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Histories of lifts and architects in a vertical world


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This book aims at introducing some architecturalproject where the elevator design was considered not onlyfor its usefulness, but also as an element of style: an additional

space where the pen of the designer can incorporate the overallbuilding concept.

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A building designedin the 21st centurymust take different

needs into account.Aesthetic appeal has

to be balanced withfunctionality, safety andbudget needs.

Sometimes the designof elevator systems istreated like a commodityand not as a furtherpossibility to give abuilding its distinctivestyle.


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Some elements of the building design, such as the elevator systems, must rst and foremostprovide a safe and reliable transportation solution for the people living and working there. This is why many buildingdesigns, although impressive, sometimes fail to innovate as far as elevator systems are concerned: they treat elevators

as a commodity which needs to be provided, and not an element of design in itself.Wittur has been developing special elevator solutions for more than 40 years. We do not install nor service elevators;we work as partners in special projects, together with the design team and the elevator installer, to provide elevatorcomponents which ts with the original vision of the architect.

Together with the designteam and the elevatorinstaller, to provide elevatorcomponents which ts withthe original vision of thearchitect.

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The safety level of elevators has been continuously improved over the years. The elevator is theunchallenged champion of safe travel, being by far the safest transportation device ever conceivedby the human mind. Having said that, new challenges always arise in our society. Family accessibility isbecoming imperative in western countries; a relaxed user experience when using elevators can be achievedby deploying new components engineered for travel comfort, such as roller guide shoes instead of slidingguide shoes. The availability of a new generation of panoramic doors and cars was also instrumental inchanging the attitude of the general public towards the use of elevator systems. Energy efciency of building

has recently become an important feature. By using the latest energy-efcient lift machines combined with state-of-the-art control systems the total use of energy per elevator run can be reduced dramatically. Last but not least,special elevator components can be used to achieve a specic mood for a project. An elevator then becomes a placewhere people come into contact and share the experience of a smooth ride.

A major drive for themodernization of existing

elevators is to updatethe system to new safety

requirements.

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A panoramic elevator can thrill the passengers by providing them with fresh architectural perspectives:

riding in an elevator becomes then the preferred way to understand the original vision of the architect.Many architects have explored the new possibilities and have developed this concept in their works.Among the diversity of design approaches, three main trends appear:

Simulate a traditional design with specially developed modern components. In this case, the outcomeis an elevator that looks like an old elevator, but which features state-of-the-art riding comfort and safety.This is a possible solution when modernizing an old elevator in an ancient building, or when introducing anew elevator in a theatre of in a public building where elevators were not part of the project.

Let a modern design enter a traditional setting and capitalise on the clash between old style and moderndesign. This is another way to insert an elevator, and results can be very effective

Create a peculiar design for the elevator which is in line with the vision of the whole new building. This is the waytowards the creation of an added value elevator, which is going to offer a peculiar experience to passengers movinginside a newly designed building.

The elevator systemscan be seen as the bloodvessels of the building, ametaphor of life pulsatinginto metal and an icon ofmovement and vitality.

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Elevator systems can have a peculiar design or not, but they cannot but full all safety norms and standards. This is truealso when lifecycle of a special elevator is taken into account. Wittur has an industrial approach to all its component

design. Our expertise in designing and manufacturing all kind of elevator components, from drives to doors, from carsto safety gears, from complete elevators modules to single high performance devices is evident in the managementof special elevator design. In a nutshell: a special elevator performs like a very good standard elevator, and its workingcycle is measured in decades, exactly like any other elevator system manufactured using Wittur components.

A special elevator performs like avery good standard elevator, andits working cycle is measured indecades , exactly like any otherelevator system manufacturedusing Wittur components.

Reli ability

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We pride ourselves when we are able to provide special solutions for a special project, and the more so when the

project successfully passes the test of time and provides years of smooth rides and a comfortable user experience.Each special developed component is produced with industrial production criteria in mind; most special componentsare available with compliance to global re rating norms, and all of them comply to lift norms and codes without anycompromise due to design, in line with Witturs commitment to Safety in motion

Each special developedcomponent is producedwith industrial productioncriteria in mind.

special developments

designed for long operating life[with full compliance to safety norms and codes]

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A design team including the Architect, the elevator install and service company, the project consultants and theelevator components supplier is where an unique elevator design can be developed.

