[avcellvs]

The original thread has been lost. :hell:

June 25th 2005, from the JinMao. The Jasper tower plot is on the right (the other is the Development tower). Underground floors seem completed.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/15/412/512_o.jpg

[avcellvs]

May 23th 2005 news from the developer web site

News Report on Jasper Tower Project

Construction of project of Jasper Tower is getting along like a raging fire in April of spring, sowing hopes for Zhongrong Group with occasional timely rains.

According to the current construction speed, earth digging for the fifth layer, also the last layer of the foundation hole will start from Apr.20 on. The digging depth ranges from C16.8 m to C20.4m, and the core part even reaches C24.5m, the deepest in the current Lujiazui area.

Sowing hope in the spring, we are looking forward to the substantial harvest in the future.

[avcellvs]

From SSPage gallery, the biggest rendering available

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/568z.jpg

[avcellvs]

Another rendering from the developer site :

http://www.china-zrg.com/images/nei/TU_21.JPG

This is the former version of the building. The podium has been changed, it will feature a several floors mall.

The tower heigh is uncertain, the last developer news mentioned 220 meters but it could be a typo so that finally we might end with the formerly announced 200 meters.

[some_stupid_nut]

This is one of the towers I'm really happy is being built! It is so nice! Whee!

SO there will be a larger podium on the bottom? :( Hope it doesnt mess withthe flow of the skyscraper.

[avcellvs]

Yes, this building is very promising. I'll try to find back the renderings with the new podium.

[Fabb]

It's a beautiful tower, in the style of the recent KPF designs. Is it a production of this firm ?

[avcellvs]

Yes partly, but the glass top does not look like anything KPF ever drew.
The architects are Gresham, Smith and partners, an american firm.

[Fabb]

The glass roof is amazing, like a greenhouse in the sky. But it'll probably be very expensive to maintain.

[vincent]

all these new skyscrapers in pudong will definitely impress tourist visiting china in the olympic game :-)

[avcellvs]

The developper has just redesigned its web site. No new rederings but the 220 metres height is confirmed 3 times.

[avcellvs]

August 7th 2005, rare angle, construction yard from the ground, pic by a cameraunion forumer.
The building is not yet rising but it won't be long now.
With five +200m high towers in row, this street will be great !

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/1915/191592/191592_1123405615.jpg

[Chad]

whats that U/C building on the left?

[avcellvs]

^ I think this is just the redcladding of the not too fascinating midrise that stands in front of the Jasper Tower plot. Anyway there is no free lot left in this block, it can't be a new construction.

[avcellvs]

Official news from the developer's site :


Project Report on Jasper Tower(2005/08/09)


After five months of tight construction work, the foundation pit soil excavation work of Jasper Tower project is completed on May 20th, 2005. This means that the structure construction stage of Jasper project has begun.

Since the start of the foundation pit work in January 2005, the quality, schedule and safety of the construction has been very satisfying. This is the result of careful organization and collaboration of all participating parties. At present, the maximum deviation of the position of foundation protection - underground wall is 99.08mm, which is totally controllable. And the deviation of the position of roads and piping layout and the differences of underground water level and pressure bearing water level are all with the controllable scope. The safety of the foundation pit work is strongly ensured.

The diameter of the slab steel bar is quite big (ß∂32). And the under-beams are allocated partially on every floor underground. The thickness of the slab of the main tower is 2.8m. The slab steel bar ends are connected with ground wall earthing equipment, so the binding work of the steel bars is very difficult. However, the managing team of the Jasper project is never afraid of the difficulties. The more challenging the work is, the more excited and hardworking the project team is. As for the current steel bar work, firstly, we are improving the internal managerial system to enhance the sense of quality; secondly, we require the inspector company to strengthen the inspection work to seriously ensure the quality of every procedure; thirdly, when encountering questions and problems of the project, the construction parties will contact the designer in time to solve the problems promptly and properly through team-work.

Another tough job we faced recently was the large scale concrete pouring of foundation slab. It is an inspection on the all parties’ capability and a test on the on-site construction department’s organizing ability. As such, all the parties made thorough preparations for the job. The project department contacted the temperature testing company for the concrete pouring and submitted the testing plan to the inspector and designer for approval. Construction party also provided the organization structure of construction team for approval. The construction party thoroughly planned and controlled the concrete ingredients proportions, raw materials provision and concrete transportation. The intention of all those work was to prepare soundly for the concrete pouring work. By all parties’ collaboration, the concrete pouring work was successfully finished by the end of June.

