Shanghai World Financial Centre

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                   TO THE SKYSCRAPERS

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Shanghai World Financial Centre is a building which is located at 100 Century Avenue, Lujiazui. The number '100' is just to highlight the floor count. The directions to it can be found on Jin Mao Tower, which is located at 88 Century Avenue. SWFC is located at a very close distance to Jin Mao Tower and the newly built Shanghai Tower. 

  • The above-mentioned three iconic super-tall skyscrapers were designed with the idea of all of these being adjacent to each other. The Oriental Pearl Tower can also be used as another landmark as it only a few hundred meters away.

MASTER PLAN 

In 1993, Shanghai authority planned to construct 3 adjacent super tall.  Skyscrapers in Lujiazui district are for the purpose of it being the glory and as well as a landmark of the city. 

Their skyscrapers were supposed to be built one by one, in ascending order from the shortest to the tallest. Construction of the first and shortest building started in 1994. The responsibility of the construction of the second building (Shanghai tower) was taken by a Japanese building tycoon named Minoru Mori. 

  • Shanghai World Financial Centre was a master design by an architect of New York named Kohn Pedersen Fox. The trapezium aperture design on the top portion was the most magnificent feature of the building. The trapezium aperture helped to lessen the impact of wind pressures. This feature made people prefer the buildings built as bottle openers. 

  •  Though this kind of design can be seen in cities, such as Duke Energy Centre in Charlotte, Kingdom Centre in Riyadh, which made the design ineligible to be recognized as unique.

WHAT’S  MYSTERIOUS 

  • With the global ranking of being 11th tallest building, Shanghai has 101 floors and is approximately 1641 foot tall. The building has the facilities of various services such as restaurants, malls, hotels, offices, museums, observatory rooms and much more.

  • The floors have been allotted for specific uses on the basis of the services.

☆1st and 2nd floor are used by restaurants and stores.

☆3rd to 5th floors are allotted for meeting rooms.

☆7th to 77th are occupied for commercial use by offices.

☆78th to 93rd floors is used for the service of hotel rooms. The hotel facility is provided by Park Hyatt, which manages 175 rooms and suites.

  • Shanghai is titled as the 8th tallest building in Asia, which makes Park Hyatt the second-highest hotel in the world. The floors above 93rd are mainly reserved for mechanical use and sightseeing purpose.

TO THE VIEW

  • The observatory desks are ranked as National 4A scenery. The opening observatory has turned to be one of the amazing tourist attractions in Shanghai. With 3 separate observation decks on 94th, 97th, 100th floor, the visitors can capture the wonderful view of the entire city. 

  •  100th floor which is at a height of 474 m is around 22 meters higher than Burj Khalifa's primary observatory. Thus, is known for its highest observation deck in the world until the opening of an observatory on Canton Tower.

                                                                                     BY- ISHITA GUPTA

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