NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,776' Pinnacle / 1,373' Roof | 108 FLOORS - Page 553

uakoops · #**11041** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 10:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Traynor

@STR

I absolutely love the giant WTC you posted but I noticed something unusual...

The prismatic glass on the base appears "true vertical" in your rendering when in fact it slants inwards at 7 degrees. Visually, the vertical lines in that oblique angle viewpoint of the base should not appear perpendicular to the ground nor parallel to the adjacent buildings.... Should they?

The sides of the base are vertical. Only the corner chamfers are slanted.

XxBassHunterxX · #**11042** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 10:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by sw5710

Only 1212' to go.

When said like that i dont feel so excited

Traynor · #**11043** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 10:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by uakoops

The sides of the base are vertical. Only the corner chamfers are slanted.

Oh yeah... I forgot that part.

LOL

Zensteeldude · #**11044** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 10:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Traynor

OOooooo Good question!... I hadn't thought of that idea.

I'm guessing the first version, to reflect more light from the plaza and passing traffic.

The one on the left is correct.

Zensteeldude · #**11045** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 10:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by XxBassHunterxX

When said like that i dont feel so excited

Would it make you feel better if I said only 804 feet to go tell the tower structure tops out ?

Just 770' 8" to the roof !

sw5710 · #**11046** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 10:41 PM**

6 more jumps and it will be equil to 7WTC.

sw5710 · #**11047** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 10:48 PM**

Hey Zen:

Do you think the cladding has in any way slowed the work on floors 47,48?. The west side of 47,48 is slower to be built out then the last several jumps..

Zensteeldude · #**11048** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 11:08 PM**

Curtain wall installation should have no effect on steel erection, quite the reverse. Steel is top priority, followed by core and slab concrete.

The corner panels were installed on Sunday because they were not erecting steel that day therefore the tower crane was available. The rest of the panels were brought up by a construction elevator and hung with portable hoists.

sw5710 · #**11049** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 11:23 PM**

Thanks Zen:

STR · #**11050** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 11:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by Zensteeldude

The one on the left is correct.

How do they fit in a 7* slant like that? Aren't you going to run into the columns? Or have the base columns slanted outwards and nobody ever noticed?

2-TOWERS · #**11051** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 11:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by brooklynbandit

might wanna use a different term lol

amazing AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Traynor · #**11052** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 11:47 PM**

My bad folks...

Only the corners are slanted inwards... I was having a Brain F*&t about STR's render of the base.

Now back to your regular scheduled programming....

STR · #**11053** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 11:51 PM**

^Your on my #$%@ list. I wasted 30 minutes trying to figure that out.

Mr. Lion · #**11054** Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 11:58 PM**

Traynor · #**11055** Posted **Nov 18, 2010, 12:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by STR

^Your on my #$%@ list. I wasted 30 minutes trying to figure that out.

LOL

You're list would not be the only one of those that I would be on.

However, according to an old render on the first page of this thread, the corners have some panels of glass and they are indeed slanted 7 degrees inward. Your render does not show these.

(Found on page one of this thread.)

Zensteeldude · #**11056** Posted **Nov 18, 2010, 12:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by STR

How do they fit in a 7* slant like that? Aren't you going to run into the columns? Or have the base columns slanted outwards and nobody ever noticed?

It only slants out 7 degrees at the corner chamfer, and the corner columns are 7 degrees from vertical.

In case anyone missed it, the cardinal direction faces of the tower are perfectly vertical at the center from the lobby floor to the top of the parapet.