MIDWAY CITY MIXED-USE PRECINCT : A CITY IN 1 BUILDING (ARCOLOGY)
At 3,316,410m2 / 35,697,540.15ft usable floor area, this mixed-use precinct is literally a vertical city in 1 building in the category of ARCOLOGY , where inhabitants are able to live and work. It includes an international petroleum company's head offices, other lettable office space, hotels, apartments, apart-hotels, a 350 bed acute hospital, a school, shopping malls, restaurants, gas (fuel) stations, exhibition halls, conference centers, an18 hole indoor golf range, a 300m / 328yds indoor ski slope and roof gardens. It is linked to an existing Intercity Express rail station by means of an enclosed tubular sky train and it has a 20 bay roof top heli-port.
Project Value US$ 7,062,490,431.55¢
SITE SOLUTION
The final site solution was determined by its unusual constraints and parameters.
The site consists of 2 very narrow and oddly shaped properties, diagonally across from each other and on opposite sides of a national freeway (interstate).
This unusual configuration was the determining factor in the final shape of the building, which needed to be linked together by means of bridging across the freeway, to link the 2 properties together.
When exiting the freeway from the off ramps in both directions, vehicles access gas (fuel) stations on ground level underneath the building, which required some innovative fire and blast proofing protection of the structure overhead.
SUSTAINABILITY
With the building oriented along a North South axis, the design incorporates a number of sustainability technologies such as solar penetration control devices over most of the glazed Western and Eastern facades, green roofs and the fact that inhabitants who live AND work in the building, do not require automobiles to commute to and from work. It also grants easy access to the nearby intercity express railway, which further reduces the need for cars.
