for some reason i didn't appreciate the base height and how huge it is, but this picture changed my mind completely
It's worth another look. The base is huge, almost a building unto itself. Then when you realize that the base is only a small portion of this tower, you can appreciate the full scale of what is being built. The Towers have been gone for nearly a decade, but by the end of next year, we'll have this one topped out to remind us.
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^^^ yeah i can't wait to see it fully finished, but for now i want to visit the site and check how it looks in real life right in front of me.
Question: You think the first office floor will be constructed by end of this week or next week already?
^^^ yeah i can't wait to see it fully finished, but for now i want to visit the site and check how it looks in real life right in front of me.
Question: You think the first office floor will be constructed by end of this week or next week already?
Nope. The office floors probably won't start till February.
Yeah, we really should have a separate sticky to explain the floor numbering for this building. No offense of course, since I wouldn't expect anyone who doesn't watch this thread daily to be familiar with it, but it's been explained like 50 times in the last few months.
Yeah, we really should have a separate sticky to explain the floor numbering for this building. No offense of course, since I wouldn't expect anyone who doesn't watch this thread daily to be familiar with it, but it's been explained like 50 times in the last few months.
or maybe update the first post, i think that makes the most sense
the pics are dated too
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It’s going to be funny seeing a picture like the one above in about twenty years from now. You really have to appreciate the complexity of this structure; it’s especially apparent at this stage.
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It's worth another look. The base is huge, almost a building unto itself. Then when you realize that the base is only a small portion of this tower, you can appreciate the full scale of what is being built. The Towers have been gone for nearly a decade, but by the end of next year, we'll have this one topped out to remind us.
Wow, good picture. Whats that wall in the lobby in front of the concrete core?
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Wow, good picture. Whats that wall in the lobby in front of the concrete core?
Probably the anti-blast wall.
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It’s going to be funny seeing a picture like the one above in about twenty years from now. You really have to appreciate the complexity of this structure; it’s especially apparent at this stage.
That's the great thing about witnessing this now.
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“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
Will 1WTC make use of a mass tuned damper? Just curious.
Probably. As far as I know, they are sort of the standard in supertall buildings. Unless there are other technologies out there that I haven't heard of before...
It definitely won't be in the mast.
The original towers were two huge boxes, therefore they had a lot of wind resistance. And to make it worse, they were positioned against the winds of the harbor. Fortunately, at the top of each building there were a series of trusses which helped redistribute wind loads to less services walls of the buildings, and the core columns(They were initially supposed to support heavy antennas).
In One World Trade Center, there is a strong concrete core to withstand those wind forces and keep the building stable(concrete doesn't move anyway). There are no earthquakes(none in this lifetime) in the New York area, so that's not a factor. One thing this building has that the towers didn't have is the inward tapering. The building turns 45 degrees by the time it reaches the top, so now wind can pass freely and unobstructed around it. There is no need for dampers, since the basement floors are also made entirely out of concrete.
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Thanks for clarifying that to me
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