State of the Art in Design of Tall Buildings
Hear the latest in design of tall buildings from the experts who designed some of the most monumental tall buildings in the world. This Symposium is organized by the Building Performance Program Area, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
AIA Continuing Education credits will be available.
- Friday April 8, 1:00 to 5:00 PM Central Standard Time (UTC/GMT -5 hours)
- In person: Plym Auditorium, Temple Buell Hall
- Zoom Streaming: This event is free, but you must register in advance
For more information about this symposium or the Building Performance Program, please contact Dr. Abbas Aminmansour (AAmin@Illinois.edu), Chair, Building Performance Program Area
Welcome
1:00-1:15 PM
- Opening remarks by Prof. Abbas Aminmansour, Chair of the Building Performance Program Area
- Welcoming remarks by Director Francisco Rodriguez-Suarez, FAIA, Director, School of Architecture
- Remarks by Symposium Moderator and introduction of speakers
Core Values
1:15-1:50 PM
Peter Weismantle, FAIA RIBA
Consulting Director, Supertall Building Technology, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture LLP
- Jeddah Tower, Jeddah, kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1000+ m / 3,281 + ft)
- Burj Khalifa, Dubai (829.8 m / 2,723 ft)
- Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, China (420.5 m / 1,380 ft)
The Construction of the Merdeka 118 Tower in Kuala Lumpur
1:50-2:25 PM
Ahmad Abdelrazaq, SE, MASCE, FCTBUH
Managing Director/Founding Partner, Rise Global; Former Sr. Executive Vice President, Samsung C&T
- Burj Khalifa, Dubai (829.8 m / 2,723 ft)
- Merdeka 118, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (678.9 m / 2,227 ft)
- Lakhta Center, St. Petersburg, Russia (462 m / 1,516 ft)
Wind Strategies for Tall Buildings and Using the Wind Tunnel as a Design Tool
2:40-3:15 PM
John Kilpatrick, Ph.D, P.Eng, C.Eng, M.ASCE, F.ICE
Principal, Senior Technical Director, RWDI
- Taipei 101, Taiwan (508 m / 1,667 ft)
- The Address Boulevard, Dubai (370 m / 1,214 ft)
- 22 Bishopsgate, UK (278.2 m / 913 ft)
The Future of Vertical Transportation
3:15-3:50 PM
Javier Sesma, MSc Eng, M.A.S, PhD ongoing
Vice President of Business Development, TK Elevator
- Multi-cabin roped systems
- Multi-direction rope-less systems
- Beyond the elevator shaft towards three-dimensional mobility
Urban Sequoia: A Concept to Transform the Built Environment into a Network for Absorbing Carbon
3:50-4:25 PM
Luke Leung, PE, ASHRAE Fellow, LEED Fellow, BEMP, P Eng
Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
- Burj Khalifa, Dubai (828 m / 2,717 ft)
- Pertamina Tower, Jakarta, Indonesia (523 m / 1,716 ft)
- Nanjing Greenland, Nanjing, China (450 m / 1,476 ft)
Panel Discussion
4:25-5:00 PM
James Pawlikowski, SE, LEED AP, Moderator
Clinical Professor / Gertrude Lempp Kerbis Fellow, UIUC School of Architecture; Principal / Director of Engineering, REX Engineering Group
- Burj Khalifa, Dubai (828 m / 2,717 ft)
- OKO Tower, Moscow (354.2 m / 1,162 ft)
- Tower Palace III, Seoul (263.7 m / 865 ft)