Torre Girasoles (Spanish for Sunflower Tower) is a mixed-use high-rise residential building in the San Jorge district of La Paz, Bolivia. Built between 2010 and 2013, the tower stands at 138 m (453 ft) with 38 floors and is the current 3rd tallest building in Bolivia. It previously held the record of the tallest in the country between 2013 and 2018.[2]
| Torre Girasoles | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Mixed-use: Residential, Office, Hotel |
| Location | La Paz, Bolivia |
| Address | Av.6 de Agosto, La Paz, Bolivia |
| Coordinates | 16°30′43″S 68°07′24″W / 16.51207°S 68.12341°W |
| Construction started | 2010 |
| Completed | 2013 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 138 m (453 ft)[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Concrete |
| Floor count | 38 (+2 underground) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Luis Mitru |
| Main contractor | N&L Consultores |
History
editArchitecture
editThe tower is located on Av. 6 de Agosto boulevard, in the San Jorge district of La Paz. The building was initially planned for residential use, which is still the latter's primary function, but it also includes office spaces, a hotel and a shopping center on the first floors. It also has 180 parking spaces, distributed over four underground levels, which ascend in a spiral shape, it also has a resistant seismic system and an electric generator to supply the building if a power outage occurs in the area.[3]
At the time of its inauguration, the Girasoles Tower was the tallest skyscraper in Bolivia, surpassing the La Casona Condominium of Santa Cruz de la Sierra which stands at 127 metres tall. Currently, the Girasoles Tower is the third tallest skyscraper in Bolivia, a height that was surpassed in 2021 by the 164 meters of Tower D of the Torres del Poeta complex, and then in 2022 by the 178 metre-tall Green Tower.[4]
Throughout the construction phase, it was established that the primary focus of the building's optimization study consists of the columns and their varying mechanical resistance characteristics of the concrete. In this regard, by analyzing these elements and inputting data into the structural simulator, key factors of variation associated with the increase in mechanical resistances were assessed. The variable factors of interest are implied in the management of high-performance concretes, which are linked to their stress deformation.[5]
The construction of the tower groundbroke in August 2010 and was officially completed on June 17, 2013.[6]
Gallery
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Further view of the tower
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Torre Girasoles". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "Treinta, 40, 50 pisos: El boom de los rascacielos en Bolivia". lostiempos.com (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. November 21, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ "Esta es la ciudad de Bolivia que tiene los edificios más altos". activosbolivia.com (in Spanish). Activos Bolivia. December 18, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ Tapia, Guadalupe (25 June 2012). "En el edificio más alto del país el m2 vale entre $us 700 y $us 1.000". La Razón (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ MSc. MBA. Eng. Dennis Torrico Arauco (November 15, 2021). "Uso del hormigon de alto performance en la construccion de edificios". sib.org.bo (in Spanish). S.I.B. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ "Torre Girasoles". fermax.com.cn (in Chinese). Fermax. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
