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7 World Trade Center
Building
Completed, 2006
10048
office
steel/concrete
LEED Gold
226.5 m / 743 ft
49
1
29
8.1 m/s
156,181 m² / 1,681,118 ft²
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Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
These are firms that consult on the design of a building's façade. May often be referred to as "Cladding," "Envelope," "Exterior Wall," or "Curtain Wall" Consultant, however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Façade Consultant" exclusively.
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Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The main contractor is the supervisory contractor of all construction work on a project, management of sub-contractors and vendors, etc. May be referred to as "Construction Manager," however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Main Contractor" exclusively.
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
These are firms that consult on the design of a building's façade. May often be referred to as "Cladding," "Envelope," "Exterior Wall," or "Curtain Wall" Consultant, however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Façade Consultant" exclusively.
Material Supplier refers to organizations which supplied significant systems/materials for a building project (e.g. elevator suppliers, facade suppliers, etc).
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7 World Trade Center is located just north of the main site of the World Trade Center. With Lower Manhattan struggling to maintain its vitality as a leading business district before the rebuilding of the World Trade Center proper, 7 World Trade Center helped to jump-start the neighborhood’s resurgence both economically and sym-bolically after 9/11. The footprint of the old 1980s-era building was pulled back to open up Greenwich Street, restoring the view corridor from Tribeca to the island’s southern tip that had been blocked since the 70s, and creating a new public park.
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To accommodate the transformers’ intense airflow requirement, the podium wrapper is designed as a breathing, stainless steel surface that gleams by day and glows at night. Behind the podium screen are blue and white LED fixtures linked to motion sensors which vary the wall’s illumination in the evening as pedestrians pass by.
A special outside air intake system, which filters outdoor air (and air-conditioned air) through an activated carbon filtration sys-tem, was developed to ventilate all offices, providing a healthier indoor environment for occupants. One of the first projects accepted as part of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Pilot Program for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Core and Shell Development, 7 World Trade Center is the first LEED Gold certified high-rise office building in New York City. The tower is also a model for life safety, with a reinforced concrete core, steel superstructure, and safety enhancements that exceed NYC building codes.
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