Each member of the team brings apeculiar expertise to the mix, so that each aspect can become part of the naldesign. This is not only true when dealing with large special new builds, where multinational elevator installationcompanies and global architecture rms are involved, but also when smaller modernisation projects dealing withpeculiar building of the past.

To develop an uniqueelevator design youneed a multidisciplinaryapproach.

Co- thinking designer

h a r m o n y s u r p r i s e w o w e ff ec t

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Unique Lift Design! Architect p e rf or m a n c e

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S p e ci a l D e ve lo p m e n t E x p e r t is e - P r o d u c t i o n - I n d u s t ri a l iz a t i o n M a t e r i a l s

S h a p e s h o w t ech n ica l d e vice s c an be m a d e i n d iffe r ent wa y

I n t e g r a t i o n M a d e - t o - d e s i g n

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Sometimes you dont need to develop a completely new elevator component to afrmyour architectural vision. Many design stages are possible.

Wittur has a wide range of door types, dimensions and nished complementedby a wide range of car nishes and accessories. A perfect coordination of materialsand nished can sometimes be achieved just by checking what is available andselecting the best tting materials

The use ofpanoramic cars and doors can result in a light elevator design whichnaturally blends with the building environment, without imposing itself. The use ofspecial industrialised door designs , such as round or underdrivendoor designs, can take you a further step into a tailored elevator design; technicalcomponents can be hidden from view so that design lines are not hidden bytechnical features

Special components can be designed to perfectly t your project. In this case,the elevator can become a design statement in itself, and offer a pivotal point forthe environment perception.

Sometimes making a design statementis as easy as choosing theright cladding material.

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After all, skyscrapers exist only because elevators were invented. In the western world,the emergence of radically new city tower designs combines with an aging population and a raising perceptionof the advantages of barrier free designs to drive the introduction of fully accessible building for everybody, or,in other words, family accessible buildings. Wittur can provide components in total compliance with worldwidenorms and codes, so that all accessibility needs are fully taken into account when designing a special elevator.

Accessibility has always beena keyword when installing an

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Designing family accessiblebuildings is both a technicalchallenge and an ethiccommitment for the 21stcentury architects.

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aesthetic solutions

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The midtown Manhattan Apple Store located on Fifth Avenuebecame an iconic architectural design thanks to itsexternal glass cube designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. The shop itself is located downstairs, and a glass staircase, which has also becolandmark of many other Apple stores worldwide, leads visitors to the retail space. To maintain full accessibility of the shop, a dazzling roglass elevator was installed in the centre of the glass staircase. Wittur provided its LUNA full glass round doors with underdriven mechanThey are a perfect complement of the outer shop design, which is totally made of glass.

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THE ROUND GLASS ELEVATORIS IN THE CENTER OF THE CUBICGLASS STRUCTURE ON FIFTHAVENUE

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Centre Georges Pompidou is a multicultural complex building designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, Britisharchitect Richard Rogers and Italian architect Gianfranco Franchini, assisted by Ove Arup & Partners. The centre was completed in1977. It became very popular, albeit some criticism arose about its very distinctive high-tech style standing in the middle of Pariscentre traditional houses. In 2007 the jury of Pritzker Architectural Prize, while awarding Richard Rogers career, stated that CentreGeorges Pompidou revolutionized museums, transforming what had once been lite monuments into popular places of social andcultural exchange, woven into the heart of the city. Wittur components are used in its passenger elevator and in its heavy weightlifters. Notably, the central panoramic elevators in the lobby feature Wittur NETTUNO glass framed underdriven Wittur doors.

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The central panoramicelevators in thelobby feature WitturNETTUNO glass framedunderdriven Witturdoors.

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The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It soon becameknown as the Palais Garnier in recognition of its architect, Charles Garnier. The theatre is also often referred to as the Opra Garnier.When a total renovation of an historical wooden elevator was called for, Wittur was asked to provide a new car that, while offeringthe safety and performance of a modern elevator, would be able to retain the beaux-art style which characterizes the elaborateornamentation of the interior of Palais Garnier.To achieve this, the car was designed with 3D cad software. Its metal structure has no visible edges, as all surfaces have a rounded junction. Accessories follow the style of the Palais; moreover, special glass framed panes were designed for its landing doors. Theyhave a glazed design in their lower part which provides a visual continuity with the balustrade.

