Sunday, May 27, 2012

The Next Icon of Indonesia: Signature Tower

Hey guys, did you know that Jakarta is going to have one of the most tallest building in the world?
So, I was browsing through articles and I found out about Signature Tower.







All the images above are taken from:  http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building.php?building_id=12333


       The owner of Artha Graha Network, Tomy Winata, has launch a project to construct one of the most tallest building in the world, the Signature Tower. Signature Tower will be constructed in an area of approximately 45 hectares in the middle of SCBD (Sudirman Central Business District) Jakarta. The construction of Signature Tower is to provide the increasing need of public and working spaces along with the growth of Indonesia's economy. It is a mixed-use building consisted of office and hotel with a total of 111 floors. Signature Tower is also hoped to be identical with the best business district in Indonesia, just like in Manhattan, America, with its Wall Street[1]. 

        Signature Tower will have a height of 638 m and will be the fifth tallest building in the world after the Seoul Light DMC Tower (640 m), Ping An Finance Center (660 m), Burj Khalifa (828 m), and Kingdom  Tower (1 km)[2].  It will also beat the currently tallest building record in Jakarta, which is held by Wisma 46 Tower (262 m) Jakarta[3]. 

Tallest Building Comparison, Signature Tower is 5th [2]

Elevation of Signature Tower [5]


The construction will cost around US$1 billion (Rp 9.2 trillion) and said to be started this year in July and finished before the year 2020. The construction will be constructed at where Automall now is (lot 6 of SCBD)[4]. 

Here is the detail of the tower [5]:

Architectural Official Name :
Signature Tower Jakarta

Building Function :
Hotel/ Office

Developer Property :
PT Grahamas Adisentosa (subsidiary of Artha Graha Network)

Architectural Firm :
SRSS Architect (Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart)

Local Architect :
PDW Architect

Structure Engineer :
Thornton Tomasetty PT Gistama Inti Semesta

MEP Engineer :
Beca Group PT HPM (Hantaran Prima Mandiri)

Architecture Information :
Building's Height : 638 M/ 2093 Feet
Floors above the ground : 111
Floors below the ground : 6
Room Hotel : 300
Parking Spaces : 3001


I'm sure lots of people, including myself, would be very interested visiting the tallest floor once Signature Tower is completed. So, what do you guys think?






BY JONATHAN SWIFT 1106071896


Sources:


[1]  Farida Ahniar, Nur.(2012, May 23th)."Tomy Winata Bangun Gedung 111 Lantai". <http://wap.vivanews.com/news/read/316386-tomy-winata-serius-garap-gedung-111-lantai>

[2] Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. <http://www.ctbuh.org/TallBuildings/HeightStatistics/BuildingsinNumbers/TheTallest20in2020/tabid/2926/language/en-US/Default.aspx>

[3] The Jakarta Post. ( 2012, Jan 1st). "SCBD to get world’s 5th tallest building"<http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/01/11/scbd-get-world-s-5th-tallest-building.html>

[4] http://egg-animation.blogspot.com/2012/01/gambar-signature-tower-gedung-tertinggi.html

[5] http://info-proyek.blogspot.com/2012/03/signature-tower-jakarta.html

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5 comments:

  1. ArchiesMay 28, 2012 at 11:54 PM

    this building will defeat the height of Tokyo Skytree! First, I kinda confuse with some building that are taller than Tokyo Skytree because some articles said that Tokyo Skytree is the tallest building. It turns out that some of the buildings are still under construction. So, Tokyo Skytree still the tallest building in the world, so far. Anyway, nice article Jo!

    Then, I wanna ask for your opinion Jo, what do you think with this "competition" height of the building in some city or country? Is it good? Or is it bad?

    Thank you :D

    Tri Octiviani - 1106127941

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    1. ArchiesJune 6, 2012 at 11:00 PM

      hi octi thx for the comment:)

      IMO, i think this "competition" is good because it save space you know. those tall building can accomodate a lot of people and they do not consume much space on the ground (of course it has to be sustainable too haha). Moreover, it will act as a signature and represent the development of a city.

      So i think we should be proud to have such tower in Indonesia because it represent our country's development:)

      -Jonathan Swift 1106071896

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  2. AnonymousMay 30, 2012 at 12:36 AM

    First of all, thank you for the information, jo. I think it is great that Indonesia can compete in the world ranks. In my opinion, this building could increase the popularity of indonesia in architectural. The unique and traditional architecture of the tower is really interesting. The base of the tower reminds me of temples. I hope this building could give a lot of good effects to the surroundings and Indonesia.

    Thalita Nafitia Hiramsyah
    1106847110

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  3. ArchiesMay 30, 2012 at 6:29 AM

    This will be iconic to Indonesia, however my family's company didn't get a chance to do this project, due to the result from a designing competition. They didn't won, but my father and grandfather will be doing a review from a design and structural aspect.

    Satria Rahmadi D.
    1106024142

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  4. Hatta GusnadiMay 30, 2012 at 11:38 PM

    It's really interesting. i hope this building can realize as soon as possible and there is no problem when it under construction.

    Hatta Gusnadi
    1106847086

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