In many people's impression, once a building is tilted, it means it is facing the danger of collapse. In fact, this idea is nothing wrong. After all, conventional buildings are straight and straight, and there will be no tilt. But in fact, with the continuous improvement of the building level, many landmark buildings around the world are built with unique standards, and gradually there are deliberately built inclined buildings, such as Chongqing's 100-meter tilt building. For example, what we are going to talk about today is also such an inclined building. It is 240 meters high and can be said to be the highest inclined building in the world.
This building is located in the city center of Colombo , the most populous city in Sri Lanka. It also has a relatively romantic name, called Altair. The entire building is positioned as a high-end residential building and consists of two towers, one of which is a 68-story vertical tower, and the other is a 209-meter-high sloped tower with a total of 63 floors. From the appearance, the sloped tower relies on the vertical tower, but in fact the sloped tower is not supported by the vertical tower, but has its own support structure, which means that the leaning tower is supported by itself.
The inclination angle of the entire leaning tower is as high as 13.8 degrees. From a distance, it really seems to collapse. Many friends may find it a bit incredible and may even think it is dangerous to stand next to the building. But in fact, the entire building is quite safe. First of all, because there are few earthquakes in Colombo, and it is even summarized as an earthquake-free area in international building codes. Secondly, the support structure of the entire leaning tower can withstand magnitude 7 earthquakes, and the developer has also conducted wind tunnel tests. Overall, even if you live here, you don’t have to worry about safety issues.
Many friends may think that the cost of such a building is definitely not low, but in fact, according to the data, the cost of the entire building is only US$250 million, which is only about RMB 1.7 billion. For many buildings that cost hundreds of billions of yuan, the cost here is indeed very low. Of course, don’t think that this building is shoddy, because it has won many awards, such as the Best Apartment Development Award for Sri Lanka and the Best Luxury Apartment Design. Moreover, although the cost here is not high, the housing price is not low.
According to data, the cheapest house here is about US$474,100, which is about RMB 3.23 million. You should know that Sri Lanka is not a very wealthy country. The per capita GDP of the local is only about US$4,000, so the houses here can be said to be very expensive. For many locals, they can only see it. Of course, it does not mean that the houses here cannot be sold. In fact, so the entire building has been sold for more than 70% of them.
But in fact, this building was not open for use. Although it was completed and topped off as early as 2017, its interior decoration and other work are still underway until now. Of course, it has been opened very quickly. Many people may be curious whether the internal elevator of such an inclined building is also inclined? In fact, it is not, the core cylinder of the elevator is still vertical. Interestingly, although this building is only 240 meters, it is the tallest building in Sri Lanka. Although it is just a residential building, it has been given many tourist elements.
Whether it is the world's highest inclined building or the tallest building in Sri Lanka, it can attract many tourists to check in here, and the location of the building can see the views of Lake Bella and the Indian Ocean, as well as the panoramic views of the hills in the distance. It is such a building. It costs 1.7 billion yuan to be built, with an overall inclination of 13.8°, but it can withstand a magnitude 7 earthquake. I wonder if you are interested in this place?
