Wendy Zukerman, Asia-Pacific reporter
(Image: CK Designworks)
The world's first high-rise factory will be built in Nanjing, China.
The 24-storey industrial and commercial building, to be completed in 2024, will dwarf today's tallest factories. According to the project architect Robert Caulfield of CK Designworks, based in Melbourne, Australia, existing factories don't rise above eight storeys.
The high-rise's footprint is 18,400 square metres, but the building has a total floor area of 111,700 square metres.
Caulfield estimates it will use less than half the energy of conventional factories producing similar goods.
The energy savings come from efficiently trapping heat in the stacked factory floors to keep the building warm when necessary, with solar power supplementing it. Treated waste water will be used for cooling in warm weather, before being fed into a lake nearby.
The building's ground floor is designed to house amenities and the top 12 floors will be offices. But sandwiched between these levels are 12 industrial floors with 6-metre high ceilings, reinforced floor slabs and heavy-duty lifts that can hold forklifts.
Small cranes and conveyor systems will be installed on each floor, creating the possibility for 200-metre-long production lines that move between floors. It's not yet decided what will be manufactured in the building, but it can accommodate the production a wide range of goods, such as mass-produced electronics or refrigerators, says Caulfield.
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