Torre de la Escollera

Torre de la Escollera was a 206 m (676 ft) tall residential skyscraper with 58 floors planned to be built in Cartagena, Colombia.^[1]^[2] The under construction building suffered severe structural damage during a storm on 13 May 2007, and was dismantled later that year.^[3]^[4] Had it been completed, it would have been the tallest building in Colombia.^[2]

Design

The design of the Torre de la Escollera called for a slender tower, 206 m (676 ft) tall with 58 floors. It would have been divided into 88 apartments, with the upper floors having just one apartment per floor, topped by a 3-level penthouse apartment and a rooftop helipad. With prices between 500 million and 1,200 million Colombian Pesos, the apartments would have been the most expensive in Colombia. Other facilities would have included a swimming pool and a spa.

Construction started in 2005. However, on 13 May 2007, with the building still under construction, a storm hit the city. The high winds and a lack of diagonal bracing, caused a 1 m (3 ft) twist in the steel structure between floors 28 and 40.^[3] Construction was suspended and the Society of Engineers and Architects of Bolívar recommended the building be demolished. The building was dismantled from July to November 2007.^[4]

References

^ "CTBUH Tall Building Database - Torre de la Escollera". CTBUH. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Torre la Escollera, el nuevo gigante de Colombia" [Torre la Escollera, the new giant of Colombia]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 23 January 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Vientos en Cartagena curvaron un metro la estructura de la Torre de la Escollera" [Winds in Cartagena bend the structure of the Torre de la Escollera by one meter]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 14 May 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Desmontarán la Torre de La Escollera en Cartagena" [Dismantle the Torre de La Escollera in Cartagena]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 20 May 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2012.