The John Hancock Center isn’t just important to Chicago; it’s important to city skylines across the world. When it was completed 50 years ago, it changed what architects and engineers thought was possible.”
- Jesse Dukes, WBEZ Chicago
John Hancock Center, known locally as “Big John”, the world’s first mixed-use tower with apartments, shops, offices, hotels, restaurants, and art galleries, is an architectural icon representing the close collaboration between architect Bruce Graham and structural engineer Fazlur Khan.The tower’s tapered shape was chosen in order to match the different floor space requirements that decrease from bottom to top.
Project Year: 1968 - 1970
Architect: Bruce Graham of Skidmore, Owings & Merril
Structural Engineer: Fazlur Rahman Khan
Height: 344 M (329 M @ top floor)
Floor Area: 260,126 SQM (80.77 M X 50.29 M)
Elevators: 42
Parking Space: 750
1 JOHN HANCOCK CENTER
Case Study Of
Initially the concept was to make separate towers; a 70 story office building and a separate 45 story residential building. The tower’s tapered shape was chosen in order to match the different floor space requirements that decrease from bottom to top.
Facade consisted of 5 sections, each approximately 18 stories high, defined by diagonal bracings.
External cladding - anodized aluminum with tinted bronze glass and aluminum window frame.
Double Height Level
Parking
TELETALK HEADQUARTERS Design Of
Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd. is the only government-run mobile phone operator in Bangladesh. Teletalk was established keeping a specific role in mind, To innovate and constantly find new ways to enhance our services to our customer’s current needs and desires for the future. Our vision is to know our customers and meet their needs better than any one else. Thrives to become the true people’s phone – “Amader Phone”.
Starting its journey in 2004, Teletalk now has a subscriber base of 6.2 million. To support Teletalk’s business, the board, and administration, and proclaim its solid presence in the public and global field, Teletalk has chosen to construct its central headquarters.
This project aims to accomplish the vision of the entity through offering an energy-efficient, interactive iconic landmark with public accessibility and thoroughfares as the central headquarters of Teletalk. This project contends that outstanding architectural ideas hold the power to redefine the narratives of tall buildings, addressing the needs of future cities. Implementation and incorporation of innovations and flexibility in strategy, program, spatial organization, technology, material, and aesthetic sensitivity are important ingredients of such rethinking. The digital revolution, globalization, urbanization, and cultural adaptations are larger settings.
REINTRODUCING TELETALK AS THE PEOPL’S BRAND
The project focuses on the publicity of the Teletalk as it has been introduced with a public plaza named “Teletalk Square”, where the surrounding neighborhoods can fulfill their needs. The study of this commercial cum residential site of Tejgaon shows that there’s a demand for public activities and services. Therefore, the site is used for publicity as well as the necessity of the surroundings, which can uplift the number of users as they know more about Teletalk.
MECHANICAL ROOM
FREIGHT LIFT LIFT
EMERGENCY STAIRS
MALE TOILET
TOILET FOR SPECIALLY ABLED
FEMALE TOILET
LIFT LOBBY
FIREMANS LIFT STAIRS
STUDIO FACILITATORS:
Iftekhar Ahmed
Mohammad Faruk
Nabi Newaz Khan
Sabbir Ahmed Raju
Special thanks to:
Samia Noor Ela
Roshir Pokhrel
Ajay Yadav