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We wanted to insertthe new lift system asseamlessy as possiblein the 19th centuryinterior design of

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THE CAR WAS DESIGNEDWITH 3D CAD SOFTWAREWITH ROUNDED EDGES.

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The Hotel Puerta America was started as a project of Hoteles Silken to promote the creation of amost peculiar and unconventional Hotel. Nineteen Architectural companies were involved in the project to design theinteriors of this hotel with the freedom to create spaces that could reect the unique vision of each architect. Details,materials, shapes, have been used by each creative mind to develop this vision and offer a memorable experience to thehotel guests. The hotel structure was designed by Felipe Sez de Gordoa (SGA Estudio); the architects involved in theproject were: Arata Isozaki & Associates; Arnold Chan of Isometrix Ligthting and Design; Ateliers Jean Nouvel; ChristianLiaigre; David Chippereld; Fernando Salas; Foster + Partners; Jonathan Bell; Harriet Bourne; Jason Bruges; Javier Mariscal;John Pawson; Kathryn Findlay; Marc Newson Ltd; Oscar Niemeyer; Plasma Studio (Eva Castro and Holger Kehne); RichardGluckman; Ron Arad; Teresa Sapey Estudio; Victorio & Lucchino; Zaha Hadid Architects. The Hotel extends for more than

34,000 sqm of interior space divided into twelveoors. All oors feature a central lobby servedby the elevator system, which is prominentlyfeatured in the middle of the hotel Faade,being an external elevator design. Wittur centralopening Hydra doors with glass framed panelsare used in the elevator system.

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Morocco Mall is the largest shopping centre in Africawith 250 000 sqm of oor space in Casablanca. The mallwas designed by Architect Davide Padoa of Design International, London, and opened on December 1st, 2011. The mall features amassive 1,000,000 litre aquarium that contains over 40 different species of sh. Visitors have the opportunity to take a ride throughthe centre of the cylinder- shaped aquarium by using a round panoramic lift tted with Wittur Luna doors. Moreover, Wittur alsodeveloped a unique closing system for its Luna round doors in a second panoramic elevator system which is installed in the shoppingarea. The bespoke closing system is used to adapt the panoramic round doors to the oval-shaped glass elevator shaft.

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One of the worlds biggest Apple stores opened in 2010 in Covent Garden, London, in the Bedford Chambers building originallybuilt by William Cubitt in 1876. The shop design by Architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and executive Architect Mark Pinney Asscombines the old exposed brickwork of the original building with stone oors and oak tables where products are on display. Visitors einto a wide open atrium covered by a glass skylight, from which they can access separate rooms dedicated to specic products and otservices placed on different oors. The elevator system is in an open shaft and it is fully panoramic. A special requirement of this projectto leave the very high arches of the original building as untouched as possible. To achieve this, Wittur supplied special Nettuno full gdoors with underdriven door drive; the outstanding landing door glass panels dimensions (3340 mm height and 1120 mm width) accoufor a pleasing aesthetic attractiveness of the lift system, as the glass door cover the full surface of the arches without visually interruptithem, thanks to the underdriven door mechanism and sill design with components in stainless steel.

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The Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Shanghai, China, was the tallest structure in Chinafrom 1994 to 2007 with a total heightof 468 m. Its principal designers were Jiang Huan Chen, Lin Benlin and Zhang Xiulin. Construction began in 1991, and the tower was comple1994. Its distinctive design features 11 spheres of different sizes. The building contains exhibition facilities, restaurants and a shopping mall. Tis also a 20-room hotel called the Space Hotel between the two large spheres. Wittur supplied LUNA round glass framed doors for its panoralift system (80 m. rise), as well as Hydra doors for the 7.0 m/s lift systems rising at 264 m. and 320 m.

