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SUMMARY:Engineering the CCTV Tower - Chas Pope (Ove Arup)
DTSTART:20071109T150000Z
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CONTACT:Nami Norman
DESCRIPTION:OMA and Arup’s striking design for the new CCTV headquarters
  building in Beijing was designed to challenge the seemingly banal and nev
 er-ending race to be the tallest building in the world. The result is a la
 ndmark structure that not only has height\, but also longevity in terms of
  an iconic shape and structure.\nCCTV combines the entire TV process – a
 dministration\, news\, broadcasting\, studios and programme production - i
 n a sequence of interconnected activities within two 230m tall leaning tow
 ers that slope at 6° in each direction\, connected by a 13-storey ‘Over
 hang’ suspended 36 storeys in the air. The building is not a traditional
  tower\, but a continuous loop of horizontal and vertical sections that es
 tablish an urban site rather than point to the sky.\nThe irregular grid on
  the building’s facades is an expression of the forces travelling throug
 h its structure. It would be a significant structural challenge anywhere i
 n the world\, but is especially so as Beijing is in a highly seismic zone.
  The structural engineers\, Arup\, needed to carry out a huge amount of wo
 rk to demonstrate structural stability in order to satisfy local planning 
 and approval needs.\nThis talk will explore some of the technical challeng
 es faced by the structural team as they began to develop a structure that 
 would maintain the architectural vision whilst being functional\, earthqua
 ke-resistant and - most importantly - buildable.\nThe presentation will al
 so touch on some of the other notable structures that have been built in B
 eijing in readiness for the 2008 Olympic Games.\n\n\nChas Pope\nChas Pope 
 is a senior structural engineer with Arup in Beijing. He joined the firm i
 n 1998 after graduating from Christ’s College\, Cambridge University\, a
 nd spent five years in a multidisciplinary building engineering design off
 ice in London before joining the CCTV project team and transferring to the
  Beijing office. He is currently working on other projects with OMA\, nota
 bly the new Shenzhen Stock Exchange building in southern China.\n\nAway fr
 om the office\, he is a keen photographer who is particularly interested i
 n recording the changes faced by Beijing as it prepares for the Olympics i
 n 2008.\n
LOCATION:Engineering Department - LR6
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