The five-day conference was held across multiple cities in China’s Pearl River Delta, where one of the world’s first megacities is now taking shape; by 2050, it is expected that 120 million people will live across the eight metropolises in the Delta. Against this backdrop, the challenges of modern urbanism were highlighted, including the urgent requirement for new solutions to cope with the future mobility needs.
At the conference, Andreas Schierenbeck, CEO of thyssenkrupp Elevator AG, said, “New cities like these, which are getting bigger and taller every day, call for new approaches in mobility in both dimensions – vertically and horizontally, and this is what we at thyssenkrupp are working to achieve. In the future, moving people as we do today will no longer be a viable option due to the high impact on traffic conditions, the environment, and quality of life.”
Mr. Schierenbeck added, “When we see here the limits being pushed in terms of architecture, urban transport, and city infrastructure, it heightens our belief that the elevator industry can do much more than it is at present.”
thyssenkrupp is already delivering new approaches that improve links with public transportation systems, as provided by the accelerated people mover ACCEL. Elevator solutions such as the rope-less elevator MULTI and TWIN, that allow for multiple cars in reduced space, also minimize the elevator footprint and enable elevators to go higher than ever before, while high-speed and double-deck elevators are lifting mobility to new levels in some of the most iconic buildings in the world, including the One World Trade Center in New York and the Shanghai World Financial Center.
thyssenkrupp will soon be testing some of its game-changing mobility technologies at its upcoming test towers in Rottweil, Germany, and Zongshan, China; the test towers are set to become a key part of thyssenkrupp’s global innovation network.
Regarding the towers’ contribution to urban mobility, Mr. Schierenbeck noted, “As thyssenkrupp redefines technology in the elevator industry, the towers will speed up the integration process in getting these game-changing solutions to market. Our innovations – from MULTI, to ACCEL and MAX, the industry’s first predictive maintenance solution – are each proof that our industry can make tangible contributions to making buildings and cities of the future better and more efficient.”
thyssenkrupp is delivering two presentations at the CTBUH 2016 International Conference on October 17 and 19 in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, respectively. For more information and the agenda, please visit the event website via http://ctbuh2016.com/