The fourth supporting equipment has been removed and the structure construction of the four-floor basement is now under critical construction.

We seeded hope in the land of Jasper Tower in spring; we cultivate the land with passion and perspiration in summer; we believe that we will receive substantial harvest from the land in autumn.

[avcellvs]

July 2005, from the JinMao. Works were begining on the plot of the stripped midrise in front of the Jasper Tower, recladding I guess. Is there any possibility to extend a building in height ?

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/140/591_o.jpg

[Pandemonious]

So is the height of this building known? If you can find it, and get some good renderings I would be more than happy to do a diagram of this glass beauty.

[avcellvs]

Pandemonious, here are all the renderings I found.

The latest version of the building (new podium) :

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/179/33.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/179/36.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/179/34.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/179/35.jpg


Another rendering from the Central Green Park, by Moyan808 :

http://www3.worldisround.com/hosted/7/530/28.jpg

[Fabb]

The last rendering looks different.
This tower will be best seen from above, won't it ?

[Dream'n]

It's beautiful.

[Chad]

The last rendering looks different.
This tower will be best seen from above, won't it ?

I think it's the green one behind.

[avcellvs]

September 18th 2005, from the ground. The tower is not rising yet but according to the developer site news it is imminent. Now that the AZIA center is hidding the plot from the Oriental Pearl, pix of the Jasper tower construction yard are very rare. (See the midrise getting recladded next to the HSBC building, too)

http://image63.webshots.com/163/0/60/70/453906070CnFbcI_ph.jpg

[some_stupid_nut]

The new podium sucks. I also never realized how much the top sticks out. The original rendering from the top is much better. Eek!

[avcellvs]

September 22th 2005, from the JinMao.

Too bad the pic is blurred for we could have seen how many underground floors were already built.

http://image60.webshots.com/160/9/96/61/458299661wURjbA_ph.jpg

[avcellvs]

Developper's news report on Zhongrong Jasper Tower (2005/09/30) :

After achieving complete success of pouring of the big bedplate and backout of the fourth strut frame in the end of June, construction of framework of third storey underground had been finished by Sep.9. Currently, the second strut frame is being removed and the framework of the second storey underground has been completed. It is believed that Zhongrong Jasper Tower, with joint efforts and meticulous organization of all the staff from each participating part, will surely be rewarded with a golden autumn of success.

[Lecom]

The large rendering is amazing.

[giallo]

Nov. 24th


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/bet%20it/zhongrong4.jpg

[colemonkee]

Finally coming above ground. Thanks for reviving this thread, giallo!

[Fabb]

I bet it'll be another super-fast rising building.
I'm looking forward to it.

[giallo]

Dec 19th



Three more floors added. The site has three construction cranes now. The third one is hidden behind the core. Why so many cranes?

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/dec19jasper.jpg

[avcellvs]

22th december 2005, from the HSBC tower, by vcgod. Great pic.

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200512/2331/233100/233100_1135258452.jpg

[giallo]

Dec. 26th


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/dec26jasper.jpg

[giallo]

Jan 11th

Moving on up...

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/jan11jasper.jpg

[avcellvs]

It's really great to see this one rising after all those waiting years :D

[avcellvs]

News from the developper's site (http://www.china-zrg.com/english/news.asp)

Jasper under the blue sky(2005/12/05)


As the ancient literators say: the natural jasper is like the lotus coming out of clear water. The jade is a symbol of nobility, representing people's good wishes and blessing. The Jasper Tower is just like the beautiful jade of Zhongrong Group, symbolizing Zhongrong's spirit of being friendly, modest, hard working, enterprising and self-improving.

Since starting construction of project Jasper Tower, all the staff in the project department have been holding together and completed the construction of peg, underground diaphragm wall, basement flooring, structural construction of three underground floors as well as well as inspection of deep foundation pit and construction of steel structure, etc.
While the heated construction is under way on the building spot, the management personnel and the workers are all working overtime. Currently, 12 steel poles for the first part of core in the main building have UNDER THE BLUE SKY

been installed, examined and positioned. The colligation work of the steel bars is under way right now. The 18 steel tubes and poles in main building have all been fixed and the concrete pouring and smashing of the steel tubes has been completed. Backout of the first batch of supporting steel bars has come to an end, leaving little for manual backout. Colligation of steel bars in the north of back pouring belt of B1F has been finished. In section II, colligation of girder bars and flooring of templets are under way. Scaffold of steel poles for the sloping girder has been set up. It is planed to carry out concreting and pouring of Section I in the north of B1F from Nov. 3 on.

