E1 Tower

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Erbil 1 Tower
Zanyary tower 01.jpg
General information
StatusTopped-out
Architectural stylePostmodern
Address60m Street
Town or cityErbil
CountryRegion of Kurdistan
Coordinates36°10′29.2″N 44°00′21.9″E / 36.174778°N 44.006083°E / 36.174778; 44.006083Coordinates: 36°10′29.2″N 44°00′21.9″E / 36.174778°N 44.006083°E / 36.174778; 44.006083
Construction started2019
Estimated completion2022
Cost$35,000,000
OwnerEng. Sabah Noori Ali
Height180 m (591 ft)
Technical details
Structural systemBearing Wall System
MaterialReinforced Concrete
Floor count48
Floor area44,480 m2 (478,779 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators8
Design and construction
ArchitectEng. Rapar Wali Jabbar
Structural engineerDr. Bahman O. Taha
MSc. Kovan Azeez
Other information
Parking400+
Website
www.kirmanj.com

The E1 Tower, also known as Erbil 1 Tower, is a 48-story, 180 m (591 ft)[1] tall multi-use skyscraper currently under construction in the heart of Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Region. The E1 Tower upon completion will be Iraq’s tallest building. The project is part of Kirmanj Construction Company owned by Eng. Sabah Noori Ali whose objective is to develop and revitalize the area, opening new opportunities for people and enhancing the quality and standard of living of people in the area. The building is of reinforced concrete and all the concrete totaling up to 40,000 m3 is being supplied by Lafarge company, the leading concrete supplier in Iraq and internationally.[2][3]

Overview[]

Construction of the project began in 2019 and it's scheduled to be completed in 2022. The project as a whole is a great boost to Erbil's economy opening over 300 jobs and improving the infrastructure of the city. The building has 46 above ground floors and 2 underground floors. It will include over 400 apartments and 400 parking stalls. It also includes an open view restaurant and dedicated office-use floor and other facilities such as a gymnasium, indoor swimming pool, saunas, ...etc. The building is serviced by 8 elevators on the lower floors with varying speeds to keep waiting times for upper story residents to a minimum.[4][5][6]

Design[]

Architectural[]

The architect of the building is Eng. Rapar Wali Jabbar, whom opted for a post-modern architectural style with a façade of glass curtain walls covering the building to provide future residents with full view of the city and countryside. The tip of the building features arches derived from those of Erbil's Citadel which is unique to the structure.[7]

Structural[]

The structural engineers of the building are Dr. Bahman O. Taha and MSc. Kovan Azeez, whom designed the structure as a reinforced concrete frame coupled with concrete shear walls. Due to the location of E1 Tower it lies near the Arabian-Eurasian fault line, thus the region is seismically active and recently in 2017 experienced a Richter 7.2 magnitude earthquake.[8] The region can also be impacted by fast wind gusts from the surrounding flat plains and low lands. So great care was taken in designing the lateral-force-resisting system of the building to minimize side swaying of the upper floors and provide the required strength. Thus it's composed of reinforced concrete shear walls, of up to 7m long and 60 cm wide on the lower floors, with a central concrete core to house the elevators and act as the building's spine when it comes to load carrying.

The building lies on Erbil's clay soil strata so the design required a deep foundation. Furthermore, the engineer specified 226 piles of up to 27m deep a with the piles being capped at the top with a concrete cap of 2.5m in depth. Also the floors are of reinforced concrete slabs supported by beams but on the lower parking floors the use of two-way ribbed slab was utilized, due to its economy and versatility.[9]

Gallery[]

  • 15th floor construction on July 5, 2020

  • 15th floor construction aerial view

References[]

  1. ^ "Erbil 1 Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 02 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Zaniary Tower is Recorded as the Tallest Residential Building Complex in Iraq". www.lafarge-iraq.com Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. ^ "الشروع ببناء اعلى برج بالعراق في كوردستانه." ashourland.net (Arabic) Retrieved 08 July 2020.
  4. ^ "لە هەولێر بەردی بناخەی بەرزترین تاوەر لەسەر ئاستی کوردستان و عێراق دادەنرێت". rudaw.net (Kurdish) Retrieved 08 February 2020.
  5. ^ "وضع الحجر الاساس في اربيل لاعلى برج على مستوى اقليم كردستان والعراق". ninanews.com (Arabic) Retrieved 08 July 2020.
  6. ^ "وضع الحجر الأساس لتدشين مشروع زانياري الذي يضم برج E1 الذي من المقرر أن يصبح بعد اكتماله أعلى برج على مستوى إقليم كوردستان والعراق". todaynewsiq.net (Arabic) Retrieved 08 July 2020.
  7. ^ نيوز, الفرات. "وضع حجر الأساس لأعلى برج في العراق". الفرات نيوز (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  8. ^ "Earthquake K24". K24 Retrieved 08 February 2020.
  9. ^ "پەیامنێری رووداو باسی بەرزیی تاوەرەکە دەکات". rudaw.net live tv coverage (Kurdish) Retrieved 08 July 2020.

External link[]

Media related to Erbil 1 Tower at Wikimedia Commons

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