Taipei Financial Center (Taipei 101)

Architect - CY Lee & Partners

Ward Sellars was the Principal in Acoustics & Telecommunications, working with CY Lee Architects. This Ultra-high rise tower houses the new Taipei Stock Exchange, as well as many local and international financial services firms. A large mall is also located in the podium. Located adjacent to the City Hall and World Trade Centre in the new south eastern part of the Taiwan capital, the building dominates the skyline. Mr. Sellars and his colleagues in offices in New York, San Francisco and Hong Kong all collaborated on the project, providing Acoustical and Telecommunications design for the base-building landlord. The telecommunications infrastructure design supports the needs of the financial services tenants, as well as the Taiwan Stock Exchange which occupies 9 of the lower floors. A total of 106 Satellite dishes are planned for the building, covering all current geo-stationery satellites as well as planned & future Ku/Ka band services. More than 40,000 copper telephone/data pairs and 5,000 fibre-optic pairs are included in the design. Because of the height of the building, the design team divided the building into 3 telecom zones, each with their own MDF’s and risers. Dual entrance facilities and extensive interconnection to the ‘intelligent building’ systems round out the Telecom facilities. Acoustical challenges includes vibration control for the fastest passenger elevators in the world (1500 feet per minute, equivalent to 30 miles per hour) and noise control for high speed air distribution. Plumbing noise control comes into play in such a high building, and this has been looked at extensively. Last, but not least is the vibration and noise control associated with a 3-storey high 800 ton spherical mass damper located above an executive meeting area and restaurant at the top of the building