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The Arc de Triomphe de ltoile is one of the most famous monumentsin Paris.It honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary andthe Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its innerand outer surfaces. The monument was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806 in a Neoclassical stylebased on ancient Roman architecture, in particular by the Roman Arch of Titus. The monumentstands 50 metres in height, 45 m in width and 22 m in depth. A new lift was installed in 1997 toprovide access to the monument also for people with reduced mobility. Due to the restraints ofthe historical monument, a peculiar semi-circular shaft was obtained in the right pillar. Wittursupplied single panel type 71 Luna round doors with underdriven mechanism for the elevatorlocated inside the right pillar, as the door opening was on the round side. The elevator has a totaltravel height of 54 meters, a rated load of 14 people / 1050 kg and a travel speed of 3.15 m/s.

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The project target was to establish an assisted pedestrian access between downtown Lisbonand thehill of the Castle of So Jorge, to push adoption of public transportation means in the city centre and to revitalize the surroundingurban area with a series of strategic interventions. The core of this project was the restoration of an old building faade in FanqueirosStreet, which gives access to a transparent glass box which acts as an elevator shaft and at the same time provides light to the groundoor. Inside the glass shaft, Wittur provided a triplex elevator package, 1000 kg, 7 stops, with a speed of 1 meter per second. Thearchitect of this project, which won the BIAU (Bienal Iberoamericana de Arquitectura y Urbanismo), is Joo Pedro Falco de Campos.

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The jury awarded not only the quality of thedesign, but also highlighted the importance ofsocial intervention to improve the quality of lifeby making the castle hill more accessible fromthe city center also to families and people withreduced mobility.

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Wittur has been supplying components for marine applications for more than 30 years.Wittur products are installed not only in passengers and cargo ships and off-shore platforms in their explosion-proofexecution, but also on some of the most prestigious cruise ships, such as Carnival Freedom, Costa Serena, EmeraldPrincess, Noordam, Queen Victoria, Quantum of the Seas, where they offer their combined high trafc capability

and rened aesthetics. Marine execution doors and

operators have been designed and tested to workin extreme environments such as pitch and roll ofthe ship and to respond to the request for limitedmaintenance interventions (once per year). All thecomponents for Marine applications are compliantwith Marine Equipment Directive (MED) andInternational Marine Organization (IMO) standards.

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2000 SILVER SHADOW2000 SILVER WHISPER1999 AMSTERDAM2001 GOLDEN PRINCESS2002 STAR PRINCESS

2003 CARNIVAL CONQUEST2002 CARIBBEAN PRINCESS2001 PRIDE OF ROTTERDAM2001 PRIDE OF HULL2001 STENA FOR WARDER2001 CARTOUR2001 LA SUPERBA2003 CARNIVAL GLORY2002 ZUIDERDAM2003 OOSTERDAM

2004 WESTERDAM2005 ARCADIA2005 NOORDAM2004 VALOR2002 PARTENOPE2001 SEVEN SEAS VOYAGER2003 COSTA FORTUNA2004 COSTA MAGICA2002 LA SUPREMA

2003 QUEEN MARY 22002 CAVOUR2005 LIBERTY2005 BERLIOZ2006 COSTA CONCORDIA

2005 CROWN PRINCESS2005 CARNIVAL FREEDOM2005 EMERALD PRINCESS2006 COSTA SERENA2006 QUEEN VICTORIA2006 CORAGGIO2007 AUDACIA2006 CARNIVAL SPLENDOR2006 VENTURA2006 EURODAM

2007 RUBY PRINCESS2007 COSTA PACIFICA2007 TENACIA2007 COSTA LUMINOSA2007 SERENA2008 CARNIVAL DREAM2008 SEABOURN ODYSSEY2008 SEABOURN SOJURN2008 COSTA DELIZIOSA

2008 AZURA2008 NIEUW AMSTERDAM2008 FORZA2008 LE BOREAL2008 L'AUSTRAL

2008 MARINA2008 QUEEN ELIZABETH2008 LISCO MAXIMA2008 SUPERFAST II2008 FORZA2008 ENERGIA2009 COSTA FAVOLOSA2009 COSTA FASCINOSA2009 CARNIVAL MAGIC2009 SOVEREIGN

2010 SEABOURN QUEST2010 CARNIVAL BREEZE2010 VITRUVIUS EXPLORER2010 COTUNAV FERRIES TANIT2011 EUROPA 22012 SUPER COSTA2012 QUANTUM OF THE SEAS

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MARINE ELEVATORS ARE AMONG THE MOST INTENSIVELYUSED INSTALLATIONS: THEY ARE USED BY PASSENGERSDURING THE DAY AND TO MOVE GOODS AMONG THEDIFFERENT FLOORS DURING NIGHTTIME.

