	I've seen the other renders of that tower. I think some of those are better than the one at Brendan's post. I don't know, I feel like it's just weird, just my opinion anyway. __________________ OtAkAw does not like any of your posts

July 8th, 2007, 12:57 AM	#37
*wjfox* Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: L O N D O N Posts: 35,748 Likes (Received): 1207	http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=998 Lotte World Tower To Become Seoul's Tallest Published on 2007-07-07 These are the first images of the latest design of what will be one of the tallest buildings in the world, the Lotte Super Tower in Seoul, South Korea, if built. Designed by leading architects Skidmore Owings & Merrill, the tower will be 555 metres tall tapering gently from a wider base. The shape of the building is also manipulated starting off with a square floor-plate of 70 x 70 metres and gradually morphing into a circular 40 metre one as the height progresses. Responding to the shrinking floor-plates, the building uses which require the largest areas such as office and retail will be located at the bottom of the tower whilst the upper floors will be set aside for hotel accommodation and a viewing platform. In total it will be 15% retail, 50% office, 30% hotel and 5% for the observation area. The appearance of the building is dominated by lattice-work that takes on the look of a diagrid, famously used in 30 St Mary Axe in London and less creatively but just as famously in a defining SOM skyscraper, the Hancock Tower in Chicago. This webbing of metal has one major advantage over the traditional steel-framed buildings of having much stronger structural strength so less metalwork can be used and building costs are saved by the developer. The diagrid can also be configured by the architect in the design process to adapt to such things as structural loads in a way that a more stricter frame could not. This was seen in action with 30 St Mary Axe which actually shrunk a fraction of an inch when completed as the frame compressed slightly to hold the weight once gravity kicked it and it settled into the site. Responding to potential strains on the Lotte Super Tower, SOM has designed the structural columns so they are steepest at the bottom to take into account the gravity loads and shallowest at the top to take stresses from the wind in a process called "vortex shedding" that manipulates the wind flow. At night the superscraper will be particularly stunning. A lighting scheme has been designed where the diagonal cross-bracing that wraps around the tower will be lit up with a series of white lights like a Christmas tree. At the top, beams will shoot up from the crown illuminating the sky above as if the structure finishes in a torch light. Particular attention has been paid to the base that will have blue uplighters but also a deeper red colour scheme on the interior of the lowest levels, creating a feeling of depth through the facades and cross-bracing as well as expressing the complex structure visually. The Lotte Group are already a major developer within Korea with a number of large towers on their portfolio but this one will be one of the tallest buildings in the world if it is actually completed. That could however be another story - Korea has a long and illustrious history of proposing enormous towers that fail to get off the ground. Even if the scheme is never realised it's a far cry from the earliest origins of Lotte, that of a chewing gum and confectionary manufacturer in Japan in 1948, and a victory of sorts that shows the smallest starts can lead to the grandest designs. __________________ FutureTimeline.net - a timeline of future history Last edited by i_am_hydrogen; July 9th, 2007 at 06:22 PM.

July 8th, 2007, 01:23 AM	#38
HT Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Frankfurt (a.M.) Posts: 313 Likes (Received): 0	Hmmm looks like Hearst Magazin Tower mixed with Fordham Spire......but i'm sure it will not get build like the thousands of other supertalls proposed in SouthKorea.

July 8th, 2007, 01:27 AM	#39
mcdonnell77 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chester, UK Posts: 180 Likes (Received): 0	I dont like it that much, its too reminisient of the old freedom tower design.

July 8th, 2007, 01:41 AM	#40
erbse Leave UiG alone! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mecklenburg, the Baltic California! Posts: 20,953 Likes (Received): 8016	^ Awesome renders Thanks a lot! Hope this stunning thang will rise soon. __________________ MARS☻ONE *Making a Mars Settlement a Reality! (FAQ • SSC Thread • Mars One Fans Forum)*

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