Ping An Finance Centre

The Ping An International Finance Center (also known as the Ping An IFC) (Chinese: 平安国际金融中心) is a 115-story, 599 m (1,965 ft) supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.[7] The building was commissioned by Ping An Insurance and designed by the American architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. It was completed in 2017,[1] becoming the tallest building in Shenzhen, the 2nd tallest building in China and the 4th tallest building in the world.[8][2] It also broke the record of having the highest observation deck in a building at 562.2 m (1,844 ft).[3]

Ping An International Finance Center
平安国际金融中心
Ping An International Finance Center
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice & retail
LocationNo. 5033 Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Coordinates22.536399°N 114.050446°E / 22.536399; 114.050446
Construction started2010[1]
CompletedMarch 28, 2017[1]
Cost$1.5 billion (USD, estimated)[2]
OwnerPing An Life Insurance Company of China[1]
Height
Antenna spire599.1 m / 1,965 ft
Roof555.1 m (1,821 ft)[1]
Top floor555.1 m (1,821 ft)[1]
Observatory562.2 m (1,844 ft)[3]
Technical details
Floor count115, plus 5 underground floors[1]
Floor area385,918 m2 (4,153,990 sq ft)[1]
Lifts/elevators80[1][4]
Design and construction
ArchitectKohn Pedersen Fox Associates[5]
DeveloperPing An Life Insurance Company of China[1]
Structural engineerThornton Tomasetti[6]
Main contractorChina Construction First Building Group[1]
Ping An Finance Centre
Simplified Chinese平安国际金融中心
Traditional Chinese平安國際金融中心
Literal meaningPing An International Finance Center

Progress
PAFC Mall in April 2019

The building is located within the Central Business District of Shenzhen in Futian. Its 18,931 square meter lot was purchased by Ping An Group via auction at a price of 1.6568 billion RMB on 6 November 2007. Design of the building began in 2008 with Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates providing the architectural design and Thornton Tomasetti providing structural design.[2] Its foundation stone was laid on 29 August 2009, and construction started in November the same year. China Construction First Building Group was hired as the general contractor to construct the building.[2]

On 15 March 2013, the construction process was temporarily halted, due to the suspected use of concrete made with unprocessed sea sand, which could corrode the steel structure. Construction resumed on the building after sample testing.

On the morning of 15 July 2014, upon a 10-meter-long steel column being lifted to place, the skyscraper exceeded 443.8 meters in height, surpassing the KK100 Tower to become the tallest building in Shenzhen.

The building topped out on 30 April 2015, and became the second tallest skyscraper in China at a height of 599 meters. The original plan was to add a 60-meter-long antenna atop the building to surpass the Shanghai Tower and become the tallest building in China. However, in February 2015, it was decided that the antenna would not top the tower due to the possibility that it might obstruct flight paths.[9][10][11]

Features

The building contains office, hotel and retail spaces, a conference center, and a high-end shopping mall. Floor 116 feature an observation deck named Free Sky.[12] As its name suggests, it is also the headquarters of Ping An Insurance. The design of the building is meant to be unique and elegant, and to represent the history and achievements of the main tenant. A stainless-steel facade that weighs approximately 1,700 metric tons provides a modern design to the building.[2]

The building has a total gross floor area of 378,600 square meters. The 115-story tower has a width-to-height aspect ratio of 1:10 and also has an 11-story podium. Including the podium, the building has 495,520 square meters of floor space. A five-level basement adds another 90,000 square meters of area. The 620,000 metric ton tower has eight main columns which form the superstructure. The column dimensions range from approximately 6 by 3.2 m at the lowest level to 2.9 by 1.4 m at the top of the tower.[2]

Elevators

The Ping An International Finance Center is equipped with 33 double deck elevators,[4] with its Destination Control going at speeds of up to 10 m/s.

Climbing attempts

The Ping An Financial Center has been the subject of frequent rooftopping attempts. In January 2015, daredevil Malaysian photographer Keow Wee Loong climbed the then incomplete building and released video footage and a photo taken from a crane at the tower's top.[13][14][15]

The structure was subsequently climbed during Chinese New Year on 19 February 2015 by two Russian and Ukrainian urban explorers, Vadim Makhorov and Vitaly Raskalov from Ontheroofs, who further climbed out to a crane above the under-construction tower and documented their ascent with video and photos.[16][17][18]

Phase 2

The second building of the project, a 290-meter, 47-story skyscraper known as the South Tower, has been completed. Construction began in April 2014 and it opened in 2018/19. The complex includes a 5-star Park Hyatt hotel, a planned retail bridge connecting the two skyscrapers from levels 3 through 6.[19]

  • Ping An Finance Center, Shenzhen
  • June 2013
  • December 2013
  • December 2014
  • May 2015
  • August 2015
  • September 2015
  • March 2016
  • November 2016
  • The Skyline of Shenzhen, the tallest building in the middle being Ping An IFC
  • View of ShenZhen from the top of PAFC Tower
  • Ping An Finance Center shown from the top of Shun Hing Square

See also

References
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