Chinese Skyscrapers
China’s wobbly high-rise might end love for highrise
Floors and roofs inside the SEG Plaza building in China, which stands 355 meters and is taller than New York’s Chrysler Building, started to tremble recently, leaving the country's love for skyscrapers in jeopardy.
Fears that the walls may come down in the tower, which was completed in 1999, prompted thousands of tenants to run for the exits in a scene reminiscent of a disaster film, reports Asia Times.
China is slowly planning to slow down its race to build towers to giddy heights as symbols of economic development.
However, the SEG Plaza continued to shake in the following days, even after a hastily convened panel of experts gave it a quick all-clear and told tenants they could move back in. Their only advice was to install tuned mass dampers – also called harmonic absorbers – on the high floors to reduce the vibrations, Asia Times reported.
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