The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world at 828 meters tall. It has a distinctive Y-shaped structural core and floor plan that helps reduce wind loads and improve aerodynamics. The mixed-use skyscraper consists of office space, hotels, residential apartments, retail, and parking spanning 163 floors, with 57 lifts and 4 swimming pools serving over 6,00,000 square meters of space. Its foundation comprises 192 piles supporting a 3.7 meter thick raft to transfer loads through dense concrete 20 meters below ground, with a modular structural system utilizing a central hexagonal shaft and branching shear walls.
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world at 828 meters tall. It has a distinctive Y-shaped structural core and floor plan that helps reduce wind loads and improve aerodynamics. The mixed-use skyscraper consists of office space, hotels, residential apartments, retail, and parking spanning 163 floors, with 57 lifts and 4 swimming pools serving over 6,00,000 square meters of space. Its foundation comprises 192 piles supporting a 3.7 meter thick raft to transfer loads through dense concrete 20 meters below ground, with a modular structural system utilizing a central hexagonal shaft and branching shear walls.
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world at 828 meters tall. It has a distinctive Y-shaped structural core and floor plan that helps reduce wind loads and improve aerodynamics. The mixed-use skyscraper consists of office space, hotels, residential apartments, retail, and parking spanning 163 floors, with 57 lifts and 4 swimming pools serving over 6,00,000 square meters of space. Its foundation comprises 192 piles supporting a 3.7 meter thick raft to transfer loads through dense concrete 20 meters below ground, with a modular structural system utilizing a central hexagonal shaft and branching shear walls.
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world at 828 meters tall. It has a distinctive Y-shaped structural core and floor plan that helps reduce wind loads and improve aerodynamics. The mixed-use skyscraper consists of office space, hotels, residential apartments, retail, and parking spanning 163 floors, with 57 lifts and 4 swimming pools serving over 6,00,000 square meters of space. Its foundation comprises 192 piles supporting a 3.7 meter thick raft to transfer loads through dense concrete 20 meters below ground, with a modular structural system utilizing a central hexagonal shaft and branching shear walls.
CONCEPT Taking the inspiration from Hymenocallis flower petals and adding It with the shape of Islamic arches The Y shape of Burj is utilized to shape The inner structural core. Design helps to reduce wind forces and Improve aerodynamics of the structure By tapering it narrow skywords. The shape checks the boxes of 1. Iconic design 2. Aerodynamics 3. Structural efficiency 4. Views and orientation 5. Aesthetic appeal 6. Height ambitions 7. Buildings stability and functionality A mixed use 828m tall skyscraper consist of :- 1. Total build up :- 6,00,000 msq 2. Office space :- 30,000 msq of 49 floors 3. Retail 4. Hotels :- Armani hotels, 160 rooms 5. Residential spaces :- 2,00,000 msq, 1000 appartments 6. Shopping complex :- 7. Parking :- 9 levels in basement 8. 163 habitable floors Elevators 9. 46 maintenance levels 10. Total of 57 lifts 11. 4 swimming pools 12. 6 levels of podium
Foundation mix of raft + pile foundation
192 piles of 1.5m diameter and 50m length on a distance of 3.15m c to c from each other. 3.7m thick raft slab is reinforced on this piles 20m below the ground floor 9 level of basement parking from the raft to Ground level. High density, low permeability concrete was used Zoning Structural system Modular structural system :- Buttressed core 1. Central hexagonal shaft at core 2. Three branches spread out of core At 120 degree angle from each other 3. 2 Shear wall runs across the centre of This branches with 9 meter spacing 4. This central core provides the torsional Resistance to the structure. 5. Corridor walls extend from the central Core to near the end of each wing terminating in thickened hammer head walls. 6. Corridor walls and hammerhead walls behave Similar to the webs and flanges of a beam to resist the wind shears and moments. 7. Perimeter columns and flat plate floor construction complete the system. Master plan Ground floor plan Mechanical floors Elevators 7 double storey height mechanical floors after every 30 1. Destination-Controlled System: floors holding :- Burj Khalifa uses a destination-controlled elevator system. 1. Electrical sub station Passengers input their desired floor on a keypad before 2. Water tanks and pumps entering the elevator. The system then assigns the most 3. Air handling units for HVAC efficient elevator to take them to their destination, 4. Fire fighting tanks and pumps optimizing travel times and reducing waiting periods. 5. Workers utility area 2. Multiple Elevator Banks 6. Storage rooms 3. Double-Decker Elevators 4. High Speed elevators