COLOURS, LIGHT ANDEASY MOBILITY ORNAMENTAL ELEVATOR DOORPANELS ARE SURE TO SET THEMOOD OF PASSENGERS DURING THEIR CRUISE

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Marine elevators combine unique looks and reliable technology. Maintenance intervals are longer as most ships are active forin a row. Therefore, they need to deliver their performance over extended periods of time. Combining technology, compcertied according to marine standards and exible decorations is the key for a successful marine project.

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Tower 42 is currently the second tallest in the City of London,and was the tallest inthe UK between 1980-1990 standing at 183 Metres. The tower, designed by Richard Seifert and engineeredby Pell Frischmann, was built by John Mowlem & Co between 1971 and 1980, rst occupied in 1980, andformally opened on June 11th, 1981 by HM Queen Elizabeth II. The Tower has recently undergone a complete

refurbishment of its nineteen 18-person highspeed passenger lifts, which include the UKsrst double deck lifts that provide an expressservice between the ground/mezzanine leveland the sky lobbies at levels 23 and 24.

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POWER TODAY S HIGHSPEED ELEVATORSYSTEMS. FREQUENTLY,ENERGY REGENERATIONDEVICES ARE INSTALLED TO RECOVER ENERGYPRODUCED DURING

LIFT DECELERATIONAND REUSE IT. THISHELPS REDUCING THE TOTAL ENERGY DEMANDOF A BUILDING QUITECONSIDERABLY.

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Dubai International Airport is a major airline hub in the Middle East, and is the main airportof Dubai. The airport consists of three terminals and has a total capacity of 80 million passengers annually. Terminal

1 opened in 1960. Terminal 2 opened in 1998.Construction of Terminal 3 began in 2004 andbecame operational on October 14th, 2008. Whencompleted and opened on 14 October 2008, itwas the largest building in the world Terminal3 by oor space and it is currently the largestairport terminal in the world. Wittur suppliedcomponents for Concourse 2 and Concourse 3,both connected to Terminal 3.

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The large-scale supply by Wittur at

Concourse 2 includes:

100 panoramic passenger elevators

61 stainless steel service elevators

8 trolley-lifts

94 re-rated glass landing doors

163 standard glass re-rated landing doors

169 stainless steel landing doors

172 glass framed car doors

87 stainless steel car doors

As regards Concourse 3, the supply

includes:

142 panoramic elevators

49 service elevators

88 re-rated glass framed landing doors

412 standard glass framed landing doors

160 stainless steel landing doors

240 glass framed car doors

88 stainless steel car doors

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The Budapest Metro is the oldest electried underground railway system on theeuropean continent,and the second-oldest in the world, predated only by the 1890 London Underground.In fact, the Budapest Metro Line 1 was completed in 1896 and was declared a World Heritage Site in 2002.Budapest Metro currently features 4 lines: Line 4 runs southwest to northeast from the transit hub of BudapestKelenfld railway station in the citys most populous district of jbuda across the inner city district of Jzsefvros

to Keleti railway terminal. Construction works

for this section of line 4, with a length of 7.4kilometres (4.6 mi), started in March 2007and were completed in March 2014. This isone of the biggest construction projects ofthe country in recent decades. The projectwas realized through joint government andmunicipal nancing and EU conancing. Thetotal cost of the investment is 452.5 billionforints, of which 180 billion forints are fromEU funds.

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Improvements and betterexperience for passengersMetro Line M4 has introduced many technicalinnovations compared to the other Metro Budapestlines, including the internal design of spaces,improved ventilation systems, state-of-the-artpassenger information displays, full accessibilityon the entire line and the automatic train control

and monitoring. The train control, power supply andcommunications systems of the new line enable theM4 trains to run in fully automatic, driverless mode.

Improved safetyThe track areas by the platforms are continuallyscanned by a radar protection system with 30-cmsensing sections. The passenger protection radarsystem clearly increases safety by minimizingintervention time. In order to be prepared for res,modern-day re-extinguishing and evacuation

equipment was installed; air pollution at thestations is monitored by special equipment, whichautomatically turns on the main ventilation systems.

