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The Hyper Building Design Parameters: |
Construction Process
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CONSTRUCTION
PHASES
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Phase One:
Ground Level
195 m below grade-125 m high Tower's structural base and Exedrae
Phase Two:
Super High-Rise Building
Ground level-460 m high
Phase Three:
Hyper Building
460 m high-1,000 high
STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
Primary Elements
Elevator Shafts/Utility Cores
Grid Columns at 15 m intervals
20 & 40 m Terra Diaphrams
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A phased construction sequence allows operation of completed sections of the Hyper Building as construction continues. Phase One, ground level, extends from 195 meters below grade to 125 meters high. It includes the exedrae and the structural base of the tower. Phase Two, a super high-rise building, is the tower from ground level to 460 meters high. Phase Three extends from 460 meters above the ground to 1,000 meters high.
Because of the size, bulk, and complexity of this project, an automated robotic building technology which continues to evolve as technology develops will be used. Construction moves up the building on a "sliding" construction platform, operating much as slip form construction does.
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Each Terra will house a construction yard which will service continued construction and remain for infrastructure maintenance. Computer systems will monitor conditions of building systems and the structure itself, tracking problems and generating repairs.
Primary elements of the structural system are elevator shafts, also used as utility cores, grid columns at 15 meter intervals, and the Terra diaphragms. Main elevator shafts are used to move cranes on the "slip form platform." Two-meter floor diaphrams at 20-meter intervals are the secondary structural system. Robotic cranes hanging from the secondary structural system can support the construction of the tertiary strucure. The tertiary structural system is composed of units which evolve and change within the main structural system.
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