Location
Hong Kong
Owner
Swire Properties
Completed on
2004
Scope of our work
construction design
Architect
Wong & Ouyang, Hongkong
The cable net wall forms the facade for the lobby of the 38 storey office, hotel and retail complex. The facade spans in vertical max. 18 m between the floor and the first ceiling and 13 m in horizontal direction between the building columns. The curved cables in horizontal and vertical direction are pretensioned against each other. The glass is detached from the cable net, the dead load is carried by additional vertical cables. Wind loads are transferred to the cable net by stainless steel struts. The glass panels that also carry the wind loads in the corners brace the façade.
Span: 18 m vertical / 13 m horizontal
Height of facade: 18 m
Façade area: 2,000 m²
Glass: laminated tempered glass 12+12 mm, approx 3.25×3.25 m, pointed supported
Cables: spiral strand, stainless steel
Cast elements: stainless steel, bead blast
Span: 18 m vertical / 13 m horizontal
Height of facade: 18 m
Façade area: 2,000 m²
Glass: laminated tempered glass 12+12 mm, approx 3.25×3.25 m, pointed supported
Cables: spiral strand, stainless steel
Cast elements: stainless steel, bead blast
Three Pacific Place, Hong Kong


