At 1km high, Phoenix Towers for HuaYan Group in Wuhan will be the world’s tallest pair of towers, a landmark within an environmental master plan for Wuhan, the capital of central China.
The project, developed in the course of Chetwoods’ self-funded research, incorporates design and technological features. The main Tower accommodates the World’s tallest kaleidoscope which is driven by a wind turbine at high level, creating a kaleidoscopic display when viewed up into the Tower from below.
The Towers will generate their own power requirement while contributing to the surrounding district thanks to lightweight photovoltaic cladding, bio-dynamic pollution absorbing coatings, thermal chimneys, suspended air gardens, wind turbines, water harvesting/recycling, waste recycling via biomass boilers and hydrogen fuel cells at ground level.
The scheme will provide the environmental catalyst to reinvigorate the city of Wuhan: the Towers have been designed to filter polluted air from the city, cleaning and recycling to improve air quality.
Talking about structural features, a steel superstructure will support off a concrete core with ‘hat’ truss, a trussed structure at base, out-riggered for lateral stability with concrete buttresses has been designed in conjunction with UK engineers WSP.