Turning Torso

The Turning Torso ( English for " Rotating body ") is a building was created by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in the style of deconstructivism skyscraper in the swedish city of Malmo. With a height of 190 meters and 54 floors, the building is the tallest skyscraper in Scandinavia and the third tallest residential building in Europe. It was inaugurated on 27 August 2005. The building has since been next to the Öresund Bridge as the new landmark of Malmo and thus replaced the Kockumskran, which was mined already in 2002. The cost was just under 168 million euros ( 1.6 billion SEK). The owner is the housing cooperative Hyresgästernas sparkasse- och byggnadsförening (HSB ).

The Turning Torso is in Western Harbour, the Western Harbour area of ​​Malmö, in the immediate vicinity of the Sound, in an area in which developing since 2001, a new, self-contained modern residential area.

Construction

The construction of the torso is based on a sculpture by Calatrava, the so-called "Twisting Torso ", which is a shot in to the human torso. Johnny Örbäck, former CEO of HSB, was so fascinated by this sculpture that he commissioned Calatrava to design the skyscraper.

Was built in the torso as Büro-/Wohnturm. The building was ( cube-like parts of buildings) on each set of nine cubes with five floors and a mezzanine. Each floor is rotated by about 1.6 ° to the underlying basement. Thus the building turned on the full height by 90 ° so that the tower gives the impression that he would rotate about its own axis.

Overall, the tower has 54 floors, each 400 m² area. Each floor consists of a floor plan part with curved facade (cube façade ) and a floor plan unit with a straight facade ( spine façade ). The concrete core with the development of surface has an inner diameter of 11.6 meters and is supported by an external steel structure. The facade of the building contains approximately 2,500 windows with a glass surface by a total of approximately 5,500 m².

In the inner core of the tower there are five lifts. Three of them reach a speed of 5 m / s (18 km / h) the living area. From the ground floor to the top floor of an elevator needed without interruption 38 seconds. In the office setting, there are two slightly slower lifts ( 3.5 m / s and 12.6 km / h).

To meet the wind conditions in the harbor area just, you put the steel construction so that the tower s moves at its peak even with a wind of 44 m / maximum of only 30 cm. Therefore, this motion is hardly noticeable in the interior of the building.

Use

In the two lowest cubes offices were settled with an area of ​​approximately 4,000 m², the lowest cube advised the owner company HSB own offices a. In the upper cubes are a total of 147 apartments and apartments with a size of 45 m² to 190 m². The total floor area is approximately 13,500 m².

Originally, the apartments were provided for sale, lack of prospects but are now rented. The monthly rent is between 750 € and 2800 € for a studio for an apartment of 180 square meters, which is equipped with marble and fine wood floor.

Architectural History

The planning of the building began in 2000, the foundation stone was laid on 14 February 2001. Using the actual construction work was started in May 2001.

Various milestones Baufortganges were celebrated with fireworks and light shows, such as the completion of the 27th floor at 12 December 2003. On this day, had not only half of all floors completed, but also the height of the highest ever residential building in Malmö, Kronprinsen (83 meters), exceeded. The completion of the 54th floor on 10 October 2004 was the occasion for such celebration.

Definitively, the building was ready for occupancy in November 2005.

Awards

The Turning Torso was awarded for its remarkable architecture following awards:

  • Award 2005 Emporis Skyscraper
  • Malmö Stads Stadsbyggnadspris ( Architecture Prize of the City of Malmö ) 2005
  • Finalist of the International Highrise Award 2006
  • Fib Award for Outstanding Concrete Structures ( the award for outstanding concrete structures of the International Federation for Structural Concrete ) 2006
  • Components Industry Association Award for Excellence in Concrete ( Award of the European Concrete Societies Network) 2006

Gallery

Recording in front of the building

Under construction

Night Scene

Close-up

With surrounding buildings

Recording from the foot of the building

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