A City Sets Sail | Raffles City Chongqing

From sketch to reality - Watch Raffles City Chongqing's award-winning design take shape in the form of a powerful sail surging forward to become a global phenomenon.
An integrated development by CapitaLand, Raffles City Chongqing is an architectural feat and brainchild of world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie. Located in Chongqing, China, Raffles City Chongqing comprises a collection of eight towers and a "horizontal skyscraper" - an enclosed 300-metre long sky bridge nestled above four of the towers.
Raffles City Chongqing is Singapore’s and CapitaLand’s single largest development in China at RMB24 billion (S$4.8 billion). The megastructure spans 1.12 million sq m and comprises a 235,000-sq m shopping mall, 150,000-sq m of Grade A office space, about 1,400 residential apartments, Ascott Raffles City Chongqing serviced residence and InterContinental Raffles City Chongqing hotel.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:10 The Location
03:10 About CapitaLand
04:01 The Design Genesis
08:02 Construction Begins
10:09 Pile Digging with Husband-and-Wife Teams
11:47 Flood Concerns
13:28 Superstructure Construction
17:16 A Transportation Hub
19:08 Discovering Ancient Relics
22:56 Innovative Anti-Earthquake Measures
24:27 The Sky Bridge
31:09 The Structure Facade
34:51 Life on Site
36:58 The Skylight Challenge
38:20 Opening to the Public
39:45 Interviewing Moshe Safdie
43:34 Once in a Hundred Year Flood
45:44 The Retail Podium Interior
48:43 Integrating Natural Scenery Into Buildings
51:52 The Final Hurdle
55:03 Opening of Raffles City Chongqing
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About CapitaLand:
CapitaLand Group (CapitaLand) is one of Asia’s largest diversified real estate groups. Headquartered in Singapore, CapitaLand’s portfolio spans across diversified real estate classes which include integrated developments, retail, office, lodging, residential and new economy sectors such as business parks, industrial, logistics and data centres. With a presence across more than 250 cities in over 30 countries, the Group focuses on Singapore and China as its core markets, while it continues to expand in markets such as India, Vietnam, Australia, Europe and the USA.
Within its ecosystem, CapitaLand has developed an integrated suite of investment management and operating capabilities that supports its real estate businesses and platforms in building core competencies across the real estate value chain. With this full stack of capabilities, CapitaLand can optimise the strategies of its listed real estate investment management business CapitaLand Investment, and its privately held property development arm CapitaLand Development; to drive competitive advantage for its businesses.
CapitaLand places sustainability at the core of what it does. As a responsible real estate company, CapitaLand contributes to the environmental and social well-being of the communities where it operates, as it delivers long-term economic value to its stakeholders.
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