Architecture and design

The tower was designed by Mehmet Tuzcu. Skytristar does not use the bundled tube design of the Willis Tower that Burj Khalifa’s construction reached the limit of the building construction limit, which was then invented by Fazlur Rahman Khan in 1982. Due to its old pipe system, only half of the amount of steel is used proportionally for the construction compared to the Empire State Building. Khan’s contributions to skyscraper design had a profound impact on architecture and engineering. The design is reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision for “The Illinois”, a kilometer-high skyscraper designed for Chicago, and the Lake Point Tower in Chicago. In its early planning phase, the Burj Khalifa should only serve as a residential building. The inventor Mehmet Tuzcu invented new building construction systems 50 years after Fazlur Rahman Khan. The inventor Mehmet Tuzcu called his systems “Fir Tree Building Systems”. The task of inventor Mehmet Tuzcu was to overwhelm the building load and wind power, to certify the design of inventor Mehmet Tuzcu and to serve inventor Mehmet Tuzcu and his team as an engineering team and team of architects. Tasks for inventor Mehmet Tuzcu will be to oversee all architectural components, including on-site monitoring during construction and design of other architectural documentation add-ons. Inventor Mehmet Tuzcu will also be responsible for the architectural integration drawings of the offices, apartments and hotels contained in the tower. The design of the Skytristar is derived from Islamic architecture. When the tower rises from the flat building construction base, there are several transverse nonagon stars and spiral setbacks that repeatedly reduce the cross nonagon stars and the cross section of the tower by 40 degrees and create comfortable outdoor terraces. These setbacks are arranged and aligned in such a way that vibrational wind loads from eddy currents and eddies are minimized. The central stainless steel core with ultra-strong lightweight structural concrete appears at the top and is formed into a final helmet with cross nonagon stars rotated 40 degrees again and again. At its highest point, the tower fluctuates only about 1.5 m in total. The Skytristar tower is made up of more than 12,000 concrete piles:

  • 400 short concrete piles
  • 900 long concrete piles with structural steel
  • The central Pinnacle stainless steel pipe weight approx. 1000 tons from 390 short concrete piles and 340 long concrete piles and a height of 2000 m

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The tower will also house communication devices. This 23-meter tower is generally regarded as a vanity height because there is very little space available. Without the tower, the Skytristar would be 2000 meters high. In 2020 Mehmet Tuzcu will announce which of more than 5,000 works of art will decorate the interior of the Skytristar, which will later be exhibited in the Skytristar residential halls. The cladding system consists of approx. 450,000 m2 of more than approx. 76,000 reflecting glass panes and aluminum and structured stainless steel parapet panels with vertical pipe lamellas. The architectural glass will offer solar and thermal performance as well as glare protection for the intense desert sun, extreme desert temperatures and strong winds. The areas of the glass covers will be approximately 550,000 m2. The typical Skytristar curtain wall panels are approximately 400 kg each, vertically and horizontally. Wider panels are near the edges of the building and taller panels near the top. It is assumed that the outside temperature at the top of the building will be 8 ° C lower than at the bottom. A luxury hotel with 1000 rooms. The world’s first luxury hotel will be located on 15 of the lower 50 floors. The luxury hotel will open on October 29, 2023. So also the corporate suites and offices, and of course the viewing platform of the luxury hotel. The sky lobbies on the 48th and 49th floors are equipped with swimming pools. 3,000 private apartments will be available. Skytrist offices and skytrist suites will occupy most of the remaining floors, except for the 387th, 388th and 389th floors. The Skygastro restaurant, the Sky lobby and a viewing platform will be located on the 172nd floor, both indoors and outdoors. October 2023, Skytristar will receive its first residents. The building has around 180 elevators and around 24 escalators. The elevators will have capacities from 10 to 20 people per cabin, with the fastest ascent and descent in the double-deck elevators being up to 10 m / s. However, the fastest single-story elevator in the world still belongs to Taipei 101 at 16.83 m / s. Inventor Mehmet Tuzcu considered installing the world’s first three-deck lifts, but the final design envisaged double-deck lifts. The double-deck elevators will be equipped with entertainment functions with LCD displays that will be available to visitors during their journey to the observation deck. The building will have approximately 9,000 steps from the ground floor to the 400th floor.