It is predicted that structural construction beneath ¡À0.000 will be finished by Nov. 15, 2005 and construction of overground main structure will formally start, indicating a new stage of project of Jasper Tower. Main structure will be completed by the end of year 2006; decoration and installation of water, power, air conditioning facilities will be started in the beginning of year 2007; equipment debugging, comprehensive debugging and trial operation of water, power and air condition facilities will start in the first half of year 2008 and in the same year the whole project will pass the examination and acceptance on completion and be delivered to the owners.
In the course of whole engineering management, staff of the project department pool their ideas and make concerted and united efforts to solve a series of technical problems such as the construction of deep foundation pit, consolidation of foundation pit, construction and backout of supporting structure, temperature control of ground floor concrete, and connection of steel bars of underground diaphragm, etc., accumulating precious experience for construction of foundation. Besides, the project department has also made active coordination between construction unit and design unit and trusted professional supervision unit to ensure the construction security and engineering quality of the project with the deepest foundation pit in the minor Lujiazui area. The project has also realized the goal of ¡°no accident in construction and quality¡± and passed the examination and acceptance of building sites of civilized construction in Shanghai. All these above factors make a successful starting point and lay a solid foundation for project of Jasper Tower to ensure ¡°Bai Yu Lan Award¡± and win ¡°Luban Award¡±.

All the managing personnel in the department of Jasper Tower firmly believe that under the leadership of Chairman Ni, we will build the project of Jasper Tower into a landmark project of Zhongrong Group. Through our hard working and accumulating managing experience and with an open mind, a sense of duty and responsibility and energetic enthusiasm, we will make full play of our intelligence and conscientiousness to do our contribution in Zhongrong's fast and steady development.
We will take more pride in telling others: ¡°I am one of Zhongrong family and I am proud of that.

[phillyskyline]

This is an awesome project thats really flying under the international radar... i like the design a lot...

[Fabb]

Main structure will be completed by the end of year 2006;

They'd better hurry. Only 11 months and a half left !

[giallo]

Feb 10

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/feb10jasper.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/feb10jasper2.jpg

[avcellvs]

A february 24th 2006 posted pic. The core in between the AZIA Center and the Merryshit Bd.

http://image50.webshots.com/150/9/43/34/2425943340083364709LyGeQn_fs.jpg

[Fabb]

A february 24th 2006 posted pic. The core in between the AZIA Center and the Merryshit Bd.



You made up that name, right ? That's risky. It might become famous because of that.

[giallo]

March 1


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar1jasper.jpg

[avcellvs]

March 6th 2006, from theHSBC tower

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200603/2068/206882/206882_1141636824.jpg

[Fabb]

March 6th 2006, from theHSBC tower

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200603/2068/206882/206882_1141636824.jpg

The curved cross section is clearly visible. This one is definitely not a box.

[giallo]

Mar 13


We have steel, folks!!!

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar13jasper.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar13jasper2.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar13jasper3.jpg

[R@ptor]

Thanks for the updates. That's one of my favorite towers currently u/c in Shanghai...especially the top looks great.

[giallo]

Mar 28


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar28jasper.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar28jasper2.jpg

[Fabb]

Great update.
Thanks !

[Urban Zombie®]

The pre steel phase is always the slowest it seems. This thing is going to grow like a snake-firework from now on.

[giallo]

Apr 11


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr11jasper.jpg

[avcellvs]

April, 13th 2006, from the HSBC tower (pic by oysterperpetual)

http://image.xitek.com/forum/200604/2068/206882/206882_1144919025.jpg

[Fabb]

April, 13th 2006, from the HSBC tower (pic by oysterperpetual)

http://image.xitek.com/forum/200604/2068/206882/206882_1144919025.jpg

Interesting view from above.

[avcellvs]

April 16th 2006, from the jinMao.

http://image46.webshots.com/46/6/54/90/2069654900089194355mspMuI_ph.jpg


April 18th 2006, from WaiTan.

http://image52.webshots.com/52/9/52/41/2025952410089234741EYLWOO_fs.jpg

[giallo]

Ap 24


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr24jasper.jpg

[cadmonkey]

Thanks for the updates. Would it be possible to get a view from the North?

