When Yang Jing met Adrian Smith, it was already 2021 AD, and just after New Year's Day, the 77-year-old man came to Tianqu thousands of miles away.Adrian was a typical white American, tall and muscular, with silver-white hair that made him look extraordinarily slender.If you don't know his age, just by looking at his appearance, most people will think that he is probably not yet seventy years old, but in fact he is an old man in his eighties.With the name of the world's tallest building and the world's tallest building under construction, Adrian has become the most famous supertall building designer on the planet.However, this old man did not become arrogant because of this, on the contrary, this old man is a person who can easily make people feel good."
Hi Mr.
Yang, nice to meet you, I'm Adrian Smith."
In a large office on the top floor of a high-rise office building more than 100 meters in downtown Tianqu, Yang Jing and Adrian met.Because of the imminent start of the Tianqu construction, Yang Jing rented the top floor and the second top floor of a high-end office building in the urban area to serve as the office of the "Tianqu Office".More than half of the members of the Tianqu office who have been in the United States have now come to Tianqu, and in the next few years, they will be working here, responsible for coordinating and directing the various projects of the entire Tianqu construction."
Hey, Mr.
Smith, I'm just as glad to meet you.Call me Albert, my friends call me that. ”"Okay, Albert, you can call me Ade, Mr.
Smith's title would alienate our relationship.""
Okay, Ade, come, please take a seat, would you like some coffee or tea?""
Let's have a cup of coffee, no sugar or milk."
Yang Jing pressed a button on the table, and after a while, Leah Alonso, who loves to travel, pushed the door and walked in, as the appearance of the eight-person secretary team, Leah became the chief secretary of Yang Jing's office.After Yang Jing gave a few words, Leah turned around and walked out of the office, and after a while, she brought a steaming cup of Blue Mountain coffee and a cup of green tea."
Ade, try it, this is authentic pearl bean Blue Mountain coffee, it's hard to see outside."
Adrian took a sip of the cup, and immediately said: "Yes, this is indeed the top pearl bean Blue Mountain coffee, but as far as I know, most of this pearl bean coffee is in my hands." ”Yang Jing smiled and said: "Unfortunately, the companies that invested in Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee back then are now subsidiaries of Pacific Capital, and I am the boss of Pacific Capital." ”"Oh buy ga!
Pacific Capital?
That newly rising supercapital?
That turned out to be your company?
”As one of the world's top architects, Adrian is aware of the most popular topics in the world.And Harrison Johnson's Pacific Capital is one of the hottest topics in the world at the moment.Yang Jing smiled and nodded, but did not continue to speak.The reason why I want to tell Adrian my identity is mainly to let this design master understand one thing, that is, I am not bad for money, I am more proud than those local tyrants in Arabia, you can rest assured to design boldly!
Sure enough, after Yang Jing's gesture was made, Adrian immediately rubbed his hands excitedly, "Albert, I saw the invitation you sent me, I want to confirm now, are the things you said in the invitation true?"
”"That's right.Ade, I can tell you with certainty that what is written on the invitation is true.When you get here, you can design a super high-rise building you want as you like, and I'm only responsible for providing the funds!
Of course, I have one only requirement, and that is that the skyscraper you designed must remain the tallest building in the world for 10 years after it is built!
”"Aha!"
Hearing this, Adrian screamed excitedly, not at all with the stability of the world's top architectural designers, but like a schoolboy who got his favorite toy."
Don't worry, Albert, I'll design a skyscraper that will be hard for others to surpass!
Well, at least no one will surpass her in the next twenty years!
”"Ade, I believe in your abilities.So, do you have a general design concept for this building now?
”"Yes!"
