The Pertronas Towers

[Billabong]

Hello, I have been recently given a project from a a certain cable to show to model The Pertronas Tower. I am having a very huge proble finding a decnt aerial or over head shot, just so I can get an idea of the shape of this thing. Any help on links or images you guys could give me would be very helpful. Thank you

[jccloutier]

i can't think of a building with more info on the net available but here's some info:

 

 

 

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Petronas_Towers.html

 

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/twintowers.htm

 

 

cesar pelli's site - go to projects>headquarters

http://www.pcparch.com

 

the building's homepage with lots o' pictures and a VR tour:

http://www.petronastwintowers.com.my/internet/pett/pettweb.nsf/frm_home_hi?OpenFrameset

[Billabong]

YEs i have seen all these and have been researching it for 2 days now, but like I said, I was looking for and overhead aerial shot, so I could get the basic shape of it, but thank you for your reply

 

Edit: I should mention Im not an Archi modeler, Im a product modeler, so that is the reason behind the overhead shot

[AJLynn]

How detailed does this need to be? Do you need drawings or can you work from photos? You can get the basic model for reference from greatbuildings.com, look at the photos (more at cesar-pelli.com - it's under projects->headquarters->4th from last), you know it's 452m tall and you can count stories on a photo. More basic models can be found at http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ (search for petronas).

 

I think to get any more detailed you'd need drawings. I found a low-res plan here: http://www.arhitektura.co.yu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=167 by Google image searching. Also, you can actually get an aerial by typing petronas towers into maps.google.com and clicking the Satellite button, and zooming in.

[Billabong]

Thank you AJLynn, From my understanding, it need s ot be pretty detailed. I dont have to model the screws , but it does need to stand out. Thank you for the help. Im checking out your links now

 

Tha low res blueprint was perfect, thank you so much

[jccloutier]

these are some good aerials:

http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbg.cgi/Petronas_Towers.html/3.157871/101.711576/18

 

are you looking for a floor plan?

 

i would download and view the 3d model to get an idea of the massing here:

http://www.greatbuildings.com/models/Petronas_Towers_mod.html

[Billabong]

Thank you Jeremy

[jccloutier]

glad to help.

 

i don't know how much time you have on your hands but if you want to do a REALLY good 3D model you should dress up as a FedEx guy and deliver a package to Cesar Pelli's office at lunchtime and hop on one of the computers and burn a cd of all the drawings and models.

 

just saying.

[Billabong]

now all i need is is a fedex uniform and the location of his office and a round trip ticket and oh yeah maybe a dvd to burn the images;)

[AJLynn]

http://geo.stanford.edu/~dalessio/petronas/tall.html and http://geo.stanford.edu/~dalessio/petronas/cross-section.html and http://www.sky-scrapers.org/Drg-Petronas_TowersPreview=large.htm might be useful. In plan, basically, it's a square with another square at 45 degree rotation superimosed. It's now an 8-pointed star. Draw lines connecting the convex corners. At all the concave corners, draw a circle with the center at that corner, tangent to the connecting line you just drew. The arc of the circle that's outside the original star-shaped footprint becomes part of the plan.

 

Everywhere where an arc meets a line, put a column inside the building. IIRC these are enormous concrete columns, with an assload of steel reinforcement and wrapped in stainless steel. The wrap is because concrete under sufficient compressive load (e.g. the world's highest skyscraper) will break outward so you need to constrict it. The ring of columns has beams going between them to stabilize the basic system.

 

See also: http://panoramas.dk/fullscreen3/f50_petronas.html and the links at the bottom of http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=4112

[Billabong]

that is some amazing reference pics, thank you

[Razorback]

Here is the web site for this building http://www.klcc.com.my then go to project showcase. I used to work with this company in Kuala Lumpur if you need detailed drawing email me privately I might be able to help you.

 

Regards

[Nic H]

Searching architectural jouranals at a libarary or architectureschool will get you some decent plans. You wont find good info on the internet.

[ZFact]

http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/photographs/assets/petronas_aerial_view.jpg

[Billabong]

Yeah i tried my Library, Unfortuantly Our Library isnt the greatest, so they really had nothing. I had two jobs, one was the Golden Gate Bridge and the other the Pertronas. I just finshed the Bridge and I am about to start on the tower.

@ Razorback, Thank you , I just sent you a pm

 

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone. The help that this site has given me is fantastic.

[Bugga_Guy]

Get sketchup and download the 3d model for refference.

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=3ed601e99e2b9884fbe4937b82bd9844

[John Dollus]

This model is actually included in Marlin's 3d city library

http://www.marlinstudios.com/samples/sampbldg.htm

I would suggest using it as a base and adding in the detail yourself.

Perhaps email them and ask to see a thumbnail of it before purchasing since I don't see it in their sample images.

[thinice]

Shameless plug...

 

http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/311222

 

Hope I have not broken any forum guidelines

[Billabong]

Thank you, its a very beautiful model, but I think im ok with what i got now, plus I really want to model this one, but thank you

[thinice]

Thanks, Billabong.

 

Just got your message.

 

Posted it just in case anyone else is interested in this thread.