[architect1]

wow its a vary cool looking building. Like the updats on the construction.

[giallo]

May 11


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/may11jasper.jpg

[avcellvs]

The Development Tower podium construction has progressed too. These beams in the foreground were not up in your last pix. Very strange (and beautiful) bamboo scaffoldings.

[giallo]

Jun 19


It's on the right for those of you just tuning in

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/jun20jasper.jpg

[Fabb]

The steel beams have progressed by six floors in about fourty days. The pace of the construction would be one floor per week.

[giallo]

July 6

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/july6jasper.jpg



Installing the window panels

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/july6jasper2.jpg

[Fabb]

Thanks for the update !

[avcellvs]

2006/07/05 (news from the developper's site)

At present, the Construction Project Jasper Tower is in progress and on schedule. The details of the construction are as follows:
The reinforced concrete core tube of the main building has been built to 21F;
The core-tube periphery steel structure of the main building has been built to 16F;
The steel frame carrier plate of the main building has been built to 13F;
The lightweight sand block structure of the basement has been completed 95%. The construction of grooving for pipelines has started as well;
The embedded parts of the main building glazing wall have been conveyed to the spot in batches; wielding and anti-pullout experiment has also been conducted; some parts have been embedded too.

The year of 2006 is a structure year for the Construction Project Jasper Tower. Its major target is to make sure that the construction structure will have been sealed by the end of this year. When the main structure is under construction in accordance with the prearrangement.

...

It no doubt that the design and the construction quality of the Jasper Tower curtain wall has great influence on the overall quality of the Construction Project Jasper Tower, the upgrade of the whole construction and the integral embodiment of the original intention of the design. So the design and construction of the Jasper Tower curtain wall is enormously difficult and complex with a view of embodiment of the perfect blue print. To ensure a smooth construction of the curtain wall, a good many detailed projects are needed to guide the further design and construction for the next step during the period from May to August. The project department will cooperate with the curtain wall contractor, the design institute and spot management department, reasonably arrange the schedule, figure out the specifics and solve the problems found in the curtain wall construction item by item with the spirit of ants gnawing at a bone, so as to make sure that the further design of the curtain wall will be completed earlier and then can enter into a substantial construction phase.

http://www.china-zrg.com/english/admin/news_view.asp?newsid=112

[staff]

Could anyone post some renderings of this tower? All the photos on the first page of this thread are dead.

[Shanghai_Fan]

Could anyone post some renderings of this tower? All the photos on the first page of this thread are dead.

http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/1968/515591165nz.jpg

http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/8896/568z8iq.jpg

Enjoy :)

[giallo]

I love this tower.

[staff]

Hot damn! It looks awesome! What's the height?

[Boris2k7]

Friggin SWEET! The 'crown' wins me over, totally!

[giallo]

The height is 220m.

[Dougall5505]

That is a great tower

[giallo]

July 26


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/july26jasper.jpg



From my bank's window. Sorry about the glare

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/july26jasper2.jpg



Here's the glass. It looks slick

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/july26jasper3.jpg

[Urban Zombie®]

I'm just realizing that by 2008, there are going to be a SHITLOAD of giant towers, panelled with extremely reflective siding. I wonder if walking through LuJiaZui will somewhat resemble walking through Han's lair of mirrors in Enter the Dragon. :D

[Fabb]

The glass roof is an interesting feature. I wonder if it'll be accessible to the public.

[giallo]

^ It better be.

When I look closer at the rendering it looks like there are multiple floors exposed under the glass roof. I wonder if there is going to be some sort of open business plaza up there.

[Hoodrat]

imo, Jasper is tied with Bishopsgate (London) as the most promising highrises currently proposed or u/c.

[Fabb]

^ It better be.

When I look closer at the rendering it looks like there are multiple floors exposed under the glass roof.

It looks like a greenhouse.
I guess that some kind of filter will be used to keep the temperature under control.

[staff]

Wow, this tower really is one of the best skyscrapers under construction in the world right now! If not the best.

It reminds me somewhat of a taller and even better looking Tour EDF (which is one of my favourite towers in Europe) in La Défense, Paris.

[Lecom]

It even has the nice large almost column-free spans.

[giallo]

Aug 11


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/aug11jasper.jpg

[Fabb]

Window panes !
Right in the middle !!
Well, they've got to start somewhere.