Adrian replied in the affirmative, "Actually, more than ten years ago, I was already designing a super high-rise building that was taller than the Burj Khalifa.Hehe, I guess you can also imagine that people like me are really idle, and constantly surpassing myself has always been my life principle.It is for this reason that after I designed the Burj Khalifa, I designed a taller skyscraper.When the Kingdom Tower was built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, I submitted this design plan, and Prince Alwalid agreed to the plan, and was also ready to allocate funds to build this super tall skyscraper, but the local geological and climatic conditions did not allow the construction of this mile-high building, and in desperation, the Kingdom Tower could only cut off the height of 600 meters, and I had to redesign another plan, which is the current design plan of the Kingdom Tower. ”Hearing this, Yang Jing asked curiously: "Then why didn't the Saudi side use your original design plan?"
Isn't it just a lack of height, and your design plan should have no impact on the Kingdom Tower, right?
”"Nope!
I won't allow that!
”Adrian's face became serious, "For us architects, every design plan is our child, and I have to choose a place for each child to grow up according to his differences."
The mile-high skyscraper I designed back then could only be built at a height of 1,609 meters, and if I artificially cut off 600 meters, it would be equivalent to cutting off my child from the waist up, so would the child still be alive?
”Very good!
This reason is really very powerful, and Yang Jing couldn't help but give Adrian a thumbs up."
So, I'd rather abandon the previous design and design a new one for Prince Alwaleed, rather than use a cut design.""
Ade, I can understand your feelings.But I really have a question for you, do you think you can really build the mile-high skyscraper you designed with current construction technology?
That's a full 1,609 meters high. ”Adrian nodded affirmatively and said: "With the current construction technology, it is indeed difficult to build a 1609-meter tall building, but it is not impossible.As long as local geology and climatic conditions allow, and with adequate funding, building a mile-tall supertall building is not an insurmountable challenge. ”Yang Jing nodded, and then he asked again: "Then Ade, do you think that if you build a 1992-meter-high building, can you do it with the current construction technology?"
”"1992 meters?"
Adrian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I can't guarantee this, according to the current construction technology, this height can be built, but in that case, the floor area of this building will be a relatively terrifying number."
At that time, I designed the Burj Khalifa, which covered an area of more than 20,000 square meters just for the foundation.The Kingdom Tower I designed, the foundation covers an area of 30,000 square meters, of course, this also has a lot to do with the local geological conditions in Jeddah, but it is undeniable that the higher the height of the building, the larger the construction area of the foundation, otherwise the weight of the building will crush the foundation!
Albert, the higher this kind of super high-rise building, the higher the requirements for the foundation, when the height of this super high-rise building exceeds a certain limit, the height of the building is increased by one meter, the requirements for the foundation will be greatly improved. ”After a pause, Adrian continued: "Let's compare the Burj Khalifa and the Kingdom Tower, the Kingdom Tower is only 171 meters higher than the Burj Khalifa, but the foundations of the two are simply not on the same level.The Burj Khalifa is only 70 meters deep, while the Kingdom Tower is 110 meters deep.And my mile-tall supertall building has even higher requirements for the foundation.Albert, I have also read the literature you sent me about the local geological conditions in Tianqu, and the geological conditions in Tianqu are much better than those in Jeddah, but even so, in my design plan, if I really want to build that building in Tianqu, then the area of the foundation alone will be more than 70,000 square meters, and the area of the entire building will be even larger.As for the question you just asked, if you want to build a 1,992-meter tall building, then I estimate that the foundation alone will cover an area of more than 100,000 square meters, and the area must be at least 1 square kilometer.Are you sure that this is the amount of floor space that went into building this building?
”"A building of this height can't be built without a foundation that's big enough.Similarly, if the floor space of the foundation is expanded, the cost of the building will increase exponentially.So, personally, I wouldn't recommend that you build a building that tall, a mile is enough to guarantee that no one will be able to surpass it for the next twenty years. ”"Well, I'm taking it for granted."
Yang Jing smiled and admitted that his conjecture about the 1,992-meter-tall building was a mistake.If you really want to build such a tall building, it is not that it cannot be built, but that it is necessary to build such a tall building?
In fact, the height of a mile is quite shocking!