다음 세계 최고의 빌딩은? Council Visit Reveals Insights on “World’s Next Tallest” Construction Progress in Jeddah : VIDEO


Council Visit Reveals Insights on “World’s Next Tallest” Construction Progress in Jeddah


Jeddah Tower, artist's image 


Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – 30 May 2017

CTBUH Executive Director Dr. Antony Wood was recently invited to visit the construction site of Jeddah Tower, poised to become the world’s tallest tower and the first 1,000-plus-meter structure ever built. Building developer Jeddah Economic Company (JEC) kindly sponsored the trip and hosted Dr. Wood, while Saudi Binladin Group, the main contractor, facilitated the tour.


다음 세계 최고의 빌딩은?


세계초고층도시건축학회(CTBUH)의 우드박사는 차기 세계 최고의 

빌딩이 될 사우디 제다타워를 방문해 시공 현황을 조사했다..


현재 56층, 252m가 시공됐지만 놀랍게도 이 높이는 겨우 전체 완성높이의 1/4에 불과하다.


이미 수평선 위에 있는 다른 어떤 것들보다도 두드러져 보이며 제다 타워의 특유의  

Y-타입 날개 모양도 분명하게 보이고 있다.


총 5.3백만m2 면적의 제다 북부 이코노믹시티 한복판에 건설되는 제다타워의 완공으로 

1.55백만m2의 1단계 개발이 완료된다.


2014년에 착공된 제다타워의 총 높이는 1,000m, 167층 규모로 2019년 완공을 목표로 하고 있다.


사막 위에 세워지는 초고층 건물이지만 완벽하게 실현되는 완성된 도시를 상상하는 것은 

그리 어렵지 않다.


황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor


Dr. Wood was given exclusive access to the site, and was able to detail the extent of ongoing construction. At the time of his visit, the tower was built to level 56, rising 252 meters from ground-level. Amazingly, that is only a quarter of its full height; however, due to its location outside the city center, it already looms above everything else on the horizon.



Saudi Binladin Group’s Senior Project Director, Nabil Batrawi, and Projects Coordinator, Hani Kabrit, were on-site to welcome Dr. Wood and lead him though the building along with other colleagues from Saudi Binladin Group. The visit encompassed a full tour of the tower, which was brimming with activity as ongoing construction continues. 


Notably, Dr. Wood was given access to the top of the current tower core, level 56 at the time, which is some 10 floors above the floor construction below. From there, the tower’s Y-shaped wings were plainly visible. Additionally, from that vantage point, the full expanse of the greater Jeddah Economic City was in view. At the moment, it remains undeveloped, with construction beginning in later phases. However, its immense scale was on full display.


Jeddah Tower is being built as the anchor for Jeddah Economic City, which will encompass 5.3 million square meters of land north of historic Jeddah. The first phase of development comprises 1.55 million square meters that will be built following the completion of the tower.




With the journey to the top of the tower complete and the tour coming to a close, Saudi Binladin Group saved the best for last. Rather than return to the ground-floor on the construction elevators, which were busy facilitating construction, Dr. Wood, Batrawi, Kabrit, and their companions all took a hair-raising journey down the outside of the tower, lowered via crane.


The group traveled in a materials hoist attached at a single point to the tower crane. With a grated floor and exposed walls, the hoist provided spectacular views as it was raised above the top floor of the tower and subsequently lowered to ground-level in just a few minutes.


Ultimately, the trip to the top and back of the world’s future tallest tower provided a number of insights on its ongoing construction. The project is now humming along, having reached level 56 of its planned 167 floors and a height of 252 meters, roughly a quarter of its 1,000-plus-meter total. Additionally, although it rises out of the desert now, it is not hard to imagine the fully realized city that will accompany its completion.


In addition, while in Jeddah, Dr. Wood met with the CEO of JEC, CTBUH Trustee Mounib Hammoud, at JEC's headquarters, where, among other things, they discussed the possibility of a 2018 CTBUH conference in the Middle East taking place in Dubai and Jeddah. Hammoud expressed support for the event, which would be the Council's first conference in the region since the 8th World Congress held in Dubai in 2008. 

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