Advancing the lessons learnt from the design of the 1001m Tower in Jakarta, an investigation was commissioned into a 1200m Tower for Jakarta as a monument for the same local entrepreneur. Again, using similar concepts to the previous design, the 1200m Tower is divided vertically into three main functional zones: offices, hotel and apartments. This time, the site does not straddle a highway. Consequently, a tripod form is used. With a Y-shaped floor plate at the base tapering to an arrowhead at the top, a planning grid which is based on the equilateral triangle allows for hexagonal and triangular spaces. Express lifts serve the sky lobbies from the main lobby at ground level. From the sky lobbies, lifts serve each floor of the respective zones. Displaying its structural logic through triangulation, this landmark uses the trussed frame to provide stability and silver metallic curtain walling as external cladding......
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