engineering

Qiantan Center

Qiantan Center is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Qiantan Center rather than just read about it. In short: The Qiantan Center (Chinese: 前滩中心) is an office skyscraper in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China. Built between 2016 and 2020, the tower stands at 280 m (920 ft) tall with 56 floors and is the current 9th tallest building in Shanghai.

Key takeaways

Qiantan Center belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Qiantan Center to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Qiantan Center from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Qiantan Center (Chinese: 前滩中心) is an office skyscraper in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China. Built between 2016 and 2020, the tower stands at 280 m (920 ft) tall with 56 floors and is the current 9th tallest building in Shanghai.

History The building is located in the Qiantan International Business District of the Pudong New Area in Shanghai. It was developed by the Chinese company Shanghai Lujiazui Development and was designed by the American firm Kohn Pedersen Fox & Associates. The office building of Qiantan Center is the tallest building in the Qiantan area of Shanghai. It is adjacent to the third Taikoo Li project in mainland China, the Taikoo Li Qiantan commercial complex, and the five-star Shangri-La Qiantan Hotel.

Architecture The total construction area of the Qiantan Center project is approximately 191,000 square meters, with 3 underground floors and 56 above-ground floors. The area of each floor is approximately 3,300-3,600 square meters. It is an ultra-high-rise intelligent Grade A office building. As a multi-functional development project, the Qiantan Center also has a conference center, commercial units and a fitness center. Qiantan has become the area with the lowest vacancy rate in Pudong. As of 2022, it has attracted more than 10 international economic organizations, more than 20 industry headquarters and more than 200 Chinese and foreign companies to settle in. As of August 2024, the occupancy rate of Qiantan Center has reached 94.6%. The office building at Qiantan Center stands as the tallest tower in Shanghai's Qiantan district, featuring vertical fins on its facade that converge at the top to form a striking organic shape, highlighting its prominence in the area. These vertical supports are arranged at three-meter intervals to reduce view blockages from the interior. A podium links the office to the hotel, extending the "flow lines" throughout the Qiantan Center and serving as a sheltered pathway and raised bridge between the two structures. Skylights bring natural light to the lower floor and present framed perspectives of the office tower. The project, a mixed-use development, features a convention center, retail spaces, and a fitness facility. Three newly built rail lines efficiently link the center to other notable districts in Shanghai.

See also List of tallest buildings in China List of tallest buildings in Shanghai

References

External links

Qiantan Center at CTBUH Qiantan Center Archived 2024-11-05 at the Wayback Machine at SkyscraperPage Qiantan Center at SKYDB

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Qiantan Center

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Qiantan Center claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Qiantan Center before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Qiantan Center ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Qiantan Center

In research: Qiantan Center appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Qiantan Center in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Qiantan Center is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2020 establishments in Shanghai, Buildings and structures completed in 2020, Contemporary Chinese architecture, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Qiantan Center outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “Qiantan Center” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Qiantan Center in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Qiantan Center means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Qiantan Center out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Qiantan Center in simple terms?

Why does Qiantan Center matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Qiantan Center?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Qiantan Center.