[staff]

Ugh, what kind of colour is that!? Looks different in the renderings...

[Urban Zombie®]

Window panes !
Right in the middle !!
Well, they've got to start somewhere.

Heh, that was my first thought: what an odd place to begin the paneling.

[avcellvs]

Very promising building. Thanks for all the updates Giallo.

Next time you go to Pudong could you pay a visit to the Gran Mélia Hotel, cladding has begun. And I think there are foundations works on the plot next to the Aquarium too. Any rendering there ?

[giallo]

Aug 23

Some different angles to start off this update

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/aug22jasper.jpg




Nice to see some test glass in the concave

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/aug22jasper2.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/aug22jasper3.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/aug22jasper4.jpg

[Fabb]

I'm getting some sense of déjà vu...

http://stickyesman.free.fr/ladefensephotos/ldedfsoir.jpghttp://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/aug22jasper2.jpg

[avcellvs]

Great update giallo, thanks for unveilling this new angle !

@ fabb : keep in mind that after this cantelever you will have a symetrical set back at the top. It's part of the very elegant global rounding of the facades angles.

Very promising tower ! I'm looking forward for the crown construction.

[Shanghai_Fan]

According to a moderator of Skyscrapers.cn the final height of this wonder has been raised to 288.8 m

[Fabb]

This is huge ! Your post deserves more visibility :

According to a moderator of Skyscrapers.cn the final height of this wonder has been raised to 288.8 m

[giallo]

Are you kidding me? That awesome news. It will totally change the shape of the Pudong skyline for the better. It will also be the fourth tallest in Shanghai until Wheelock square is finished.

[Fabb]

Are you kidding me? That awesome news.

I'm not surprised though.
In the beginning, wasn't it supposed to be taller, then reduced ?
I wonder if they're not going for the initial plan.

[avcellvs]

In the beginning, wasn't it supposed to be taller, then reduced ?
I wonder if they're not going for the initial plan.


No, it was supposed to be 200 meters high and it has be turned into 220m.

On the english version of the developper's web ( http://www.china-zrg.com ), official height is still 220m. Any new announcement on the plot ?

[skysoldier]

No, it was supposed to be 200 meters high and it has be turned into 220m.

On the english version of the developper's web ( http://www.china-zrg.com ), official height is still 220m. Any new announcement on the plot ?

It's just a joke in the website.
However, the website is not available now. No proof now.

[Fabb]

No, it was supposed to be 200 meters high and it has be turned into 220m.

Am I confusing with Development Tower ?

[giallo]

^ I think so. The Development tower was originally supposed to be 290m if I remember correctly.


The reason I'm skeptical about this change in height is because 220m was written on the poster outside of the construction site. I don't think you can start building a 220m building and decided half way through to add another 60m without preparing for it first.

Here is the poster with all the information including the 220m height. You'll have to take my word for it.


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/bet%20it/zhongrong4.jpg

[Shanghai_Fan]

:(

[Urban Zombie®]

A couple of very shoddy pics for August 25th:

http://i.pbase.com/o4/45/599045/1/65724180.edIPR081.IMG_4069.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/o4/45/599045/1/65724182.LdeLYYT1.IMG_4071.jpg

[Fabb]

Two constructions updated at the same time. Thanks !

[staff]

I was just about to comment the similarity to Tour EDF, but Fabb was faster than me. :)
Is this 289 metres thing just nonsense, or whut?

Anton,
Photos that are not taken from your apt. window? What a pleasant surprise! :)

[Urban Zombie®]

^Yeah--you can check out page 45 of the SWFC thread as well as the latest page in the Shanghai city compilation thread...i posted a bunch of shite in the two threads today (and from the outside world to boot).

[Fabb]

I was just about to comment the similarity to Tour EDF, but Fabb was faster than me. :)

No, no.
You were faster.
Check the post #76.

[R@ptor]

I’m back from my huge China trip and of course I also covered all the construction going on there. So I have construction updates for buildings in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xi’an, Hangzhou and Suzhou. It will take a while until I post all of them here, since I took over 13,800 photos during the trip and as you can imagine it takes a while to sort through all of them, but let’s start with Shanghai.

All Shanghai updates were taken between 16th and 21st August


http://www.jochenhertweck.com/upload/jasper01.JPG

http://www.jochenhertweck.com/upload/jasper02.JPG

http://www.jochenhertweck.com/upload/jasper03.JPG