DUBAI, UAE: Ding Jiemin, world-renowned engineer and expert in super high-rise buildings, announced his plans to construct one of the tallest buildings in the world in Chongqing, China, SUNAC A-ONE. The announcement was made at a conference last week in Dubai, the design capital of the world known for its miraculous and boundary-breaking architecture.

When completed, the SUNAC A-ONE will be composed of a 103-story, 470-meter super high-rise skyscraper with three subsidiary towers up to 348.9-meters. The podium project stands in Jiangbeizui of Chongqing, forming a cluster of super high-rise skyscraper rarely seen in the world. When built, it will set a new record for the tallest building in Chongqing and will be listed in the top 20 tallest buildings in the world.

“Skyscrapers are at the peak of human construction technology, and the result of mature development and the combined experience of experts from all over the world. The impressive addition of SUNAC A-ONE to the world’s skyscrapers will have a significant impact on the design of buildings to come,” said Mr. Jiemin. “We chose to make this announcement in Dubai because design experts and architects look to Dubai for its mystical and courageous architecture. It’s a gathering place for some of the most well-known super high-rise experts in the world.”

As a financial height in the western China, Chongqing is located at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers, giving birth to brilliant history and culture. Therefore, the building’s designers have stressed the importance of the two rivers through the architectural language. The tower building gradually changes from the quadrilateral plane at the bottom to the circular plane on the top, while the tower’s body displays highlights the structural aesthetics. It’s microarc, concaved, curved surface adds flexibility to the towering volume. The two columns in A-word structure meet upward in a graceful arc, echoing the meaning of “double happiness, two rivers’ confluence” for Chongqing.

Further, by taking into consideration the energy consumption and safety issues of skyscrapers, the design goal of the A-ONE is to adopt the two-star green building and LEED gold standard as well as a variety of high-performance energy-saving measures to realize the ecological and humanized office and hotel environment.

The launch of this iconic project was announced at “Iconic Global Structures – What Can We Learn?” hosted in Dubai. It brought together the world’s leading structural engineers, architects and project participants to conduct in-depth case studies, explore different international design and construction needs and find globally connected solutions. It was the first-ever joint international conference hosted by the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE),

The conference focuses on how to simplify working on complex international projects when using multiple codes and working with teams trained to different benchmarks. Keynote speakers share experiences across three complex building styles: large public volume occupancy, unusual structures (where typical codes do not apply) and performance based design of tall buildings and it has specially invited Ron klemencic (the President of Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), John Peronto (Thornton Tomazetti Company) and many other experts to share together.

The design of SUNAC A-ONE is an impressive addition to Ding Jiemin’s portfolio, which already includes Shanghai Tower and Tangshan New Sports Center.

In the list of super-tall buildings in the world, China accounts for 50% in the top 10 and 53% in the top 100. Just as Burj Khalifa Tower for Dubai, 99 Hudson for the U.S., Petronas Towers for Malaysia, and Shanghai Tower for China, the A-ONE Project has an obvious influence on the development of Chongqing and even western China. There are reasons to believe that A-ONE will not only attract more attentions from professionals in the construction industry, but also serve as the name card of Chongqing, attracting more and more investors and tourists.

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ABOUT SUNAC

Sunac China Holdings Limited (01918.HK) is a listed company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Since its establishment in 2003, the Company, guided by its brand positioning of “Passion for Perfection”, has been committed to providing complete solutions for Chinese families to enjoy a better life by integrating high-end residential, cultural tourism, culture, commercial facilities and other resources through high-quality and diversified products or services.

Sunac China works tirelessly to strengthen its main industry of real estate, focusing on the strategy of "Real Estate Plus". The Company has established four strategic deployments: Sunac Real Estate Group, which is known as a “leading high-end lifestyle provider in China”; Sunac Services, which is positioned as a "quality life service expert"; Sunac Culture & Tourism Group, which is a “leading family entertainment service operator in China”; and Sunac Culture Group, which strives to create better culture. After years of steady development, Sunac China has established its competitive advantage in the industry, and is widely recognized by customers as an integrated service provider that provides Chinese families with a better life.

Sunac China attaches great importance to the value and power of public welfare. Apart from providing Chinese families with a better life, Sunac China actively shoulders its duty for social responsibility and continuously strives to become a “community of citizens enjoying a better life”. Sunac China established the Sunac Public Welfare Foundation to make contributions to China's public welfare, especially in the areas of education, rural revitalization and the protection of ancient buildings.

Ding Jiemin:

Professor and Doctorial Supervisor of Tongji University, Master of National Engineering Survey and Design, First-class Registered Structural Engineer in China, Fellow of The Institution of Structural Engineer in UK; Chief Engineer of Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd.

He graduated from the Department of Structural Engineering, Tongji University in 1990 with a doctor's degree in Engineering. He has been engaged in the research and design advisory work of complex structure, obtained many research achievements in complex structures such as super high-rise structures and large-span steel structures, won the First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of the Ministry of Construction, Second Prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress, First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of the Ministry of Education, First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of the Architectural Society of China, etc., and participated in the preparation of Code for seismic design of buildings (GB50011-2010), Specification for design of reticulated structures (DG/TJ 08-52-2004), and other relevant design codes of China and Shanghai. He has completed more than 100 projects of high-rise, super high-rise, large-span stadiums, convention and exhibition center, large theatres, high-speed rail transport hub, etc., and won the First and Second Prize of Construction Engineering in National Excellent Engineering Survey and Design Industry, Design Silver Award, First and Second Prize of National Excellent Architectural Structure Design, Gold Medal of British Society of Structural Engineers, Outstanding Structure Award of IABSE, Prize of Best Tall Building Worldwide of CTBUH, etc.

ABOUT ASCE

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a tax-exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. Headquartered in Reston Virginia, it is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. Its constitution was based on the older Boston Society of Civil Engineers from 1848.

ABOUT SEI

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