Design higlightsThe architectural design of Metro Line M4 had the

target to use sunlight for the illumination of theplatform areas wherever it was technically possible.For Example, at Rkczi tr, natural light reachesto the landing of the escalators at platform levelthrough a special light conveying equipment, which isprogrammed to follow the movement of the Sun andreect light with movable mirrors. For the articiallighting of the stations, modern-day LED-based lampxtures are used. The Szent Gellrt tr and F vm tr

stations of Budapests new metro line won the mainprize of the architectural website Architizer.com inthe Bus & Train Stations category.

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For blind and sight-impaired passengers, so-called ATS equipment was installed into the sides of the escalators, which lets them know whescalator is moving up or down. Stations with one exit have four ights of escalators, while those with two exits have three ights each.All stations of Metro Line M4 are accessible due to the lifts installed in each station. A total of 32 complete elevators were installed in the teeither machine roomless or with machine room at the bottom. The Wittur project team designed all of them with 3D CAD systems to solvrelated to the position of each system component very early in the process. All lift cars and all door claddings are Cat. (or Category) 2 vanda

according to EN81-71. Panoramic executions were extensively used for greater passenger comfort and security, while special care was takeenergy efcient systems using Wittur gearless drives, door drives and energy efcient components. The Szent Gellrt tr and F vm tr sBudapests new metro line won the main prize of the architectural website Architizer.com in the Bus & Train Stations category.

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METRO BUDAPEST LINE 4

INTERNAL VIEW OFONE OF THE VANDALRESISTANT CAT 2 EN81-71 CARS DEVELOPED BYWITTUR FOR THIS PROJECT

PANORAMIC CARS LET THEDAYLIGHT IN AT JBUDA

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The Four Towers Business Area is a business district located in the Paseode la Castellana in Madrid, on the former Ciudad Deportiva of Real Madrid. The areacontains the tallest skyscrapers in Madrid and Spain (Torre Espacio, Torre de Cristal, TorrePwC and Torre Bankia). The construction of the buildings nished in 2008.

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Incheon International Airport is the largest airport in South Korea, the primary airport servingthe Seoul Capital Area, and one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. The airport was ofcially openedin March 2001, and for nine years in a row since 2005 it was rated the best airport worldwide by Airports Council

International, also thanks to its elevators operation

ratio, hitting 99.97%. Wittur has supplied Nettunounderdriven doors for this airport. Due to theirfresh design and the absence of visible mechanicalcomponents, these doors are an ideal solution todevelop lift solution based on a linear, fresh design.

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Since its opening in 2001,Incheon International Airporthas made outstandingdevelopment in all sectors,recognized as the airportoffering best quality serviceand its international passengerand cargo numbers exceedingexpectation at all times.

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Beijing Capital International Airport is the main international airport serving Beijing. It islocated 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Beijings city center. Beijing Capital has rapidly ascended in rankings of the worldsbusiest airports in the past decade; as of March 1 2014 it was the busiest airport in the world in 2014. To accommodatethe growing trafc volume, Beijing Capital added the enormous Terminal 3 in 2008 in time for the Olympic Games, the

second largest airport terminal in the world afterDubai International Airports Terminal 3, and thesixth largest building in the world by area. BeijingCapital International Airport covers 1,480 hectares(3,700 acres) of land.Wittur doors and safety gears are used/installedextensively in the lift systems at this airport.

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The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) isthe rapid transit railway system inHong Kong. Opened in 1979, the systemnow includes 218.2 km (135.6 mi) of rail with152 stations, including 84 railway stations and

68 light rail stops. The MTR system is a commonmode of public transport in Hong Kong, with overve million trips made in an average weekday. Itconsistently achieves a 99.9% on-time rate onits train journeys. The MTR has undergone manyextensions since its opening, and Wittur hassupplied glass framed doors for many lift systemsin a number of stations..

