Greenland Hangzhou Century Center: Skybridge Links Supertall Twins
Session: Systems Award – 2024
When: Wednesday, 25 September, 9:00 AM-10:25 AM
Track E: New or Renew: The Carbon Equation
Systems Award: Greenland Hangzhou Century Center, Hangzhou

Partner of Structural and Seismic Engineering, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill San Francisco, United States
During this presentation, insights will be shared on how the team of specialists translated complex geometry into reality by means of computational design tools, in particular with regards to the project’s steel “drape” system. The discussion will also demonstrate how the project overcame the complex engineering challenge of wind interacting with the project’s partially glazed hanging canopy.
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