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Originally Posted by Guiltyspark
I just don't get it. Your view from the inside is of ugly poles and beams and another set of windows.  |
This is a point worth making. Tenants will have to decide for themselves if the view is any good or not. Having worked in Shanghai office buildings myself, I can tell you that most of the worker bees are going to be too busy working, or running chat apps on their PCs, to look out the window. However it's not unreasonable to suggest that some of the executive types might dislike the fact that this structure inherently does not allow good window views. It is also unclear (pun not intended) how good the view will actually be with 2 sets of glass to look through separated by the inner belt framework. Chinese cities are dusty (mostly with the really nasty particulate stuff that causes cancer and god knows what else) and that's not gonna help either, although Shanghai is better off in that area than Beijing.
The tenants may well decide that going to the atrium on their breaks and looking out through only one pane of glass is good enough. Then again, they may not. This is a risk that Strabala took with what is still a very radical design even with all its admitted practical advantages. I think the building will fill in the medium term just because of the enormity of the east China office market and the prestige of its being the tallest. But in the long term there may be a question; if it gets the reputation of having lousy views then the Chinese hive mind may well turn against it. Chinese businessmen are nothing if not prestige and face conscious and if there is a perception that it's inferior in any way then they will flee it in droves.
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