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WITH THE HIGH LEVEL OF DAILYPASSENGER TRAFFIC, FACILITIES OF

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When in mid 1990s the capital city ofKazakhstan was moved from Almatyinthe South to Astana, in the center of the country, thenew capital city became in a short time the economic,

political and cultural centre of the nation. New pieces ofarchitecture designed by famous architects have radicallychanged the city landscape; one of the new landmarks ofAstana is a 3500 seats concert hall, designed by NicolettiAssociati from Italy. Its structure with slanted side wallsmakes it look like a sailing vessel or a rose. Wittur hassupplied a total of 34 complete lift packages for thisprestigious concert hall.

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A DISTINCTIVE SAILINGVESSEL OR ROSE SHAPEIS GIVEN TO THE BUILDINGBY THE SLANTED SIDEWALLS.

The internal piazza-foyer, with a total area of 2970 square

meters, hosts three round panoramic lifts with hydraulic

drives, with a rated speed of 0.63 m/s and a rated load of630 kg. They are equipped with Osaka round panoramic

cars and Luna Plus round glass doors. Moreover, 31complete Machine roomless lift packages Wittur MRL W

line with rated loads from 400 up to 1,600 kg have beensupplied by Wittur to complete the logistic facilities of the

building and give access to shops, balconies, restaurants,

exhibition halls and two cinemas besides the concert hall.All the supplied lift packages run at a rated speed of

1,0 m/s with travels ranging from 10 to 21 metres. They

feature either Wittur S1 or Wittur S2 permanent magnetenergy-efcient gearless drives.

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The Centro Direzionale is a service center mainly devoted to business in Naples, Italy.The idea of building a Service center in Naples dates back to 1964. The current project was designed in 1982 byJapanese architect Kenzo Tange and most of the construction was completed by 1995. The Centro Direzionale ismore than one square kilometer wide and is situated in the Poggioreale section of the city, near the central train

station. The layout includes 18 blocks of buildings, with high-risesup to 100 meters. There are ofce buildings as well as residentialats. The Center is meant to accommodate most, if not all, of the

administrative ofces of the city of Naples, such as the new Hallof Justice, designed by Michele Capobianco, Corrado Beguinot,Massimo Pica Ciamarra, Antonio Capobianco and Daniele Zagaria.

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Wittur suppliedan additional 13people / 1200 kglift that runs on apanoramic shaftfor a total travel of72 meters.

The design of the Hall of Justice is based onthree connected towers (called A, B and C).Tower A, the highest one, is 110 meters talland features 29 oors. It was completed in1991. Wittur supplied a complete exterior liftwith a panoramic shaft.The total travel is 72 meters and the lift can

carry 13 people or 1200 kg. The lift is poweredby a Wittur WSG 19.2 gearless drive.

THE TOTAL TRAVEL IS72 METERS AND THEELEVATOR CAN CARRY 13PEOPLE OR 1200 KG.

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126 / 113 m height, 32 / 27 oors and gallery, ofce and retail space

INNSIDE Premium Hotel, 5 / 7 oors,160 studios and suites, conferencerooms, restaurant, spa area

HighLight Forum5 oors, ofce and business center

Rentable area approx. 82,590 sqm

Underground parking spaces:approx. 750, access via Walter-Gropius-StraeInitiated, operated and administered by the KanAm Group, which is based in Munich, Frankfurt am Main and Atlanta


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Wittur has supplied 54re-rated glass framed

Pegasus landing doors, 195re-rated stainless steel

Pegasus landing doors, 2glass framed Pegasus car

doors and 6 stainless steelPegasus car doors.

The Torre Agbar is a 38-story skyscraper whichmarks the gateway to the new technological district of Barcelona,

Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel inassociation with the Spanish rm b720 Fermin Vazquez Arquitectos

and built by Dragados. The tower was ofcially opened by KingJuan Carlos I on 16 September 2005. According to Jean Nouvel,

Torre Agbar is meant to recall the shape of a geyser rising into the

air. Additionally, Nouvel was inspired by the distinctive pinnaclesof the Montserrat mountain range near Barcelona. The Agbar

Tower measures 144.4 m in height. One of the most distinguishingelements of the building is its nocturnal illumination. The tower hasmore than 4,500 luminous devices that can operate independentlyusing LED technology and enables the generation of images on the

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The tower is made up of two concentricconcrete oval cylinders which do not come

in contact with each other. The outercylinder, which completely encases theinner cylinder is covered by a dome of

glass and steel which gives the tower itscharacteristic shape of a bullet. The lifts,

stairs and facilities are located inside theinner cylinder. For the towers 6 panoramicpassenger lifts installed near the outer

wall and the two passenger lifts installedin the internal part of the tower, Witturhas supplied 54 re-rated glass framed

Pegasus landing doors, 195 re-ratedstainless steel Pegasus landing doors, 2glass framed Pegasus car doors and 6

stainless steel Pegasus car doors. The liftsystems reach a speed of 4 m/s.

