A 530 m tall skyscraper in Jakarta, Indonesia, will be the world’s first “supertall” tower—defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats in Chicago as those more than 300 m tall—to feature sustainability as its primary design driver. Intended to be a net-zero-energy building, the tower will boast a host of energy-saving and energy-generating features, including an array of wind turbines at its crown. But constructing the supertall building in a highly seismic area and on a site with poor soil conditions is creating an array of challenges that engineers are resolving through performance-based design.
SOM in the Press
Supertall Jakarta Tower Driven by Sustainability
Source: Civil Engineering