[sustran] Fwd: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Control and restrict parking spaces in the city for unclogging
the roads !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sujit Patwardhan
patwardhan.sujit at gmail.com
Fri Jan 2 20:46:26 JST 2015
*Control and restrict parking spaces in the city for unclogging the roads*
The Gherkin Building one of the most iconic buildings in London (see
specifications below) designed by Sir Norman Foster, has only 5 car parking
spaces.
London has long understood that the best way to control the unrestrained
use of cars in the city is to restrict severely the parking spaces offered
for personal auto vehicles. Of course the city must also have an excellent
public transport system not just a Metro corridor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are we in Pune learning any lessons from this? Or are we doing just the
opposite ?? Adding more and more parking lots ????
PMC needs to explain the logic behind specifying more minimum parking
provisions in its building bye laws.
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30 St Marys Axe Also known as Swiss Re Tower, 30 St Mary Axe and The Gherkin
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Building Rating
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Other Information
- Each floor rotates 5 degrees from the last but the spiralling atriums
were not fully realised. They stop every six floors for fire safety reasons.
- The only curved piece of glass on the entire building is the very top
piece that crowns it.
- The advantages of the shape are numerous - at the bottom it tapers in
creating more ground space and allowing a new public plaza to build whilst
circular towers also create less downdrafts. Tapering at the top into the
crown reduces wind resistance further.
- The lifts can carry a maximum of 378 people at any one time reaching
speeds of 6 metres a second.
- The floor to ceiling heights are 2.75 metres, three centimeters more
than is needed to have accomodated the worlds tallest man ever. Of course
he couldn't have worn heels.
- The building contains the highest dining space in London at 163
metres. The entire top floors are occupied by the company restaurant for
Swiss Re.
- The building weighs 70,000 tonnes, contains 333 piles in the
foundations, 35 kilometres of structural steel at 11,000 tonnes, and 24,000
square metres of glass cladding.
- Almost all of the plant space is located externally on an adjacent six
story structure at 20 Bury Street.
- The building is the winner of the 2005 RIBA Stirling Prize for
Architecture and has become an instant hit with the public appearing
prominently in Olympic 2012 promotions.
News Articles
28-07-2014 > Gherkin Goes On Sale
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=3437>
03-09-2007 > Survey Finds Gherkin Is Ugly
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=1084>
04-12-2006 > IVG Asticus Buy The Gherkin
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=797>
19-09-2006 > Why Swiss RE Would Sell The Gherkin...
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=720>
23-08-2006 > London Open House 2006 Rundown
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=702>
08-08-2006 > Londoners Lost Without Landmarks
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=690>
11-07-2006 > Royal Mail Releases New Architecture Stamps
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=657>
13-06-2006 > Is Londons Ugliest Building Really The Gherkin
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=629>
31-08-2005 > 2005 London Open House
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=423>
18-09-2004 > Swiss RE to Open Up
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=137>
23-06-2004 > Building the Gherkin
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=138>
26-04-2004 > Gherkin Set For Opening
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=281>
07-08-2003 > Swiss RE Externally Complete
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=386>
02-12-2002 > Swiss RE Lights Up
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=532>
Companies
If your company has been involved with the Design/Build, Supply or
Maintenance of this building please submit your details
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildingcompanies.php?id=58>.
Architect <http://www.skyscrapernews.com/companies.php?role=Architect>Foster
+ Partners <http://www.skyscrapernews.com/company-profile.php?id=2144>Cost
Consultant
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/companies.php?role=Cost+Consultant>Gardiner
& Theobald <http://www.skyscrapernews.com/company-profile.php?id=750>
Developer <http://www.skyscrapernews.com/companies.php?role=Developer>Swiss
Re <http://www.skyscrapernews.com/company-profile.php?id=782>Main Contractor
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/companies.php?role=Main+Contractor>Skanska
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/company-profile.php?id=217>Planning
Consultant
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/companies.php?role=Planning+Consultant>Montagu
Evans <http://www.skyscrapernews.com/company-profile.php?id=2684>Quantity
Surveyor
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/companies.php?role=Quantity+Surveyor>Gardiner
& Theobald <http://www.skyscrapernews.com/company-profile.php?id=750>Services
Engineer
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/companies.php?role=Services+Engineer>Hilson
Moran Partnership
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/company-profile.php?id=2041>Structural
Engineer
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/companies.php?role=Structural+Engineer>Arup
Group <http://www.skyscrapernews.com/company-profile.php?id=102>Reference
DataReference No.58First Uploaded19-02-2006Last Editorial Date26-11-2014
Building Location <http://www.skyscrapernews.com/location.php>Address14-34
St Mary Axe, London. EC3A 8EPCouncilCity of LondonCountyLondonRegionLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom
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Available office space in EC3A
The Office Group Farringdon Too, Kirby Street, Clerkenwell
<http://www.officebroker.com/Aff/AFFPA562817F/00/Clerkenwell/Greater%20London/OFJJ18062009739429t>
The Office Group Greville Street, Greville Street, Farringdon
<http://www.officebroker.com/Aff/AFFPA562817F/00/Farringdon/Greater%20London/OFLC04042006417627A>
Purple Patch Properties Ltd Rosebery Avenue, Rosebery Avenue, Farringdon
<http://www.officebroker.com/Aff/AFFPA562817F/00/Farringdon/Greater%20London/OFVM30092011516232h>
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Building Specification
<http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildingspecification.php>StatusCompleteProposal
date1999Construction start date2001Completion date2003StyleZoomorphic
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Roof Height (AOD)194.90Roof Height (AGL)179.80Top Floor Height (AGL)163.00Floor
To Ceiling Height2.75
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Total Floors (O.G)41Total Floors (U.G)1Number of Lifts17Market DataPrimary
UseOfficeSecondary UseRetail
Floorspace (sq m)76,641.00Car Parking Spaces5
Land Costs£90,600,000.00Date of Purchase1998Construction
Cost£138,000,000.00Budget
Date2001Last Sale Value£595,000,000.00Sale Date2006
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