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One of the rst of thehigh-rise buildings

built in the 1960sand 1970s across the

United Kingdom in thebrutalist style.

Manchester One, formerly known as Portland Tower and previouslySt. Andrews House, is a high-rise building in Manchester, England and is one of the

most prominent high rise commercial buildings in Manchester City centre, providing

commercial ofce space to various institutions. The tower, nished in 1962, was oneof the rst of the high-rise buildings built in the 1960s and 1970s across the United

Kingdom in the brutalist style, which often emphasizes concrete as a structural mediumwith repetitive angular geometries. Portland Tower has recently undergone a faceliftin the context of the currently undergoing major re-generation of Manchesters City

Centre. ANSA Elevators Ltd, a leading lift engineering and service company in the Northof England, was awarded a contract for the modernisation of Portland tower four lift

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The four lifts feature a rated load of 1360 Kg. servicing

22 oors with a total travel of 75 metres. ANSA carefully

planned the upgrade liaising closely with the client

and Wittur, using an innovative approach to be able tomodernise one lift system at a time, while retaining the

other three lifts in operation.

Wittur Limited fully supported ANSA Elevators for thisinnovative solution, which includes an overlay control

system, modernisation of existing Schindler QKS 9 landing

door system with complete new car mounted operators and

new gearless main drive machines from Wittur.

The project retained all existing landing doors and

mechanism, whilst producing specically designed cardoor operators based on Wittur AMD modular design,

with bespoke door panel adapters and couplers. The high

adaptation capability of AMD meant that car door panelsand sill could also be retained. New Landing and Car

Operating Stations were installed and connected to the

overlay control system. In the machine room, two Wittur

WSG 19.4 gearless drives with new bedplates took the

place of two of the existing lift traction machines. The

advanced electro-magnetic design of these gearless drivesprovided reduced power consumption and high efciency,

and enabled the conversion of the existing double wrap

arrangement to a single wrap conguration while retainingthe set speed of 3.5 m/s.

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John Bentley, the Managing Director of ANSA Elevators Ltd, is pleased with the results:The capability to provide comprehensive lift modernisation with minimal customer impact has resulted

in a massive improvement in trafc movement in a building where lift service is crucial to the client. It is

consistent with ANSAs commitment to providing customerfocused sustainable solutions.

The completion of Phase II will see a major transformation and will result in a top quality lift service. It

is impressive to compare the size and complexity of the old machines with the new drive units and control

system and realise that the new units offer a much improved performance and reliability at a fraction ofthe energy costs.

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The Theatre, reconstructed in 2008, ofcially reopened Sunday 4 October2009, nearly 18 years after the re.Its rebirth also involved a complete overhaul of itsmain lift systems. Wittur provided a special full glass car with underdriven glass doors which offera striking, but at the same time pleasant contrast with the golden decorations of the foyer.

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In 2010, the Empire StateBuilding underwent a

global renovation totransform the building

into a more energyef cient and eco-

friendly structure.

The Empire State Building is a 103-story skyscraper located inMidtown Manhattan, New York City, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West34th Street. It has a roof height of 380 m, and with its antenna spire included, it

stands a total of 443 m high. It stood as the worlds tallest building for nearly 40years, from its completion in early 1931 until late 1970. The Empire State Buildingwas the rst building to have more than 100 oors. It has 6,500 windows and 73

elevators, and there are 1,860 steps from street level to the 102nd oor.The Empire State Building is generally thought of as an American cultural icon.

It is designed in the distinctive Art Deco style and has been named as one of theSeven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

The building is owned by the Empire State Realty Trust. Its original 64 elevators arelocated in a central core; today, the Empire State Building has 73 elevators in all,

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