Titanium La Portada, Commercial skyscraper in El Golf District, Santiago, Chile
Titanium La Portada is a modern commercial building in the El Golf District with 55 floors above ground and several basement levels for parking. The structure houses numerous office spaces across its large floor area.
Construction began in January 2007 on the site of the former Portada de Vitacura shopping mall, with an investment of US$120 million. The tower was completed in January 2010 and inaugurated on May 3, 2010, with President Sebastián Piñera present. It was Chile's tallest building until the Gran Torre Santiago surpassed it in late 2010.
The site was previously occupied by the Portada de Vitacura shopping mall, and 70% of the ground level is open to pedestrians as green and recreational space. The building opened on 3 May 2010, Chile's bicentenary year, with President Sebastián Piñera at the inauguration, and it was named one of the year's icons of the celebration.
The tower stands at the intersection of Andrés Bello and Isidora Goyenechea avenues, on the border of Vitacura, Providencia and Las Condes. Seven underground levels hold 1,450 parking spaces, with reserved spots for low-emission cars, 200 bicycle racks and changing rooms on level -1. Twenty-five high-speed lifts run at up to 7 m/s, two of them pressurised for emergencies.
The building is anchored 50 metres deep with 65 concrete and steel piles and has X-shaped tubular dampers every three floors, designed by Juan Carlos de la Llera, that cut sway by up to 40%. During the February 2010 Maule earthquake it moved about 4 cm east to west without structural damage, though a side balcony detached and was soon repaired.
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