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Friday, July 31, 2015

Shanghai taller buildings demolished because of violations of the terms of planning

Buildings in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area violating city planning regulations may face demolition as the Pudong New Area Planning and Land Authority had ordered a building developer in the area to tear down part of its building after it was found violating the rule.

Shanghai taller buildings demolished

the government agency ordered the company to eliminate several excessive features that the company has added to the approved design of the building, which included an entire third floor consists of a guard a gable roof and a sunken courtyard.

The government agency said the interior design of the building includes other luxury accessories like chandeliers in the lobby, numerous sculptures and marble floors. According to the agency, the total area of development has exceeded the approved footprint for the building.

The agency added that since the building was planned mainly to provide office space for workers to park management, including storage space for tools and garden equipment, luxurious structure attracted the attention of the public, including the media Local.

The report said the district planning and land administration began their investigation after local media published an article on the controversial structure.

As a result, Cred Real Estate was finally ordered to rectify the characteristics that have been found to be in violation and rebuild the building for the purpose approved in its initial design.

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Shanghai taller buildings demolished

THE developer of a building designed to provide office accommodation for park management staff in the Pudong New Area has been ordered to tear part of it down after it was found to breach planning regulations.

However, the company added several lavish features to the approved design and has now been ordered to remove them, the Pudong New Area Planning and Land Authority was cited as saying.

Among the “added extras” were an entire third story, a pitched roof, a guardhouse and a sunken courtyard, the report said.

The interior design featured chandeliers in the entrance hall, marbled floors and numerous sculptures, while the overall size of the development far exceeded its approved footprint, it said.

As the building was intended to provide office space for park management workers, and storage space for garden tools and equipment, the structure that emerged soon caught the attention of the public and local media.

Following the publication of a newspaper article on the subject, the district planning and land administration launched an investigation and discovered the infringements.

Cred Real Estate was subsequently ordered to rectify the regulation breeches and make the building fit for purpose as approved in the initial design, the xinmin report said, adding that the restructuring work got under way yesterday.

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

skyscrapers in korea Daejeon / Korail & Krnerwork Headquarters

Ro-gu Daejeon / Korea Railroad Corporation Headquarters

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HEERIM Architects & Planners / Jeong Young-kyoon, Kum Doo-yeon, Im Dong-gun + KeunJeong Architecs & Engineers Co., Ltd. / Kim Jong-moon, Jung Seoung-duk

Daejeon skyscrapers

Constructional engineer Doosan Engineering & Construction, HANSHIN Engineering & Construction

Construction of the railway authority building co-front Supervision
skyscrapers in korea Daejeon

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- Project Name : KORAIL & KRNETWORK Headquarters

- Year : 2007

- Location : Daejeon

- Client : Korea railroad

- Gross Floor Area(㎡) : 111,366㎡

- Stories : 28F/B4

- Site Area : 23,508.19m²

- Region : Electrification

- Owner : Korea Railroad Corporation

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Korea Railroad Corporation / Daejeon

The new official building for Korea Railroad and Korea Rail Network Authority, which were re-established in January 2005, marks the first step of new high-speed railway business as well as the new development of Daejeon.New development of the region_The unbalanced urban condition between the eastern and western regions centering Daejeon station will be solved through the new office building and district development plan to be reborn as a new city. Entrusted with a role of a landmark, the site connected with Eastern Square is the starting signal for regional development.

Korea Railroad Corporation / Daejeon

Beginning of a new railway project_To separate Korean National Railroad into Korea Railroad and Korea Rail Network Authority according to function means starting anew by reorganizing the culture of the entire railway business. It also implies the acceleration of high-speed railway business that makes the whole nationinto a one-day life zone and the firm establishment of its position as a subject of new railway business for unified Korea in consideration of future unification of South and North Korea.

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Office building open to general public_It attempts to change from a usualclosed business facility that concerns the railroad only into a cultural facility that represents Daejeon. The passive public relation of railway business and facilities were connected to programs such as the great auditorium lobby and the observatory, maximizing the synergy effect and engraving the image of friendlier Korean Rail in the minds of people.

skyscrapers in korea Daejeon

■ Design Concept Trans : Office building that proposes a new railway to the future the tower running in parallel with the railroad and the lower part of the building respectively mean the new urban context of Daejeon and replacement with the velocity of railway continuity. In other words, the high-rise tower connects the east with the west to create a strong visual axis, proposing the new possibility of the city. Also, the lower floors in parallel with the railroad show a varying speed according to its focal point, creating an ever-changing new office building.

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Mebius Ring : Endless trace of wheels without limitation_The visual message of a Floating Railway presented from the 4th floor to 6th floor shows the will of transcend the trace of wheel and the limitation of the railway that is confined to the ground. A series of public programs, which is continued from East Square through the entry ramp in the south, PR center, the lobby of grand auditorium, snack bar and finally to the railway observatory, is integrated into Mobius Ring to express the continuous flow of the rail and symbolize the future transportation mode without limit.

skyscrapers in korea Daejeon

Control : For the efficient control of Korean railroad, Korea Railroad and Korea Rail Network_ Authority should be separated while complementing each other. The Floating Railway links two straight and upright towers and at the same time is controlled by them. The two towers, which controls the contemporary and future transportation, support and connect the past(site) present(railway) future(Floating railway), and become a strong landmark of Daejeon.