Lotus Tower
Lotus Tower
Lotus Tower
Lotus Tower
Lotus Tower
Lotus Tower

Lotus Tower

Tallest Building In Colombo

The Lotus Tower (Colombo Lotus Tower) is a tower under construction with a proposed height of 350 m (1,150 ft), located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. When completed, the tower will be the tallest building in South Asia. It was first proposed to be built in the suburb of Peliyagoda but later the Government of Sri Lanka decided to shift the location. The lotus-shaped tower will be used for communication, observation and other leisure facilities, with construction costing $104.3 million, funded by EXIM Bank of Peoples’ Republic of China. It currently stands at 255 m (837 ft) and is visible throughout Colombo, its suburbs and most major highways.
After an initial decision to construct the tower within the confines of a suburb of the country’s capital city of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s government announced their plans to shift the location to the heart of the city. The tower’s new location is on the waterfront of the Beira Lake.
With the witness of the President of Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL), the Secretary of the Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry, the Presidents of CEIEC and ALIT signed the contract with the Director General of TRCSL, Anusha Palpita, for the project on 3 January 2012.
During the presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa, M.P. and the Minister of Economic Affairs, laid the foundation stone at the site earmarked for the construction of the Colombo Lotus Tower on 20 January 2012. The site is located on the waterfront of Beira Lake and alongside a part of the D. R. Wijewardene Mawatha.
In December 2014, the tower’s construction has crossed the 125 m (410 ft) milestone and as of July 2015, the tower had reached 255 m (837 ft).
The design of this building is inspired by the Lotus flower. The lotus symbolizes purity within Sri Lankan culture, and is also said to symbolize the country’s flourishing development. The tower base is inspired by the lotus throne and will also be formed by two inverted trapezoidal. The tower’s color is planned to alternate between pink and light yellow by smooth transition- an effect achieved by coating the glass.
The tower will be 350 m (1,150 ft) tall and will have over 30,600 m2 (329,000 sq ft) of floor area.
Lotus Tower’s main revenue sources will be tourism and antenna leasing. It will function as a radio and television broadcasting antenna ISDB-T and proposed DVB-T2 support structure for 50 television services, 35 FM Radio Stations and 20 telecommunication service providers, and will house a variety of tourist attractions.
The tower will have four entrances, with two being used as VIP (distinguished guests and state leaders) entrances. A telecommunications museum and restaurant will be located on the ground floor. The tower podium will consist of 6 floors. The first floor of the podium will accommodate a museum and two exhibition halls. The second floor will be utilised for several conference halls with seating space in excess of 500 people. Restaurants, supermarkets and food courts will be situated in the third floor. A 1000-seat auditorium will be located on the fourth floor, which will also be used as a ballroom. The fifth floor will include luxury hotel rooms, large ballrooms, and the seventh floor will host an observation gallery. The landscaping is planned in the form of a large water park.
The Colombo Monorail, which was a proposed monorail system in Colombo, and the BRT system were to converge at a common ‘multi-modal hub’ located in close proximity to the Lotus Tower, making the tower a major city centre. The Monorail was cancelled in 2016, and instead a light rail will be constructed in Colombo.

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Colombo Lotus tower is a 350 m high tower, will be the tallest in the region once its construction completed. This will be multifunctional telecommunication tower and entertainment center and occupy total area of 3 acres of land in Beira wewa water front.

The name Nelum Kuluna ( Lotus Tower) was given because the design was inspired with blooming Nelum (Lotus) flower. This tower will consist of following main sections.

Tower podium:
This will house exhibition space, telecom museum, food court and other offices and facilities. This is will be 15 m in height.

Tower shaft:
This section 200 m in height and consist of high speed lifts and stairs.

Tower head:
This will be 33m in height and will be consists of 8 floors. This section includes observation deck, revolving restaurant, a banquet hall. A super luxury hotel will occupy two floor of this section.

The mast:
The tower mast will consist of TV, FM and other telecommunication antennas

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