CCTV PDF

Dustin Mattiza
Crystal Gore
Heather Davis
Stacey Faniel-Ingram
Arch 631 - Case Study
Getting a good footing…
 Architects:
 Rem Koolhass and OMA
 East China Architecture
and Design Institute of
Shanghai (ECADI)
 Engineers:
 Ove Arup and Partners
 Financing:
 Chinese Government (est.
Investment: $1.2 Billion)
Building Footprint: 160m x 160m
 New central business Floor Space: 465,000 sq ft
district in Beijing, China
Excavation & Foundation
 Excavation:
 Took 190 days
 Had to be done at night
due to strict construction
regulations;
nonetheless, 12,000
cubic meters were
removed each night
 Dewatering wells were
installed since the
ground water level was
above the maximum
excavation depth of
24.7m below existing
ground level
Excavation & Foundation
 Foundation:
 Two separate piled raft
foundations support the
two connected towers
 370 reinforced concrete
bored piles beneath
each (133,343 cubic
meters of concrete in
total)
 Each Pile contains
39,000 cubic meters of
concrete and 5,000 tons
of reinforcement
Substructure and Foundations
Substructure and Foundations
 Towers: stand on
piled raft foundations
 The piles are typically
1.2m in diameter, and
about 52m long
 Towers to act as a toe,
distributing forces more
favorably into the ground
 The foundation system is
arranged so that the
center of the raft is close
to the center of load at
the bottom of each Tower,
and no permanent
tension is allowed in the
piles. Limited tensions in
some piles are only
permitted in major
seismic events.
Systems
 Continuous Braced Steel Tube Structure
 Diagrid system exoskeleton: Superstructure -
the „continuous tube‟
o Adopting this approach gave proportions that could resist
the huge forces generated by the cranked and leaning
form, as well as extreme seismic and wind events
Regular grid of columns Patterned diagonal Braced tube system

+ =
and edge beams bracing
Systems
 Tubes and
Columns
 This „tube‟ is formed
by fully bracing all
sides of the façade
 The planes of bracing
are continuous
through the building
volume in order to
reinforce and stiffen
the corners
Final bracing pattern
Original bracing pattern

Systems
 Triangles are dense in regions that

bear heavy loads and sparce where
loads are light
Construction Issues
 Construction sequencing and its effect on the
final stress in the structural elements
 Ensuring the building and elements were

constructed to the designed setting out and
positions, within allowed construction
tolerance
 Construction and linking of the overhang

Construction of the Overhang
 Proposed method 1:
Constructing a temporary
tower at the full height of
the overhang to use as a
platform for construction of
the overhang in-place
 Proposed method 2:
Constructing the base of
the overhang on the
ground, then lifting it into
place between the two
towers
 Chosen method: Constructing the overhang as a
series of cantilevers from each tower until they
meet in the middle
In The Wake of the Shake
 Performance based
design
 Level 1- No structural
damage
 Level 2- Minor
repairable damage,
columns remaining
elastic and unaffected
 Level 3- Severe
damage is allowed as
long as the structure
does not collapse
 Programmatic
features dictated
much of the design:
two-storied studios
led to diaphragms
only being added
every other floor
 Exterior diagrid
resists lateral and
vertical loads
 Built with a high
degree of
redundancy
 Computer testing
with Limit State
Design Criteria- had
to prove that the
buckled tubing could
still support gravity
loads after a quake
 1:20 scale model
produced and
observed on a
shake-table
Multiframe Analysis
Architectural Renderings
Bibliography
“China Central Television (CCTV) Headquarters Building &
Cultural Centre, Beijing.” Design-Build Network: Education.1
August 2008.28 Oct. 2008 <http://www.designbuild-
network.com/projects/cctv>.
Carroll, Chris. “CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, China.” The Arup

Journal 40(2),pp3-9,2/2005, 1-7. 28 October
2008 <http://www.arup.com/_assets/_download/download399
.pdf>.
Greene, Dane. “CCTV Building, Beijing, China: services

engineering design.” The Arup Journal 40(3),pp22-29,3/2005,
1-8. 28 October 2008 <http
http://www.arup.com/_assets/_download/download471.pdf>.

CCTV PDF

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

CCTV PDF

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

CCTV PDF

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Dustin Mattiza

Regular grid of columns Patterned diagonal Braced tube system

Original bracing pattern

 Triangles are dense in regions that

 Ensuring the building and elements were

 Construction and linking of the overhang

Carroll, Chris. “CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, China.” The Arup

Greene, Dane. “CCTV Building, Beijing, China: services

You might also like